Programme Specifications

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• Provide a detailed and critical understanding of the interdisciplinary area of youth justice and a consideration of the major theories and key political, social and legal issues arising out of the discipline;

• Develop students’ ability to apply knowledge to the resolution of theoretical and practical real-world youth justice issues;

• Develop students’ ability to understand youth crime, youth victimology, academic criminological debates and social and other responses to these from local, national and international perspectives and to recognise the impact of political, media and popular opinion on these areas;

• Develop powers of critical, analytic thinking, problem solving and logical argument;

• Raise student awareness of political, policy and social issues and how they interact with youth crime and its control, and encourage reflection on how these impact on people’s lives;

• Equip students with the social science research skills to permit them to locate, read and critically assess the work of others and to conduct their own independent empirical research study;

• Develop excellence in a range of subject-specific and transferable skills that will enable graduates to proceed to further studies in criminology or to employment in agencies and organisations associated with this field;

• Promote awareness and competency regarding the ethical issues that may occur in criminological research design and practice and develop problem solving skills to address these concerns;

• Promote and inspire independent study and thought, enquiring minds, and a commitment to personal scholarship of the highest standard;

• Generate in students a genuine interest and passion for the areas studied, thus providing them with a broad basis for life-long intellectual, personal and social development;

• Provide a structured programme of delivery that is academically rigorous and meets current and future benchmarking requirements.

• a critical understanding and awareness of key theories, concepts and principles in the field of youth criminology and youth justice matters and reflect on the synergies between these and other disciplines;

• a critical awareness of the historic development of youth justice thinking and research and the application of such to youth justice practice in a range of cultural and social contexts;

• a critical awareness of the intersectionality of power in relation to youth justice agencies and their responses to youth crime;

• an ability to research, develop, evaluate and present findings on key themes and principles in youth crime and to demonstrates a critical understanding of the major issues, ethical considerations and complexities involved;

• a detailed understanding and ability to apply social science research methods to undertake real world research on a wide range of youth crime related issues;

• the ability to work independently and in a group, demonstrating original thought and self-enquiry, and excellence in the understanding and problem solving of complex concepts;

• an ability to successfully complete a substantial empirical research project, systematic review or systematic case study, informed by wide current understandings on the subject of youth cr

• A1 Demonstrate a critical knowledge of core criminological theories, as they relate to youth crime and other fundamental concepts within the discipline of criminology relating to youth crime, youth victimisation, youth criminalisation and responses to youth crime and deviance;

• A2 The ability to identify, understand and critically explore key youth crime issues currently confronting 21st century societies and offer suitable responses to these challenges;

• A3 Critically examine the practice and impact of key youth justice agencies and non-governmental organisations that administer responses to youth crime in England and Wales, and in other jurisdictions;

• A4 Critically reflect on how youth justice concerns connect to and interact with wider social issues in contemporary society and in an in an international context;

• A5 Demonstrate a critical awareness of how youth crime, youth victimisation and other youth justice matters are portrayed by the media and government agencies and the impact that this has on policy and practice;

• A6 An in-depth understanding of innovative research methods and the ability to utilise them in practice and in different contexts and synthesize the results accordingly;

• A.7 Convey specialist knowledge and expertise of a particular aspect of youth justice through independent research and scholarship to a Level 7 standard

• Essay and report writing;

• Individual and group presentations;

• Writing of an academic article;

• Designing and facilitating a group workshop;

• Producing a group wiki;

• Designing and developing a portfolio and

• Producing a podcast.

• By the end of their programme, all students are expected to be able to demonstrate:

• B1 Competency in engaging with scholarly debate at an academic, policy and practice-based level on a range of youth justice issues;

• B2 The ability to interpret texts, formulate reasoned and critical arguments and make ethical judgments about published research, policy documents and other related resources from an international and contemporary perspective;

• B3 Critical and reflective construction of their own learning and placing it in both global and social contexts of youth justice;

• B4 The ability to critically assess youth justice policy and practice and understand the implications for individuals and groups involved in youth justice processes (e.g. young people /victim groups, youth justice practitioners etc.);

• B5 The ability to design, complete and evaluate an empirical based research dissertation in youth justice or a related field;

• The assessment regime for these schemes has been carefully considered to enable the appropriate assessment of students as per the latest QAA Benchmarking Statement for Masters Degrees Criminology (2019) and in an effort to maximise the development of transferable graduate skills suitable for careers in research and criminal justice agencies and voluntary organisations in the youth justice field. These include: E

• ssay and report writing;

• Individual and group presentations;

• Writing of an academic article;

• Designing and facilitating a group workshop;

• Producing a group wiki;

• Designing and developing a portfolio and

• Producing a podcast.

• C1 The skills required to undertake independent youth justice research and analysis at postgraduate level;

• C2 The capacity to develop and present ideas, arguments and research findings through various means of communication to different audiences;

• C3 Competency regarding the ethical issues that may occur in youth justice research design and practice and the ability to propose solutions to overcome these concerns;

• C4 Critical analysis and application of theoretical approaches, concepts and ideas from youth justice-focused criminology and related disciplines;

• C5 A contemporary and comparative understanding of key criminological theories, concepts and approaches.

• Essay and report writing;

• Individual and group presentations;

• Writing of an academic article;

• Designing and facilitating a group workshop;

• Producing a group wiki;

• Designing and developing a portfolio and

• Producing a podcast.

• D1 To critically evaluate self in relation to personal and professional development;

• D2 Effective communication and presentation skills (both written and oral), including writing for publication skills;

• D3 Effective research skills;

• D4 Adherence to ethical working practices;

• D5 Interpersonal and team working skills;

• D6 IT skills – e.g. WWW, legal and criminal justice databases, e-learning (including e-journals and other electronic library resources), word processing, powerpoint / other presentation software, email etc.;

• D7 Time management and personal organisation;

• D8 The ability to problem solve and utilise appropriate research and resources to substantiate approach and conclusions reached