This module aims to:
• Provide students with knowledge of the prison system in terms of its policies and practices;
• Encourage students to develop a deep and critical understanding of debates relating to crime and criminal justice, within criminological and multi-disciplinary frameworks;
• Locate current issues in criminal justice within criminal justice theory and practice;
• To provide ‘Inside’ and ‘Outside’ students with a unique opportunity to study together as peers behind the prison walls.

(LO1) Students will gain a critical understanding of a selection of issues in crime and criminal justice.

(LO2) Students will gain an ability to critically evaluate criminological arguments and evidence.

(LO3) Students will gain an ability to reflect on issues of crime and criminal justice and to relate these to the student’s own previous assumptions and / or experiences.

(LO4) Students will be able to critically appreciate a range of theoretical and empirical studies on crime and criminal justice and the methodological and ethical challenges to their completion.

(S1) Confidence, independence of mind, responsibility, organisation and time-management.

(S2) The ability to work collaboratively and to participate in group discussion.

(S3) Analysing and organizing information.

(S4) Structure, coherence, clarity and fluency of oral and written expression.

Key topics:
• The prison and its policies and practices
• Theoretical debates relating to the causes of crime
• Crime and social class
• Sex, gender and crime
• 'Race’, ethnicity and justice
• Policing
• Punishment and the role of prisons within the criminal justice system
• Drug prohibition, inequality and social control

Learning resources:
A printed reading pack is issued to all students at the start of the module for reasons of equity given lack of access to library and internet resources within the prison. Weekly readings are identified in the reading pack and all students are expected to complete the independent reading prior to each workshop. Students are expected to read all resources within the reading pack but are not required to find their own supplementary resources.

Teaching Method 1:
12 x 3 hour weekly workshops
Scheduled Directed Student Hours:
36 hours
Unscheduled Directed Student Hours: n/a
Description:
Inside-Out classes consist of guided dialogues between students, in both the full group and smaller subgroups, on the particular topics set each week. Unlike in typical university lectures and seminars, Inside-Out instructors act as facilitators rather than teachers. All classes will consist of guided dialogue, in the full group, smaller subgroups and sometimes individually, on the particular topics of the week. During the classes instructors will also return students’ papers and provide feedback on written work.
Workshops for 30 students will be facilitated by a minimum of one member of staff (the module convenor) who is a trained Inside-Out instructor and one teaching assistant (a postdoctoral research assistant or current PhD student). A second trained member of staff (Professor Davies from the Depart ment of History) will assist in the first workshop and the final workshop (the closing ceremony and award of certificates). Both Professors Davies and Measham are trained Inside-Out instructors.
Workshops allow for more interactive and in-depth analysis of the key topics and concepts in smaller classes and serve to consolidate learning from associated recommended readings through a variety of small group discussions, set tasks, debates and presentations. Workshops support overall learning in this module as well as preparation for coursework.
Attendance Recorded: Yes