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Module POL3240 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3240: Women in the Criminal Justice System: Law, Policy and Institutions
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
The organisation of political life and the role of supranational lawAbortion policy and reproductive freedom
Evidence based policymaking and professionals
The regulation of prostitution
Sex for Sale in the EU
Women Who Kill
Pornography
Interest groups and human rights legislation
9Rape legislation
Policy implementation and SLBs
Girls and juvenile offending
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching activities | 22 | 11 x two-hour seminars |
| Guided independent study | 44 | Reading and preparation for seminars |
| Guided independent study | 17 | Research and writing of group presentation |
| Guided independent study | 25 | Research and writing of consultation paper |
| Guided independent study | 42 | Research and writing of essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Cooper, Sarah. 2016. Regulating Women: Policymaking and Practice in the UK. Rowman and Littlefield. Chapter 1.
Lowndes, Vivien and Mark Roberts. 2013. Why Institutions Matter: The New Institutionalism in Political Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Peters, B. Guy .2011. Institutional Theory in Political Science: The New Institutionalism. London: Pinter.
Krook, Mona Lena, and Fiona Mackay, eds. 2010. Gender, Politics and Institutions: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
Stern, Baroness Vivien. 2010. The Stern Review: A Report by Baroness Vivien Stern CBE of an Independent Review into How Rape Complaints are Handled by Public Authorities in England and Wales. Government Equalities Office and Home office, London.
