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Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment? 

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Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

8,364

Mode of learning

Online

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Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment?
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Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
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Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment?
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  • England and Wales have the highest incarceration rate in Western Europe. Almost a quarter of these prisoners are held in overcrowded prisons. On this course, you will take a look inside the prisons of England and Wales.
  • You will consider the role of imprisonment as a form of punishment, and hear from ex-prisoners about their experience of being incarcerated. Through case studies, you will explore the challenges faced by the current prison system. You will identify alternative methods of punishment and rehabilitation, and learn about the debates that exist within the criminal justice system.

Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment?
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Curriculum

Justice as Punishment

Welcome

Does breaking the law always result in prison?

The prison system: problems and solutions

The experience of imprisonment

Summary

Justice as an agent for reform

About week 2

'Going straight' ? rehabilitation and resettlement

Alternatives to custody

How should offenders be punished?

Summary

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