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Syllabus Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy - 61306
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Last update 18-02-2019
HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Criminology

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Hagit Lernau

Coordinator Email: hagitl@justice.gov.il

Coordinator Office Hours:

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Hagit Lernau

Course/Module description:
ontemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy

Course/Module aims:
Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
seminar

Attendance requirements(%):
70%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:

Course/Module Content:
Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy

Required Reading:
Dancig-Rosenberg, H., and Dagan, N. (2018). Retributarianism: A New Individualization of Punishment. Criminal Law and Philosophy (forthcoming)
Aviram, H. (2014). Are Private Prisons to Blame for Mass Incarceration and Its Evils: Prison Conditions, Neoliberalism, and Public Choice. Fordham Urb. LJ, 42, 411.‏
Garland, D. (2013). Penalty and the penal state. Criminology, 51(3), 475-517


Additional Reading Material:
Gottschalk, M. (2009). The long reach of the carceral state: The politics of crime, mass imprisonment, and penal reform in the United States and abroad. Law & Social Inquiry, 34(2), 439-472.

Obama, B. (2017). The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform. 130 Harvard L. Rev. 811

Winick, B. (2008). Therapeutic jurisprudence and victims of crime.

Winick, B. J., & Wexler, D. B. (2001). Drug treatment court: Therapeutic jurisprudence applied. Touro L. Rev., 18, 479.‏

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 15 %
Participation in Tutorials 5 %
Project work 55 %
Assignments 25 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
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