| CODE | CRM2030 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Ethics and Human Rights Issues in Criminal Justice | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Criminology | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will address a range of ethical and human rights issues encountered in the criminal justice process. It is subdivided in three main parts: the first part will consider the relevance of ethics to criminal justice, while providing an overview of various ethical theories and a discussion of the virtue of justice and the scope of punishment; the second part will attempt to apply these ethical theories to particular issues in criminal justice, including international criminal justice; while the third part will provide students with the occasion to discuss ethical issues faced by the medical profession in the administration of criminal justice. Study-unit Aims: The aims of this study-unit is to make students aware of the ethical and human rights issues that surround the criminal justice process while exposing them to ethical theories. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Appreciate the relevance of ethics to criminal justice, 2. Apply ethical theories to particular circumstances in criminal justice . 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Become aware of the importance and relevance of ethics to criminal justice, 2.Gain the necessary skills of observation and analysis in the criminal justice process, 3. Apply ethical theories to practice, 4. Discuss morally and ethically particular scenarios. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Banks, C. (2004). Criminal justice ethics: Theory and practice. Sage Publications: United Kingdom. (HV7419.B36). - Brownlie, I (1992). Basic documents on human rights. Oxford Press: Oxford. - Neyroud, P. and Beckley, A. (2001). Policing, ethics and human rights. Willan Publishing: United Kingdom. - Pollock, J. M. (2006). Ethical dilemmas and decisions in criminal justice. Thomson Publishing: USA. (KM504.P65 2006). - Spurgeon Hall, Richard A. (2000). The ethical foundations of criminal justice. CRC Press: USA. (HV9950.H35). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Raymond Zammit |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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