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Teaching
The programme is a part-time course that takes place over two years starting in the spring. There are normally three two-week residential teaching blocks in the first year: Block A (March/April), Block B (June/July) and Block C (September).
The residential teaching blocks incorporate the following key modules: Management in Criminal Justice, Prisons and Imprisonment, Criminological Theory and Criminological Research, Criminal Justice and Community Justice and Sentencing, the Legal Context, and Court Issues. The modules cover a range of topics and use a range of delivery styles including seminars, lectures, symposia, practical exercises and project work.
Reading lists are provided for each session, giving required and suggested further reading. Students are allocated a personal supervisor with whom they can discuss any aspect of the course (essay choice, dissertation topic, time management, sources of information, academic development and support) on a one-to-one basis.
Independent study time is incorporated into the teaching blocks. Students have access to college library facilities as well as the Radzinowicz (Institute of Criminology), Squire (Faculty of Law), the Cambridge Judge Business School and University libraries. In the second year, supervision may pass to another member of staff who is better suited to supervise the dissertation topic and in some cases a separate subject-specific dissertation advisor may also be allocated to work alongside the supervisor.
Student support materials are also available via a virtual learning environment (VLE).
| One to one supervision | One hour per week (during the residential blocks in both years). |
|---|---|
| Seminars & classes | First year: 47 hours per term |
| Lectures | As above |
| Practicals | As required – optional research methods surgeries and workshops for attendance depending on research methods being used. |
| Small group teaching | Three hours per term |
| Literature_reviews | The dissertation requires a literature review. |
| Posters | Oral presentations in final teaching block (not summatively assessed). |
Placements
Most students are already senior practitioners in some area of criminal justice so will have suitable employment.
Feedback
Detailed written feedback is provided for all six assessed elements. Oral feedback is provided following oral presentations.
Assessment
Thesis
Dissertation: 18,000 words maximum (including footnotes or endnotes, but excluding appendices and bibliographical references).
Essays
Four essays: 3,000 words maximum each. A research proposal: 4,000 words maximum.
Other
At the discretion of the examiners assessment shall include an oral examination on the dissertation and the general field of knowledge within which it falls.