Module HPS-4014:
Youth,Crme,Vulerab&Abuse
Youth Crime, Vulnerability and Abuse 2024-25
HPS-4014
2024-25
School Of History, Law And Social Sciences
Module - Semester 1
20 credits
Module Organiser:
Gulcimen Karakeci
Overview
Indicative content: -Vulnerability, risk, adverse childhood experiences and trauma -Partnership working – youth justice system and partnerships – Children First -Young people, trauma and offending behaviour – county lines, child sexual exploitation, radicalisation, youth gangs -Young people as ‘Troubled’ or ‘troublesome’ -Police response to vulnerability throughout the criminal justice process -Needs of vulnerable people
Learning Outcomes
- Gain a systematic and critical understanding of youth justice system considerations and partnerships in Wales, including Children First, Offender Second
- Gain a systematic and critical view of current police practices when dealing with vulnerability
- Gain a systematic and critical view of police responsibilities when encountering those with vulnerabilities and their responses to police contact
- Gain a systematic and critical view of the evidence linking adverse childhood experiences and trauma and youth crime
- Gain a systematic and critical view of the exploitation of vulnerable people by organised crime groups or individuals
- Gain a systematic and critical view of the link between experiences of vulnerability and abuse and contact with the police as victim and/or offender
Assessment type
Summative
Weighting
60%
Assessment type
Summative
Weighting
40%