| CODE | CRI1011 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Community Based Sanctions | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit deals with alternatives to imprisonment. This study unit will introduce to students the various theoretical rationales of community corrections. During this study-unit students will discover that community based sanctions vary according specific countries while others are used by many nation states. Non-custodial sentences dealt within this unit are namely: probation orders, intensive supervision orders, suspended sentences, community service orders, fines, day fines, boot camps, electronic monitoring, and parole. The discussion in this study-unit will include the historical development of these sanctions, especially those that are available in Malta. These discussions will include the advantages and disadvantages of current policies and legislations. The study-units will show students the different possibilities of punishment and how these address punishment theories. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims at introducing students and help them appreciate the various forms of punishment and the rationale used in justifying their existence. Students will be made aware of the existence of alternative penal measures to imprisonment. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. comprehend the use of various sanctions; 2. know about the development of community based sanctions; 3. appreciate the different how community based sanctions help the criminal justice system in dealing with offenders in the community; 4. compare and contrast the various non-custodial sanctions available. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. discuss the use of community based sanctions; 2. identify, implement and analyze different community based systems; 3. assess the best practical standards that can be applied to the local situation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Alarid, L.F. (2016) Community Based Corrections 11th Edition, Wadsworth Publishing: USA. - Burke, L and Gosling, H., (2023). An introduction to penology: Punishment, prisons and probation. Sage Publisher: ISA. - Deering, J. (2011). Probation practice and new penology: Practitioner reflection. Ashgate Publishing Limited: Surrey. - Hanser, R.D., (2018). Essentials of community corrections (1st Edition). Sage Publications: USA. - Schmallege, F. & Smykia, J. (2014) Corrections in the 21st Century 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education: USA. - Siegel, L.J., (2015) Corrections Today 3rd Edition, Wadsworth Publishing: USA. - Tumitit, A.A. (2020) Volunteer probation assistants’ awareness of functions and problems encountered alongside probation and parole officers. International Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 15 (1): 142-156. DOU: 10.5281/aenodo.3824382. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sandra Scicluna |
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