| CODE | CRM5007 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Practical Placement | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This practical placement (100 hours) with probation officers is aimed at giving the students the experience of the probation set up. Students are not expected to follow probationers on their own, rather they should be allowed to follow cases with their mentors. By the end of this placement, a student should get a clear insight of the probation setting, the court environment, the correctional facilities and any other agency that collaborates closely with the probation unit. Mentors would be expected to familiarise students with Probation, routine problems and their solutions. Hence they would be expected to involve their trainees whenever possible and ethically correct to do so. Mentors would be asked to write an unbiased report on their trainee at the end of the practical placement. During this placement the student is expected to keep a logbook (reporting daily observations and linking academic knowledge to practical probation work). Furthermore the student on the placement at the probation services should compile a final report. Besides the involvement of mentors, there would be tutors (based at the Institute of Forensic Studies) who would periodically conduct sporadic visits at the probation services and monitor the performance of students. Main Text: - Maier, K., Ricciardelli, R.and McNeill, F. (Ed.) (2023). Punishment, Probation and Parole: Mapping Out ‘Mass Supervision’ In International Contexts, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds. - Morgan, K., (2022). Probation, parole and community corrections work in theory and practice: Preparing students for carreers in probation and parole agencies. (2nd Ed.). North CarolinaL Carolina Academic Press. All the texts used in the previous modules can be used during the placement to enrich your knowledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Placement | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sandra Scicluna |
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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 Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.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 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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