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LAWS3074 2029-30
Penal Policy
England and Wales now imprisons a greater proportion of its population than any other country in Western Europe, the population in custody having doubled in 12 years. Yet the prison population continues to grow.
The criminal justice system more generally, including probation and policing, have been subject to dramatic change over recent decades that have raised fundamental questions including the appropriate role of the state and the private sector in criminal justice, the role of public opinion as a driver of criminal justice policy and the underlying policy factors that have led to the present situation.
The importance of this policy area is illustrated by the high-profile 'crises' and 'scandals' that regularly erupt in the media, including issues relating to prisoner votes, the release of indeterminately-sentenced prisoners, and the failings of private companies to deliver criminal justice services.
This module seeks to cast a spotlight on this troublesome area of law and public policy. It draws upon literature from law, criminology, history, political science and some comparative material to ask where our contemporary penal policy comes from and to speculate on possible futures. -
LAWS3074 2027-28
Penal Policy
England and Wales now imprisons a greater proportion of its population than any other country in Western Europe, the population in custody having doubled in 12 years. Yet the prison population continues to grow.
The criminal justice system more generally, including probation and policing, have been subject to dramatic change over recent decades that have raised fundamental questions including the appropriate role of the state and the private sector in criminal justice, the role of public opinion as a driver of criminal justice policy and the underlying policy factors that have led to the present situation.
The importance of this policy area is illustrated by the high-profile 'crises' and 'scandals' that regularly erupt in the media, including issues relating to prisoner votes, the release of indeterminately-sentenced prisoners, and the failings of private companies to deliver criminal justice services.
This module seeks to cast a spotlight on this troublesome area of law and public policy. It draws upon literature from law, criminology, history, political science and some comparative material to ask where our contemporary penal policy comes from and to speculate on possible futures. -
LAWS3074 2028-29
Penal Policy
England and Wales now imprisons a greater proportion of its population than any other country in Western Europe, the population in custody having doubled in 12 years. Yet the prison population continues to grow.
The criminal justice system more generally, including probation and policing, have been subject to dramatic change over recent decades that have raised fundamental questions including the appropriate role of the state and the private sector in criminal justice, the role of public opinion as a driver of criminal justice policy and the underlying policy factors that have led to the present situation.
The importance of this policy area is illustrated by the high-profile 'crises' and 'scandals' that regularly erupt in the media, including issues relating to prisoner votes, the release of indeterminately-sentenced prisoners, and the failings of private companies to deliver criminal justice services.
This module seeks to cast a spotlight on this troublesome area of law and public policy. It draws upon literature from law, criminology, history, political science and some comparative material to ask where our contemporary penal policy comes from and to speculate on possible futures. -
SSPC3021 2028-29
Penology
Penology is the study of punishment, in prison and in the community. Students are encouraged to think critically about the multiple purposes and debatable effectiveness of our contemporary modes of punishment, and to understand why this 'end product' of the criminal justice system has become, in recent decades, such a politically contested issue. Questions which CRIM3001 poses include: What is it society hopes to achieve when it punishes offenders? If the answer seems obvious, why do some theorists argue punishment has 'hidden functions' and why do approaches to punishment vary between countries? Why does, for example, the United States continue to
use the death penalty, while Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have pioneered an approach known as restorative justice? Is either method more successful, in deterring or rehabilitating offenders, than our reliance on prison and probation? What is it like to go to, and spend years living in, prison? Is a term of imprisonment, or should it be, primarily a painful or positive experience? Do some categories of prisoners - women, for example, or sexual offenders - experience prison differently, and if so, does it matter? How does one successfully resettle in the community after a lengthy custodial sentence? -
SSPC3021 2027-28
Penology
Penology is the study of punishment, in prison and in the community. Students are encouraged to think critically about the multiple purposes and debatable effectiveness of our contemporary modes of punishment, and to understand why this 'end product' of the criminal justice system has become, in recent decades, such a politically contested issue. Questions which CRIM3001 poses include: What is it society hopes to achieve when it punishes offenders? If the answer seems obvious, why do some theorists argue punishment has 'hidden functions' and why do approaches to punishment vary between countries? Why does, for example, the United States continue to
use the death penalty, while Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have pioneered an approach known as restorative justice? Is either method more successful, in deterring or rehabilitating offenders, than our reliance on prison and probation? What is it like to go to, and spend years living in, prison? Is a term of imprisonment, or should it be, primarily a painful or positive experience? Do some categories of prisoners - women, for example, or sexual offenders - experience prison differently, and if so, does it matter? How does one successfully resettle in the community after a lengthy custodial sentence? -
SSPC3021 2029-30
Penology
Penology is the study of punishment, in prison and in the community. Students are encouraged to think critically about the multiple purposes and debatable effectiveness of our contemporary modes of punishment, and to understand why this 'end product' of the criminal justice system has become, in recent decades, such a politically contested issue. Questions which CRIM3001 poses include: What is it society hopes to achieve when it punishes offenders? If the answer seems obvious, why do some theorists argue punishment has 'hidden functions' and why do approaches to punishment vary between countries? Why does, for example, the United States continue to
use the death penalty, while Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have pioneered an approach known as restorative justice? Is either method more successful, in deterring or rehabilitating offenders, than our reliance on prison and probation? What is it like to go to, and spend years living in, prison? Is a term of imprisonment, or should it be, primarily a painful or positive experience? Do some categories of prisoners - women, for example, or sexual offenders - experience prison differently, and if so, does it matter? How does one successfully resettle in the community after a lengthy custodial sentence? -
MANG6340 2027-28
People and Organisations
The module is designed to introduce the main elements of individual and organisational behaviour and human resource (HR) practices in organisations, and therefore focuses on people management. In particular, the module provides a context for you to appreciate the complexities of managing people and organisations in the 21st century. The content of this module is focused on the challenges of managing individuals, teams, groups and organisations, by examining a variety of issues inherent in modern organisations and, importantly, the skills that managers require to deal with them. The module also calls for significant reflection on your own skills and career development, since a critical part of the MBA programme is to learn to manage yourself and other people in a work-based environment. During the module you will receive assessments of your personality type and team interaction style. -
MANG6340 2026-27
People and Organisations
The module is designed to introduce the main elements of individual and organisational behaviour and human resource (HR) practices in organisations, and therefore focuses on people management. In particular, the module provides a context for you to appreciate the complexities of managing people and organisations in the 21st century. The content of this module is focused on the challenges of managing individuals, teams, groups and organisations, by examining a variety of issues inherent in modern organisations and, importantly, the skills that managers require to deal with them. The module also calls for significant reflection on your own skills and career development, since a critical part of the MBA programme is to learn to manage yourself and other people in a work-based environment. During the module you will receive assessments of your personality type and team interaction style. -
MANG6340 2025-26
People and Organisations
The module is designed to introduce the main elements of individual and organisational behaviour and human resource (HR) practices in organisations, and therefore focuses on people management. In particular, the module provides a context for you to appreciate the complexities of managing people and organisations in the 21st century. The content of this module is focused on the challenges of managing individuals, teams, groups and organisations, by examining a variety of issues inherent in modern organisations and, importantly, the skills that managers require to deal with them. The module also calls for significant reflection on your own skills and career development, since a critical part of the MBA programme is to learn to manage yourself and other people in a work-based environment. During the module you will receive assessments of your personality type and team interaction style. -
HIST6134 2026-27
People, art, things: modern British lives
Historians have become interested in ‘ordinary people’ in recent years. Why? This module explores this question through looking at case-studies of women’s, men’s and children’s histories in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain, and at varieties of ‘ordinary sources’. We examine how a focus on ‘the ordinary’ maps onto, and complicates, other historically-shifting identities – race, ethnicity, class, gender, age, ability, region, and religious faith – and the implications. Claire Langhamer has asked, ‘Who do we mean when we refer to ordinary people and who did the people we study mean?’, and we will also consider this key question through tracing the roots of the historiographical turn to ‘the ordinary’, drawing on the wide-ranging expertise in the histories of modern Britain we have at Southampton.