Write a 2,250 word essay in response to ONE of the following questions:
1. Examine how experiences of crime and criminal justice are impacted by either ethnicity or social class.
2. Evaluate the argument that crime is ‘gendered’.
3. Compare the different models of Youth Justice that have been utilised in England & Wales.
4. Consider why the concept of ‘crime’ can be problematic when responding to harms caused by the powerful.
5. Explain why it is important to consider spaces behind closed doors, such as the family home, when thinking about harm.
6. Explore the ways that those crossing borders have been criminalised, and the challenges this presents for victims of trafficking.
2020 – 2021 Academic Session
Rules for the Production and Submission of Criminology Coursework
IMPORTANT: The following rules for production and submission of coursework must be followed and will form part of the assessment in respect of demonstrating an ability to follow, apply and comply with instructions. You will lose marks if you do not follow the rules listed below.
1. Producing and Presenting your Coursework: Format
(a) You must produce your work in accordance with the latest version of Lancashire Law School Criminology Coursework Guidance Booklet (there is a copy on the module Blackboard page) – the Guide contains advice on spacing, fonts, justification of text, footnotes, word counts, referencing and citation and bibliographies.
(b) Your work must not be produced using ‘unfair means’ (collusion, plagiarism
(c) We prefer your work to be word-processed in 12 point font AND double spaced so tutors can read with ease and have sufficient room to insert comments.
(d) If applicable, case names must be in italics.
(e) All citations to cases, statutes, books, journals and official publications/reports must be referenced fully, as must web-sites used (with the date last accessed specified) using Harvard Referencing Conventions (Author, Year, Page number), consult the comprehensive Harvard referencing guidelines on the module Blackboard area.
(f) All pages must be numbered.
(g) You must count the words used (excluding the words used to write out the question (in full); in-text reference, and the bibliography) and this must be declared honestly and accurately on your assignment. Failure to declare the words used will mean your work will not be marked and inaccurate declarations of words used will lead to disciplinary proceedings.
2. Submitting your Coursework
(a) All written assessments (unless otherwise directed by your module leader) must be produced and submitted electronically through a ‘Turn-it-In’ submission box located on your Module Blackboard space. Your module tutor will inform you where the precise location is.
(b) You must not write your name anywhere on your assignment because all work is marked anonymously. Instead, please ensure your student ID number is clearly marked on each page of your work and the assignment submission front sheet.
(c) An LLS Criminology assignment e- front-sheet must be attached to your work to enable summary comments be made.
(d) You must submit ONE electronic copy of your coursework via the ‘Turn-it-In’ submission box on your Module Blackboard space (so we can verify submission, word counts and plagiarism- and where appropriate- insert feedback via Grademark). You MAY ALSO be required to submit an identical hardcopy (along with a signed LLS Criminology assignment front-sheet) into a designated assignment submission box. If this is the case, your module tutor will inform you where the assignment submission box is located.
(e) We do not accept e-mail, faxed, or postal submissions of coursework
(f) Try and submit your work well in advance of the deadline.
(g) If you have an authorised extension of between 1 and 10 days your work will not be penalised.
(h) If you submit your work late without an authorised extension, we will only accept it for marking up to 5 working days
after the deadline and the work will be capped at 40%. PLEASE NOTE: unauthorised late submission at resubmission
(i.e., a re-assessment) will automatically be awarded a mark of 0% for that element of assessment.
(i) All work submitted more than 5 working days after the agreed deadline (and without an authorised extension) will be awarded a 0% grade
(J) When an electronic and a hardcopy of the coursework are required, the hardcopy will not be marked if there has been no submission through ‘Turn-it-in’.
3. Results
(a) Individual feedback will be available within the 15 student working days (excluding holidays periods when the University is closed and weekends) after the submission date. You are encouraged to contact your tutor for a one-to-one tutorial feedback
(b) Your coursework will be returned via Grade-Mark on the ‘turn-it-in’ platform by the feedback date stated on the assessment front cover sheet.
(c) All marks remain provisional until after the final examination board has met.
