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MSc Working with Adult and Young People who Offend
MSc Working with Adult and Young People who Offend
Overview:
Ideal for practitioners, managers and policymakers, the MSc Working with Adult and Young People who Offend is the first of its kind in the UK with a specialist focus on the theory and practice of offender management. In the summer of 2021, privatised probation services were returned to public control, following a series of failings with the part-privatisation of the system that was introduced in 2014. With additional funding being pumped into the Probation Service in recent years, the Probation Service is working towards tackling the drivers of crime (such as drug use, mental ill-health, unemployment and issues with housing) in a bid to reduce reoffending rates. This specialist Criminology Masters will provide graduates with the knowledge and theory to further influence and lead the development of practice in post-custody supervision.
Throughout your studies, you’ll delve into the philosophy, theory, and practice of working with individuals who are sentenced to either serve a community order or a prison sentence and who are subject to post-custody supervision. Upon successful completion of the MSc Working with Adult and Young People who Offend you could pursue a career in the criminal justice system, such as the police, courts, prison, probation services and youth offending services.
Typical A-Level Offer
CCC (this is equivalent to 96 UCAS tariff points).
Typical Welsh BACC Offer
Pass the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Diploma with Grade C in the Skills Challenge Certificate and CC at A Level (this is equivalent to 96 UCAS tariff points).
Typical BTEC Offer
BTEC Extended Diploma Merit Merit Merit (this is equivalent to 96 UCAS tariff points)
Typical Access to HE Offer
Pass the Access to HE Diploma and obtain a minimum of 96 UCAS tariff points
Additional Requirements
GCSEs: The University normally requires a minimum 5 GCSEs including Mathematics/Numeracy and English at Grade C or Grade 4 or above, or their equivalent, but consideration is given to individual circumstances.
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Entry Requirements
A minimum 2:2 Honours degree in a social science, or related discipline.
Applicants with established professional experience will be considered on an individual basis via the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)/Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) mechanism (University regulations will apply).
The course welcomes international applicants and requires an English level of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent.
WHAT YOU WILL STUDY
You’ll be encouraged to explore the criminal justice system in detail covering theories of crime, rehabilitation, retribution, deterrence, desistance and restorative justice. You’ll gain an insight into how different civil services (including prison and probation) work with offenders whilst also gaining a better understanding of the work carried out in the third and private sectors.
Drug Interventions
This module critically evaluates the extent and nature of drug misuse, methods of administration, and the harms associated with drug misuse while critically analysing interventions designed to tackle drug misuse.
Working with Adults who Offend
This module will consider ethical and effective practice with adults who are involved within the Criminal Justice System. As part of this process, students will critically analyse the theories that underpin offending behaviour, with specific focus on probation, prisons, and punishment.
Approaches to Forensic Mental Health
Foster a sophisticated critical appreciation of the impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on the development of mental health challenges. Develop skills in critically appraising interventions for forensic mental health – including how best to communicate this efficacy to practitioners.
Working with Children and Young People in the Criminal Justice System
This module will explore ethical and effective practices with children and young people who are involved within the Criminal Justice System. The module will require students to critically analyse the theories that underpin offending behaviour, with a specific focus on children and young people who are at risk of or have committed a crime.
Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Restorative approaches
This module aims to provide a theoretical understanding of resettlement, rehabilitation, and restorative justice and how this applies to contemporary practice and industry giving students a practical and critical understanding of the resettlement services provided to those that come into contact with the criminal justice system.
Research Project
To develop an understanding of the ways in which social science and criminal justice research is designed and conducted; developing students’ ability to critically evaluate research and affording students’ the opportunity to apply both their understanding of research approaches and their research skills, to their own research or study.
Applied Investigation and Public Protection
To develop managerial knowledge of models and approaches to managing risk within Public Protection and working with multi agencies to facilitate a best practice approach for investigating cases relating to the vulnerable in society.
Teaching
Taught by a team of lecturers with long-standing expertise in the field, you will learn through a mix of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
Teaching is on a Wednesday between 10:00 and 4:00 and this is likely to remain the pattern in the future.
Each module is taught over a 5-week period, with the assessment/s for each module held within that 5-week period.
Full-time students attend every week during term-time and part-time students attend when their modules are being taught.
The teaching team comprises of active researchers who specialise in offender management, youth justice and youth policy, restorative justice, drug use, crime prevention, homicide and violence, animal abuse, international informal justice and alternatives to prosecution and imprisonment.
RESEARCH-INFORMED TEACHING
The Centre for Criminology has a long history of research on the probation service and custodial institutions, and related topics such as the rehabilitation and resettlement of offenders, effectiveness and accountability in policy and practice, inter-agency partnerships and relationships between the criminal justice system, the Third Sector and the UK and Welsh governments. It also conducts high-quality research into the use of drugs and alcohol, violence and homicide, and criminal investigation.
Assessment
Assessment methods are varied and include essays, critiques, written examinations, multiple choice tests, and oral and poster presentations.
You’ll also be required to complete a research project of around 10,000 words on an individual piece of research on a topic you agree with your supervisor and which may be work-related.
COURSE DETAILS
We regularly revalidate courses for quality assurance and enhancement
At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.
Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
CAREERS
Upon successful completion of this Master’s degree you could pursue a career in the criminal justice system, such as the police, courts, prison, probation services and youth offending services. Graduates can also progress to a PhD or research degree.
Our Careers and Employability Service
As a USW student, you will have access to advice from the Careers and Employability Service throughout your studies and after you graduate.
Fees
Full time
- 12 to 18 months
Complete your degree in the shortest possible time and study flexibly – when and where suits you!
£7,250
You’ll study 9 modules in total (approx. 37 hrs/week).
Part time option one
- 12 to 18 months
Study for a degree whilst fitting it around your work, care and other life commitments.
£4,250
You’ll study 6 modules per year (approx. 25 hrs/week).
Part time option two
- 12 to 18 months
Take time to study and spread the tuition fees over a longer period – at no extra cost.
£5,500
You’ll study 4–5 modules per year (approx. 19 hrs/week).
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