Crime and Punishment
About This Course
Objectives:
At the end of the programme, participants are expected to achieve the following objectives:
• Understand the contemporary developments, initiatives and debates in the criminal justice arena through citations of both conceptual and empirical work in the area of criminological and criminal justice research and practice;
• Application of the theories of crime and punishment, and how the body of criminological research has had impacted the development of criminal justice practices both locally and internationally;
• Appreciation and undestanding of the criminology-criminal justice nexus in the local context
Application:
At the end of the workshop, participants are expected to be able to do the following:
• Identify the causes of delinquency with clients and develop appropriate strategies and programmes to help their clients.
• Evaluate their current processes and formulate new intervention measures.
• Understand gang subcultures and refine therapeutic approach in addressing their client's criminogenic risks.
• Use early intervention methods to break the cycle of violence.
At the end of the workshop, participants are expected to be able to do the following:
1. Understand how to navigate the court system
2. Understand how to support clients as they go through the courts
3. Be familiar with dealing with lawyers, agencies and police
What You'll Learn
Among the many questions social workers may have are: What kind of court will the client have to go to? What will it be like? How can a social worker support a client? Where does a client find a lawyer that they can afford? How does a client know whether he has a good lawyer? What is a reasonable amount to pay? What happens if the client is not happy with the lawyer?
Entry Requirements
At least a Degree in any discipline