This week's lecture gave an overview of the Criminal Justice System; the main point of the lecture was that the CJS is (a) big, (b) complex, (c) composed of lots of separate agencies and (d) not actually a system. In the seminar we looked at some of the different agencies involved & their conflicting priorities, suggesting that having different agencies pulling in different directions might not always be a bad thing.
As we go through the unit, I'm hoping people will leave comments & suggestions on these blog posts. I think the lecture was reasonably clear & trust it got the main points across, although the slides could perhaps have been a bit more exciting. I thought the seminars went pretty well (those I did, anyway) - most people had something to say & we filled the time. I think it was reasonably well integrated with the lecture, too, although I'd be interested to get the perspective of people in the Monday groups - what's it like doing the unit 'seminar first'?
More generally, I hope people are keeping up with the reading that's assigned in the Unit Outline. Newburn's Criminology in particular is a terrific resource, with something in it for just about every week of the unit - and it's even available online.
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