2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LAW5305M Researching Security and Justice

15 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Dr Carly Lightowlers
Email: c.lightowlers@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Co-requisites

LAW5300M

Security and Justice

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW5021M

Researching Crime and Justice

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

To provide a supportive and developmental environment that will enable students to achieve the following: 1) understand and make appropriate choices between different research strategies; 2) apply different research strategies; 3) develop research skills that will enable students to complete their dissertations and which they will carry over into the working environment or further postgraduate study.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should:

- Have a detailed knowledge and critical awareness of the different ideas and beliefs that inform social research;
- Be aware of the political issues and ethical considerations that impact upon the research process;
- Be able to demonstrate the qualitative and quantitative research skills, including statistical analysis needed to conduct and understand security and justice research.
- Have a basic understanding of qualitative data analysis
- Have a comprehensive knowledge of the different types of surveys that are used to collect quantitative data and understand the benefits and pitfalls of these different tools
- Understand basic statistical terms and definitions and key statistical procedures in order to understand and conduct research
- Have a thorough understanding of the different stages of the research process, and be able to construct a research proposal

Syllabus

To provide students with a research training that is both tailored to the needs of research within the area of security and justice, which will also be recognised by other institutions. The skills learnt by the student on this module can be carried on to future study or employment.

At the core of the Research Methods and Skills Module is a research methods programme that follows a 'traditional' research methods syllabus. To complement the research methods component will be additional training in socio-legal skills and computing techniques.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			130.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Students are expected to do a significant amount of private study. Guided reading is given on each topic and students should undertake some preparatory reading and may be required to complete a practical exercise in advance of certain sessions. Students failing to do the required preparation will be disadvantaged and may be unable to complete the group tasks. Private study time is also expected for the assessment coursework.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Research Proposal	3,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 09/09/2015

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