Overview

Indicative content: -Vulnerability, risk, adverse childhood experiences and trauma -Partnership working – youth justice system and partnerships – Children First -Young people, trauma and offending behaviour – county lines, child sexual exploitation, radicalisation, youth gangs -Young people as ‘Troubled’ or ‘troublesome’ -Police response to vulnerability throughout the criminal justice process -Needs of vulnerable people

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -C- to C+Assessment is based on the degree of engagement with academic literature and student's ability to summarise and critically analyse theory.For a threshold grade, engagement with the academic literature is weak; the student's ability to summarise theory will be mainly descriptive; and there will be little critical analysis and understanding of how theory relates to policing practice.

-good -B- to B+Assessment is based on the degree of engagement with academic literature and student's ability to summarise and critically analyse theory.For a good and very good grade, there will be good engagement with the academic literature, reflected in the use of a wide range of academic sources; the discussion of the academic theory will go beyond mere description and there will be a critical analysis of theory and how it is applied to policing practice.

-excellent -A- to A+Assessment is based on the degree of engagement with academic literature and student's ability to summarise and critically analyse theory.For an excellent grade, there will be extensive engagement with the relevant academic literature; a sophisticated presentation of academic theory and a well developed critical analysis of theory. Students will show an excellent grasp of how theory relates to practice.

Learning Outcomes

• Gain a systematic and critical understanding of youth justice system considerations and partnerships in Wales, including Children First, Offender Second

• Gain a systematic and critical view of current police practices when dealing with vulnerability

• Gain a systematic and critical view of police responsibilities when encountering those with vulnerabilities and their responses to police contact

• Gain a systematic and critical view of the evidence linking adverse childhood experiences and trauma and youth crime

• Gain a systematic and critical view of the exploitation of vulnerable people by organised crime groups or individuals

• Gain a systematic and critical view of the link between experiences of vulnerability and abuse and contact with the police as victim and/or offender