BA Criminal Justice and Criminology Handbook 2009-2010 Leeds

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School of Law

BA CRIMINAL JUSTICE

AND CRIMINOLOGY:

Student Handbook

2009-10www.law.leeds.ac.uk


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Students and sta o the School o Law began

work on the implementation o The School o Law

Promise in May 2006. The purpose o introducingthe Promise is to encourage all members o the

School o Law to uphold the highest standards o

conduct o uture proessionals, to provide a model

o values or the School o Law Community and to

promote partnership between students and the

School. The Promise is modelled on the Honor Code

system which is common throughout Universities in

the United States.

Work on the creation o The School o Law Promise

included students and sta attending a one-day

workshop where they examined samples o Honor

Codes rom the United States, the University o

Leeds Partnership Agreement and Statement o

Values, and discussed what should be included

in the School o Law Promise. An initial Promise

Statement was drated ollowing which all students

and sta o the School o Law were invited to take

part in a vote on the values they elt were most

important to them and which should be included in

the Promise Statement.

The School o Law Promise was rolled out in January2008 and all students and members o sta were

asked to sign a copy o the Promise Statement

together at Personal Tutor Meetings as a recognition

o the acceptance o the values the Promise

represents. Students and members o sta will

be asked to sign a copy o the Promise Statement

together at their frst Personal Tutor Meetings in

Semester 1 o 2009-10.

We, the student members o the School o Law,

promise to behave in a proessional and responsible

manner, with respect or sta and students.We, the sta members o the School o Law,

promise to treat students with airness, dignity and

respect.

Individual Statement: As a member o the School o

Law Community, I promise to uphold and promote a

culture o Integrity, Learning and Honesty.

Joint Statement: We, the School o Law Community,

promise to uphold and promote a culture o Integrity,

Learning and Honesty.

The School o LawPromise


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CONTENTSWELCOME

Welcome rom the Head o School ...........................................................................................................................5

GENERAL INFORMATION

Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................6

New Building ..........................................................................................................................................................7

Year Planner ..........................................................................................................................................................8Key sta .................................................................................................................................................................9

Academic sta .....................................................................................................................................................10

Keeping in touch ..................................................................................................................................................11

Where do I go or help? .........................................................................................................................................13

YOUR STUDIES

BA Criminal Justice and Criminology programme...................................................................................................15

Studying Criminal Justice and Criminology ............................................................................................................16

Attendance ...........................................................................................................................................................17

Timetable .............................................................................................................................................................17

Lectures and seminars ........................................................................................................................................ 17

Study Skills ......................................................................................................................................................... 19

Study Abroad ........................................................................................................................................................19Student Complaints Procedure .............................................................................................................................19

ASSESSMENT AND EXAMS

Examination schedule ...........................................................................................................................................22

Absence ...............................................................................................................................................................22

Books ..................................................................................................................................................................23

Assessed coursework .......................................................................................................................................... 23

Word length ..........................................................................................................................................................24

Extensions ............................................................................................................................................................24

Plagiarism .............................................................................................................................................................25

Marking criteria .....................................................................................................................................................27

Release o marks ..................................................................................................................................................27

Progression ...........................................................................................................................................................28

Resits ................................................................................................................................................................. 29

Classication .........................................................................................................................................................30

PERSONAL TUTORING AND ADVICE

School o Law statement .......................................................................................................................................31

Personal Development Planning/Leeds or Lie ......................................................................................................34

Careers ................................................................................................................................................................36

ADVICE AND PROBLEM SOLVING

Child Care Responsibilities ....................................................................................................................................38

Counselling ...........................................................................................................................................................38

Equality and Diversity ............................................................................................................................................38

International Student .............................................................................................................................................39

Leaving the course ...............................................................................................................................................40

Medical Treatment ...............................................................................................................................................40Saety ...................................................................................................................................................................40

Skills@Library ......................................................................................................................................................40

IT

Usernames ...........................................................................................................................................................41

Printing and saving work .......................................................................................................................................41

Etiquette ...............................................................................................................................................................41

Clusters ...............................................................................................................................................................43

LIBRARY

Opening Hours......................................................................................................................................................44

Locations ..............................................................................................................................................................44

Law Reports ..........................................................................................................................................................45

Borrowing .............................................................................................................................................................46Photocopying ........................................................................................................................................................48

APPENDIX

Avoiding Plagiarism ............................................................................................................................................. .49


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Dear Law Student

Personally and on behal o all my colleagues I would like to

warmly welcome you to the School o Law at the University o

Leeds and wish you every success with your academic studies.

You will nd our degree programmes very demanding o yourenergies but I am sure you will look back upon this period in

the years to come with ondness and a sense o great

achievement.

This handbook is your guide to the BA Criminal Justice

& Criminology programme. It is important that you read it

careully as it contains inormation that will be invaluable to

you during your studies. You should consult it regularly as it

contains answers to many questions that will arise throughout

your degree programme. Each section provides important

inormation on dierent aspects o the programme, as well as

student lie in the School o Law.However these coming years are not just about study, they will

also contribute to your personal growth and development.

Within the School there are many resources and opportunities

or getting involved in academic lie, such as the Criminal

Justice Society, the student mentoring scheme, the Student-

Sta Forum, the Innocence Project (which provides a ree

advice service or convicted prisoners) and other proessional

projects.

Within the University more broadly there are a broad range o

exciting acilities, student union clubs and societies. Within

the City o Leeds, only 15 minutes (downhill) walk away, you

will nd one o the UKs most popular cosmopolitan centres

o culture. Leeds has been named as the best city to visit in

the Good Britain Guide and is also widely recognised to be the

second city in England or legal and nancial Services. The

rst city is located somewhere south o us I am told! Within

the region there is well the majesty and magnicence

o Yorkshire! Please be sure to explore beyond the city during

your time at the University. On this note I hope that you

will nd your time at the University o Leeds a thoroughly

rewarding and enjoyable experience.

With very best wishes

Proessor Roger Halson, Head o School

WELCOME

Proessor Roger Halson

Head o School


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Also,the school runs a student mentoring

programme. I you have not signed up to this yet,

but eel like you would like a mentor, please let the

Student Support Oce know so that they can assign

you to a mentor group.

Partnership Agreement

The Partnership Agreement is an example o the

Universitys values in practice as they relate to

learning and teaching. It describes the shared

responsibilities o sta and students, working

together as members o a learning community. It

was developed jointly by students, represented

by LUU, and the University, represented by the

Learning and Teaching Board. The agreement

establishes general principles and guidelines

which will be interpreted by individual Schools and

disciplines in ways appropriate to their own context.Students should thereore consider the Agreement

alongside more detailed inormation provided by

their parent School.

A copy o the Partnership Agreement can be ound

at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/partnershipagreement

This handbook is an indispensable guide or your

three years in the School o Law. It has all the

important inormation you need on your programme,

the School, University services and acilities and your

studies as a whole. For more general guidance on

University policies see the Taught Student Guide that

is available online:

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/qmeu/tsg

In your rst week you will perhaps eel overwhelmed

with inormation. So keep hold o this handbook as

you will need to reer to it in the weeks and months

to come.

In Week Zero there will be a multitude o events

open to you, both compulsory and optional. Dont

orget to join the Criminal Justice Society and please

come to the Meet and Greet to meet other students

and be introduced to the sta.

Week Zero begins on Monday 21st September and

teaching will begin on Monday 28th September.

You will need to attend your programme year

meeting where the programme manager will go

through important key issues. Also there is the

reality check talk that is essential in understanding

the expectations o the programme and the

requirements and responsibilities you will need to

ull in your time at University.

As the inormation sent out to you will have explained

you need to register online. I you have not already

done this you will need to go online to the student

portal, input your student ID and date o birth to

receive your ISS username and password. You will

then be able to register. All you then need to do is go

to Parkinson Court to receive your student card.

You will receive all module inormation in your rst

lectures in the rst week o teaching. You will also

be introduced to your personal tutor and the student

support ocers in week zero, so please ask them i

you have any queries.

INTRODUCTION


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A LAW SCHOOL FOR THE 21ST CENTURYA new 12m building due to open in early 2011 will

provide the School with the modern environment it

needs to ull its ambitious plans and provide world

class acilities or its sta and students.

The development will underline the world-class

reputation o Leeds premier Law School as the

prime centre or legal education and research.

The building will include high quality teaching and

research space, a moot court incorporating the latest

technology and a law and community centre to

support the Schools pro-bono work.

These new acilities will enable the School to recruit

and retain the best sta, students and researchers

and expand the work it does in the wider community.

Key examples o new communal accommodation

include the ollowing acilities. LegalResearchCentre:communal

accommodation or research ocers, research

assistants, and visiting scholars

LawGraduateCentre:communal

accommodation or research and taught post-

graduate students

LawStudentCommons:socialspacefor

undergraduate students

Learningandteachingspace:seminarroomsforundergraduate and graduate teaching

LawStaffCentre:asocialspaceforstaff

LawReceptionArealeadingtoLawSupport

Oces or support sta

ALawandCommunityCentretohouseProBono

projects and our Innocence Project (UoLIP)

ALawTechnologyLaboratory:tohouseour

Court21 project, moot court room and a prestige

lecture space.The new Law School will stand on the University

Western Campus, o Clarendon Road.

The building will provide a cornerstone o the

Universitys proessional campus, sitting alongside

Leeds University Business School, Leeds Innovation

Centre and Leeds Institute or Health Sciences.


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YEAR PLANNER

Teaching Weekweeks beginning

Zero 21st September Registration Week

1 28th September Teaching Begins2 5th October

3 12th October

4 19th October Deadline or Module/Programme changes

5 26th October

6 2nd November

7 9th November

8 16th November

9 23rd November

10 30th November

11 7th December Teaching Ends

12 11th January Examination Period

13 18th January

14 25th January Teaching Begins

15 1st February

16 8th February

17 15th February Deadline or Module/Programme changes

18 22nd February

19 1st March

20 8th March

21 15th March Teaching Ends

22 19th April Teaching Begins

23 26th April

24 3rd May

25 10th May

26 17th May Examination Period

27 24th May

28 31st May29 7th June

30 14th June

Easter

vacation

Christmas

vacation


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STAFFThe sta below are those you will have regular contact with during the course o your studies.

Stuart Lister

BA Criminal Justice &

Criminology Programme Manager

Nick Taylor

Director o Learning and Teaching

[email protected]

c/0 0113 343 7103

Marie Fordham

School Manager

[email protected]

0113 343 7300

Amanda Hemingway

General Ofce Co-ordinator

[email protected]

0113 343 8169

Rachael Taylor

Core Services Co-ordinator

[email protected]

0113 343 5010

Tracey Rogers

General Ofce Sta

[email protected]

0113 343 8094

Kate Hall

Timetabling Co-ordinator

[email protected]

0113 343 7281

Martin Pelan

Taught Programmes Support Ofcer:

Pastoral Support

[email protected]

0113 343 7114

Alison Sowerby

Taught Programmes Support Ofcer:

Academic and Personal Development

[email protected]

0113 343 5065

Poppy Salmon

General Ofce Sta

[email protected]

0113 343 7209

Lynsey Cocks

[email protected]

0113 343 5034

Dr Phil Hadfeld

Study Abroad Coordinator


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ACADEMIC STAFFJoan LoughreyCompany Law, Business [email protected]

Norma Martin-ClementChild Law, Family [email protected]

Proessor Gerry McCormackEquity and [email protected]

Proessor John McMullenEmployment [email protected]

Cesar Ramirez MontesIntellectual PropertyEmail address TBC

Dr Amrita MukherjeeConstitutional Law, International [email protected]

Richard PeakePenology, Youth, Crime & [email protected]

Dr David Pearce

[email protected]

Proessor Dagmar SchiekEU [email protected]

Neil StanleyTorts, Law & the [email protected]

Proessor Surya SubediInternational [email protected]

Nick TaylorEnglish Legal System, Media Law, Legal Skills, Privacy, Free Speech andthe [email protected]

Proessor Peter Vincent-Jones

Constitutional Law, Advanced Legal Research and Law Reorm,[email protected]

Proessor Clive WalkerTerrorism, Forensic Process, Miscarriages o Justice, Policing,Criminal [email protected]

Proessor David WallCybercrime, [email protected]

Dr Chloe WallaceEU Law, Constitutional Law, French Law,Introduction to Comparative EU Legal [email protected]

Dr Julie WallbankFamily Law, Jurisprudence, Gender & The Law

[email protected] Murray WessonEnglish Legal System, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Legal [email protected]

Steven WheatleyConstitutional Law, Human Rights, International [email protected]

Dr Susan WiltshireCriminal JusticeEmail address TBC

Dr Emma [email protected]

Paul WraggContract Law, Commercial Law, Employment LawEmail address TBC

Further inormation regarding academic sta, includingcontact details and research interests and key publications canbe ound on the School o Law Website at www.law.leeds.ac.uk/about/sta/

Dr Catherine AppletonCrime and Social Exclusion, Criminology and [email protected]

Dr Subhajit BasuCyberlaw, CybercrimeEmail address TBC

Ann BlairEmployment Law, Discrimination [email protected]

Sarah BlandyEquity & Trusts Advanced Legal Research & Law [email protected]

Lydia Bleasdale-HillCriminal Law, Principles o Criminal [email protected]

Dr Sarah BrownBusiness Law, [email protected]

Andy CampbellBanking & Financial Services [email protected]

Proessor Michael Cardwell

Land Law, Equity & [email protected]

Dr Emma CaveJurisprudence, Torts, Introduction to Medical [email protected]

Proessor Ian CramConstitutional Law, Media [email protected]

Proessor Adam CrawordCrime Prevention & Community Saety, [email protected]

Judith DahlgreenCompany Law, Legal Skills,Banking and Financial Services [email protected]

Proessor Graham Dutfeld

[email protected]

Dr Louise EllisonCriminal Law, [email protected]

Dr Oliver GerstenbergJurisprudence, EU [email protected]

Dr Phil HadfeldCriminological Research [email protected]

Proessor Roger [email protected]

Dr Jennier HendryJurisprudence, Law o Obligations, Media LawEmail address TBC

Dr Anthea [email protected]

Proessor Suzanne KarstedtCriminology, Comparative and cross-national criminologyEmail address TBC

Proessor Andrew KeayCompany [email protected]

Dr Mel KennyEU [email protected]

Colin KingCriminal Law, EvidenceEmail address TBC

Anna LawsonLand Law, Discrimination [email protected]

Stuart ListerVictims, Crime & Restorative Justice,Crime Prevention and Community Saety, [email protected]


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Messages rom you to us

The General Ofce

The General Oce is located in the main Law School

building. It is normally open to deal with enquiries at

the ollowing times on Mondays to Fridays: 09.00 -

17.00.

Messages or individual students are normally let in

the General Oce.

Contacting academic sta

I you wish to contact your personal tutor or a module

tutor directly, please do so via their email address

(see list o email addresses on the opposite page). I

you wish to see a member o sta personally please

you can call at their oce and check the times

when they are normally available on the notices that

should be on their oce doors. Sta oce addresses

are listed on their personal webpage on the School

website (www.law.leeds.ac.uk) and on the contact

board located opposite the General Oce. I the

member o sta is unavailable, rather than coming

back (possibly several times), you can leave a note at

the General Oce.

When contacting sta by email (both within and

outside o the School) please ensure that your

message includes your year, programme and studentnumber.

Also, beore contacting sta by e-mail, please read

and ollow the guidelines set out on page 41 o this

Handbook on network etiquette.

Medical or personal problems

I you are ill at any time during the course o the year,

you must complete an Absence Notication Form

via the Student Portal (located under the Student

Services and Admin tab). I you are absent or more

than seven days due to illness, a medical certicatemust be obtained rom your GP/Leeds University

Student Medical Practice and submitted to the

General Oce. (N.B. Doctors in most practices now

charge or this service). Where you are absent rom

University or any signicant period (i.e. more than

two or three days) due to personal reasons such as

a amily bereavement, it is most important that you

should inorm the General Oce in writing o the

nature and length o your absence.

I you believe that any medical or personal problemhas adversely aected your studies or examination

perormance, you should seek advice rom your

personal tutor or Rachael Taylor. I you wish the

adverse circumstances recorded on your student

Messages rom us to you

Notice boards

Urgent messages addressed to all students or

particular groups o students may be posted on the

urgent (blue) notice board opposite the General

Oce. Other notices will be posted on the notice

boards in the Student Common Room. You should

check all these notice boards regularly.

E-mail addresses

You will be given a user identity and an e-mail

address by the University to allow you to use the

computing acilities oered by the University. This

is an increasingly popular way in which your tutors

and the administrative sta may attempt to contact

you. You should read your e-mail messages regularly.I you use an alternative e-mail provider then you

should make sure that your University e-mail is

orwarded to that address (in your Leeds e-mail, click

on Tools - Options - Extended- and then enter your

other e-mail address in both boxes).

Leeds and home addresses

The School will already have a note o your address

but to enable us to contact students, or their amilies,

in case o emergency, it is absolutely essential that

the School should be inormed immediately o anychange o address. You must give the General Oce

details o any change o your home or Leeds term-

time addresses.

An easy way to update your change o address is

to do so online. Simply access the student portal

on: http://myuni.leeds.ac.uk , login with your ISS

username and password and select Personal

Inormation. From here select View Address(es)

and Phone(s). On this page you have the option to

update the current records we have or both yourterm-time and home contact details.

Mobile phone numbers

Urgent messages and reminders to individual

students or groups o students may be sent via text

message to your mobile phone. This is important,

or example, in the case o cancelled lectures

due to sta illness or other unoreseen events. To

enable us to contact you in this way it is important

that the correct mobile telephone number is up to

date in Personal Inormation in the student Portalhttp://myuni.leeds.ac.uk.

KEEPING IN TOUCH


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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIETY

The Society, widely reerred to as CrimSoc, exists to

enhance your enjoyment o lie at University and to

ensure that you gain as much as possible rom the

experience. It is run bystudents on the programme

orstudents on the programme - although

membership is available to non-law students. It

is thereore important that you get involved and

support the activities o CrimSoc. The Society has

a notice board o events in the Student Common

Room in the School o Law to ensure that you are

aware o its activities, as well as the contact details o

members o the executive committee. It also seeks

representation on its executive committee rom each

student year group, including a rst-year rep.

STUDENT-STAFF FORUM

The School has a Student-Sta Forum which is a

channel or two-way communication o suggestions,

problems and queries between the students and the

sta. It provides your opportunity to have a say in the

running o the School. The Forum consists o elected

student representatives (including three rom each

year o the 3 year LL.B), the President o the Student

Law Society, the Criminal Justice Society President

and representatives o the sta, one o whom acts asthe convenor. The convenor or 2009/10 is Emma

Cave.

The Forum normally meets twice per semester. Any

student or member o sta is welcome to attend at

these meetings as an observer. Notices o meetings

are posted on the notice boards and copies o the

minutes are placed on Law foor o the VLE.

A report o each meeting o the Student-Sta

Forum is discussed by sta at the next meeting o

the School Learning and Teaching Committee andreported to School Meetings.

I you wish to make suggestions or improving any

aspects o lie in the Law School, ask the student

representative or your year (or any other orum

member) to raise the matter in the orum.

le and considered by the Board o Examiners, you

should ollow the procedure set out below.

All medical notes and records o other

circumstances that you wish the School to consider

must be submitted to Rachael Taylor, Room 2.03,

20 Lyddon Terrace on the appropriate orm viz.

Medical/Mitigating Circumstances Form (which

is available rom the Student Common Room and

also may be downloaded rom the VLE). You will be

required to give your personal details on the orm

together with details o the assessments aected and

the details o the circumstances. In all cases you

must submit evidence to support your application,

such as a medical certicate or inormation rom a

third party which will enable the School to conrmthe circumstances you are claiming. Note this is the

only route to submit documentation other orms o

communication will NOT be considered.

Your case will be put beore the School Special

Circumstances Committee which makes

recommendations to the Examinations Board o the

School. The School cannot take account o special

circumstances which we do not know about so it is

very important that you submit the orm as soon as

possible and always beore the examination period is

over. Unless exceptional reasons prevail, notication

o illness and adverse circumstances submitted

more than SEVEN days ater an examination or

deadline or an assessment cannot be taken into

account.

Requests or reerences

I you require a reerence, you should normally

approach your personal tutor with your request. You

should also let your tutor know i you give his or her

name as reeree to a potential employer.

Requests or transcripts

Requests or ormal transcripts o your examination

results should be sent to Taught Student

Administration. For an inormal printout o your

results please contact the General oce.


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WHERE DO I GO FOR HELPAT THE SCHOOL OF LAW?

Handing in essays Assessed essays should be put together in the ollowing order:

1. signed Academic Integrity Form;

2. Feedback Proorma; and

3. Your essay. These should be stapled together in the top let-hand corner

and placed in the Essay Container in the Student Common Room

beore 12.00 noon on the day o the deadline.

Electronic versions o your essay MUST be submitted in addition to the

hard copy.

Essay extensions I you need an extension, contact the Taught Programmes Ocer: Pastoral

Support, Martin Pelan.

Collect handouts Extra handouts are available in the common room.

Change module You will need to see the Timetabling Co-ordinator, Kate Hall.

Change programme Speak to your personal tutor and the Director o Learning and Teaching.

Absence through illness I you have been absent rom a class you must complete an Absence

Notication Form via the Student Portal (located under the Student Services

and Admin tab). I your absence is or more than 7 days then you will also

be required to provide a medical note.

I you have missed a class and wish to attend a replacement seminar

please email the seminar tutor to seek their permission.

Absences rom University I you need to be absent rom University in term time, you need to the orm

(downloadable rom the VLE, or available rom the Student Common Room)

to return to the Head o School.

Change o name or address I you change your name or address during the course o your studies, you

can change these through the student portal.

Exam and resit problems I you think you will have problems with an exam (e.g. you are ill and need

to be absent or you have special requirements) or you have to take a resit,

please see Rachael Taylor.

Personal problems Please go and talk to the Taught Programmes Ocer: Pastoral Support,

Martin Pelan.

Timetabling You need to see the Timetabling Co-ordinator, Kate Hall.


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Within the University each week o the semester

is numbered. The eleven weeks o semester one

are numbered starting at week 9. Note that the

week in which teaching starts in semester two is

numbered week 14. It is important to remember this

to understand your timetable and to know when you

are expected to attend classes. The number o the

week o the semester is shown on the notice-board

in the Student Common Room.

THE MODULAR SYSTEM

Each separate course that you study is known as a

module. All degree programmes within the University

are made up o a series o modules. Each module

carries a number o credits, 10, 20 or 30. Credits

relate solely to the amount o work done or that

module and not to the standard o that work; i.e. they

have nothing to do with assessment. Thus in therst year o the BA Criminal Justice and Criminology

e.g., Introduction to Criminal Justice has 20 credits,

and Principles o Criminal Law has 10 credits. All

students must take modules amounting to 120

credits in each year o study. In the rst year o the

BA Criminal Justice and Criminology students take

a combination o modules, some o which are 20

credits (e.g. Introduction to Criminal Justice) and

others are 10 credits (e.g. Principles o Criminal

Law). The table overlea shows the compulsory

modules within your programme and the amount o

credits attached to each.

The University rules or progression between years

are set out in the programme specications. The

programme specications explicitly identiy on the

basis o programme learning outcomes, the modules

or which credit must be achieved in order to allow

progression. Details relating to progression are set

out on pages 28 - 30.

THE UNIVERSITY YEAR

The academic year is divided into two semesters.

Each semester has an 11 week teaching period

ollowed by a revision period and an assessment

period. The key dates or the semesters in the

academic year 2009 2010 are:

Semester 1:

Teaching:

28 September 11 December

Examinations:

11 January 24 January

Semester 2:

Teaching:

25 January 19 March,

19 April 7 May

Revision Week:

10 14 May

Examinations:

17 May 4 June

End of session 2009/2010:

18 June

Re-sit examinations:

17 August - 27 August

YOUR STUDIES


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YEAR 1: ALL MODULES ARE COMPULSORY IN THE FIRST YEAR.

Code Title Semester Credits

LAW1171 Crime Prevention and Community Saety 2 20

LAW1065 Introduction to Criminal Justice 1 & 2 20

LAW1040 English Legal System 1 10

LAW1126 Criminal Justice Study Skills 1 5

LAW1140 Principles o Criminal Law 2 10

LAW1136 Understanding Crime 1 & 2 20

LAW1165 Crime and Social Exclusion 1 & 2 20

SLSP1020 Sociological Thinking 1 20

**YOU HAVE TO PASS ALL MODULES TO PROGRESS TO YEAR TWO**

YEAR 2 : THE FOLLOWING MODULES ARE COMPULSORY:


LAW2090 Criminology 1 & 2 20

LAW2350 Victims, Crime and Restorative Justice 1 & 2 20LAW2420 Youth Crime and Justice 1 & 2 20

LAW2285 Criminological Research Methods 1 & 2 20

You must choose a urther 40 credits rom a list o optional / elective subjects.

**YOU HAVE TO PASS AT LEAST 100 CREDITS, INCLUDING ALL YOUR COMPULSORY

MODULES, TO PROGRESS**

YEAR 3: THE FOLLOWING MODULES ARE COMPULSORY:


LAW3035 Long Dissertation (Criminal Justice and Criminology) 1 & 2 40

LAW3136 Penology 1 & 2 20

LAW3160 Policing 1 & 2 20

40 urther credits chosen rom a list o optional / elective subjects.

****TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN HONOURS DEGREE,

YOU MUST TAKE 100 CREDITS OF LEVEL 3 CODED MODULES****

THE BA CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY PROGRAMME


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to your student handbooks to help you make

sense o the dierent rules and practices that are

adopted by both Schools. In general, rules and

practices relating to class attendance, coursework

submission and other basic aspects o studentlie will dier rom School to School, and you

need to be clear about which rules apply in which

case. You should never assume that just because

something is done in one way in the School o

Law it is done in the same way in another School.

Always ask a member o the relevant School i you

are unclear about anything

Organising your work. With such a wide range

o subjects, it is sometimes tempting to spend

a disproportionate time on certain modules.You may nd particular subjects very easy or

enjoyable, and thus preer to spend your time

on them. Alternatively, you may spend all your

time on one or two subjects which you nd most

challenging. Try to balance the time you spend in

private study between all o your modules, taking

into consideration the relative credit weightings

o each module. As a rough guide, the university

expects that a student should work 75 hours or

each 10 credits, including lectures, seminars and

private study. You may nd, initially, that you areworking a bit harder than other single honours

students. Remember, in a sense, you are learning

the language and structure o two i not three

subjects (i.e. law, sociology and criminal justice),

rather than one, and, in many cases, they may be

subjects that you have never studied beore. This

diculty is generally not permanent you will nd

that as you become accustomed to studying the

subject, things will get easier. However, you might

nd it helpul to organise your work in such a way

as to allow you to spend longer chunks o timeon a particular area, rather than chopping and

changing between subjects.

Feeling let out. You will be working in two Schools

o the University. However, it can sometimes

eel as though you belong to neither. The School

o Law is your base: your parent School. Your

personal tutor is ound within the School o Law,

and he or she is available to answer any questions

or to discuss any problems with you. However,

you will nd it helpul to make contacts as soonas possible with sta in the School o Sociology

and Social Policy, who will generally be happy to

discuss issues with you. In that way, you will get to

eel part o both Schools more quickly.

Why do we think the BA Criminal Justice andCriminology is worthwhile?

Upon successul completion o this programme,

you will be able to analyse, understand and discuss

the key debates relating to theory, policy and

practice within the eld o criminal justice and

criminology, as well as be able to undertake social

and criminological research. This is an innovative,

interdisciplinary degree scheme which concentrates

upon building an understanding o criminal justice

which includes the study o both ormal and inormal

processes o regulation and control. So, Criminal

Justice and Criminology draws upon a number o

disciplines, ranging rom legal philosophy through

political sciences to socio-legal studies. It is the

interplay between the legal, social and political which

give this scheme a uniquely progressive and fexible

prole and special vitality.

STUDYING CRIMINAL JUSTICE ANDCRIMINOLOGY

The BA Criminal Justice Studies and Criminology

degree programme, although not technically a joint

honours programme, requires you to work in two

University Schools the School o Law, and the

School o Sociology and Social Policy. Having to

work both in, and outside the School o Law is a

rewarding experience, and many students nd that

it has signicant advantages over working in a single

School. During your time in Leeds, you will meet a

wider range o people than you might otherwise do

i you remained only within the School o Law, and

you will be exposed to a wider range o events and

social activities. Finally, many employers appreciate

the breadth o experience and skills that working on

a two School course can give you.

However, this breadth o experience brings with itcertain complications and pitalls, and it is important

to be aware o these and to develop strategies to deal

with them. These are some o the diculties that you

may come across:

Orientation. Arriving at a large university such

as Leeds and getting to know your School is

a daunting experience at the best o times.

Having to get to know two Schools is even more

dicult. Make sure that you get hold o and read

careully the student handbook o the School oSociology and Social Policy as well as this one,

and make a point o visiting both Schools and

attending any events that are oered. As the

year progresses, you will need to reer requently


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or an absence rom Leeds longer than that allowed

in the Regulations. The aim o the Regulations is

not to place unreasonable restrictions on students,

but to keep the School inormed o the whereabouts

o students so that the School may properly ull itsobligations.

Please be sure not to make arrangements, e.g.

or holidays, which might clash with your study

commitments. You should also realise that

examinations can take place on Saturdays.

THE TIMETABLE

You can access your individual timetable setting out

the subjects you are taking and the times o your

classes on-line via the portal and clicking on mytimetable. The teaching rooms and the abbreviations

used or these in your timetable are dealt with in a

later section o this handbook. Any problems relating

to the timetable should be reerred to Ms Hall as

soon as possible. All lectures will start in the week

beginning Monday 28th September. Seminars and

tutorials will start later. The lecturer will announce

when they start. It is up to you to nd out when they

start and make sure that you attend at the right

time. Your timetable will indicate which week your

seminars start but be warned: the lecturer mayneed to make dierent arrangements. Watch out or

announcements. I in doubt ask the lecturer or the

tutor who will be conducting the seminars.

The School recognises that students with parental

responsibilities and members o some religions may

nd it dicult to attend some classes at particular

times. In view o this, we encourage those who are

aected in this way to request a move to a tutorial

or seminar group at a dierent time. We cannot

guarantee to meet all o these needs but we willtake all steps that are reasonably practicable to

accommodate genuine needs o this kind.

TEACHING METHODS

Modules in the Law School are taught by a variety

o methods. There may be lectures, case-classes,

seminars or tutorials and varying combinations o

these. You will also be expected to make use o

computer based materials.

LecturesLectures are normally 50 minute sessions, starting

at 5 minutes past the hour and ending at 5 minutes

to the hour. Normally a lecture class consists o all

the students taking that course. One lecturer speaks

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FORUNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

There are many activities at the School o Law that

complement the curriculum including:The Innocence Project

The University o the Leeds Innocent Project gives

undergraduates the opportunity to do investigative

work into real cases where there is a suspicion o

wrongul conviction.

Centre or Criminal Justice Seminar Series

Each semester up to our distinguished speakers

are invited to give a public talk about their research

to sta and students in the School o Law. Theseseminars provide good opportunity to gain insights

into the world o research, but are also a orum

or socializing with sta, ellow students and those

criminal justice practitioners who attend.

Visits to criminal justice agencies

During your time at Leeds there is likely to be

opportunity to visit one or more criminal justice

agency, so giving you experience and insight into the

real-lie environment where criminal justice policy is

put into practice.

Peer mentoring

All second year students may volunteer to act

as a Peer Mentor to new rst year students. The

mentoring role has proven to be extremely rewarding

or both mentor and mentee , but it also provides

students with opportunity to demonstrate their

willingness to help others.

Student Societies

There are two student societies or students in the

School o Law, the Leeds Student Society (LawSoc)

and the Criminal Justice Society (CrimSoc). They

provide social, sporting, academic and career

activities to their respective members.

ATTENDANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY

The University Regulations require attendance

at the University throughout the two Semesters.

Attendance or this purpose includes attendance

at classes and examinations as prescribed bythe School. Permission or absence during the

semester will normally be given or a good cause but

permission must always be obtained rom the Head

o School or the Director o Learning and Teaching


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TheHouldsworthBuilding,housingtheSchool

o Process, Environmental and Materials

Engineering (SPEME), is on Clarendon Road

(opposite the Library pub). These lecture theatres

are numbered HLDS A D in your timetable.

SchoolofEarth&EnvironmentLectureTheatreE

(Envt E) is located on the lower ground foor o the

School which is reached via Clothworkers Court

(to the right o the Great Hall).

TheSchoolofTextileIndustries,SpeakmanLT,is

located next to Clothworkers Court, o University

Road

Most, but not all, seminars are held in the School.

Law School seminar rooms are:

LawSeminarRooms(LSR)1,3,4,5&6inthe

main building;

BrianHoganSeminarRoomin21Lyddon

Terrace; and

SeminarRoomC(SRC)ontherstoorof21

Lyddon Terrace

For details o the location o your seminars, see

your timetable.

ATTENDANCE AT CLASSES

Attendance at seminars is compulsory.

Students who cannot attend a seminar or good reason

MUST ll in the Absence Notication section online via

the Student Portal (located under the Student Services

and Admin tab). Students must state the period o

the absence and the reason or the absence. Any

illness over 7 days must be backed up with a medical

certicate rom your doctor.

Students are advised that acceptable reasons

or absence include illness (backed up by a sel-

certicate or medical certicate) and exceptional

circumstances such as hospital appointments (copy

o letter required), bereavement, major personal

crisis. Sleeping in, ailing to read the timetable

correctly and going home or the weekend are NOT

acceptable reasons or missing seminars or case-

classes. Students are also advised that medical

and dental appointments should generally be tted

around timetabled classes.

Attendance at lectures is not monitored but you

would be very oolish to miss them. Non-attendance

at lectures almost always has a bad eect on a

students work, leading to poor examination results,

or ailure.

to the entire class. Lectures are a ormal means

o imparting a body o core inormation and ideas.

Course guides, handouts and reading lists may be

issued to you in lectures.

During lectures, dont try to write everything down,

but instead think about (and note) the key points

and arguments which are being made. I you miss

a lecture, try and nd out what topics were covered

and collect any handouts that the lecturer may have

distributed.

Seminars and tutorials

Seminars are large discussion classes o 12-30

students in which students are required to discuss

matters covered in prescribed reading, which

you study beore the class. Tutorials are smallerdiscussion groups o 8-12 students.

Seminars and tutorials provide an opportunity to

develop skills in presenting arguments, discussion

and team-work which are important aspects o

university education. What you get out o a seminar/

tutorial depends very much on what you are willing

to contribute.

TEACHING ROOMS

The rooms in which your classes take place areshown in your timetable. Teaching takes place in:

Lecturetheatres

Seminarsrooms.

The School does not have its own lecture theatres.

Most law lectures are given in the ollowing buildings,

which are about 5- 10 minutes walk rom the Law

School. Walk round to visit them now, so that you

will know where to go when lectures begin.

ThelecturetheatreblockcalledtheRoger

Stevens Building next to the Sports Centre. These

lecture rooms are numbered LT1 to LT25 in your

timetable.

TheMichaelSadlerBuilding.Theselecture

rooms are numbered LG8, LG10 etc., because

they are on the Lower Ground Floor. The biggest

lecture room, the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre,

is also situated on the Lower Ground Floor, but is

reerred to as RBLT.

TheConferenceAuditorium1and2.These

are the largest lecture theatres on the University

campus and are located behind the Sports

Centre.


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In particular, Skills@Library oers a wide range

o support or students including a skills-based

workshop programme, online resources and one-

to-one advice. Further inormation can be ound at

www.skills.library.leeds.ac.uk/.

STUDY ABROAD

BA CRIMINAL JUSTICE & CRIMINOLOGY(INTERNATIONAL)

Introduction

The School o Law has recently established an

exchange agreement with Carleton University and

Victoria University, Wellington to enable a small

number o BA Criminal Justice & Criminology

students to spend one ull academic year studying in

Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

Students must apply to the scheme in their second

year o study at Leeds with a view to spending

the third year o their degree at Carleton, Grith

or Victoria, beore returning to Leeds to complete

their nal year o study. This means that successul

applicants to the scheme will undertake a our year

programme o study, rather than the usual three

years. To refect the international element within the

exchange programme, participating students willgraduate with a BA Criminal Justice and Criminology

(International), instead o a BA Criminal Justice and

Criminology.

About Carleton

Carleton University is in Ottawa, the national

capital o Canada, and regional centre o the state

o Ontario. Located in the north-east o Canada,

Carleton is two hours rom Montreal. It has all the

trappings o a modern progressive city, rich in cultureand history, with a vibrant city centre and downtown

area.

Located ten minutes rom the city centre, the

University has approximately 25,000 students. An

extensive tunnel system links all campus buildings,

making Carleton one o the most accessible

universities in the country.

Potentially, you would benet rom the year abroad

in many and varied ways. Canada and Ottawa are

culturally rich places to spend time. A year spentthere is an opportunity to gain diverse experiences,

which arise rom living in dierent places. It would

we envisage also broaden your capacity or

learning. As the scheme requires you to do an extra

Attendance records are kept by tutors who report

the names o students who miss classes or ail to

complete written work and disciplinary action in

accordance with University procedures is taken

against students who persistently ail to complywith their obligations. In addition, a student may

take examinations in the University only i s/he has

attended classes and perormed the work o the

course to the satisaction o the Head o School. It is

important that you make sure your name is entered

on the class register that will be passed round or you

may be reported as absent even when you attended

a class. It is your responsibility to ensure that your

name has been entered in the register.

I you ail to attend three classes across all yourmodules without good cause, you will receive a

ormal written warning rom the Director o Learning

and Teaching, a copy o which will be kept on your

le. Persistent non-attendance may lead to you being

reported to the University or disciplinary action. You

could be excluded rom modules, barred rom taking

University examinations, and ultimately excluded

rom the University.

The School adheres to University procedures in

relation to students who do not meet module orprogramme requirements in relation to attendance,

class work or written submissions. For urther

inormation in relation to University procedures,

please reer to www.leeds.ac.uk/AAandR/unsatis_

stu_proc.htm.

STUDY SKILLS

Over the rst 8 weeks o your time in Leeds, you will

complete a short, compulsory module - Criminal

Justice Study Skills. The module is designed to give

you the skills needed to do well on the programme.It will help you make the transition rom studying

at college to studying at university, particularly in

relation to becoming an independent learner.

Specically, the module explores a variety o skills

that, as new students in Leeds, you will be expected

to develop during your rst year: how to use the

wide-range o resources available here at Leeds, how

to use the library, how to read and make notes, how

to make the most o lectures and seminars, how to

approach and write an academic essay and how toprepare or and pass exams.

In addition to the skills developed on the module

help is also available elsewhere in the University.


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Victoria Universitys Kelburn Campus overlooks

the natural amphitheatre o Wellington Harbour.

Downtown - with its bustling entertainment, arts, cae

and social scene - is just a ew minutes walk or cable

car ride away. Victoria also has a physical presencein Wellingtons heart. To nd out more about the

university and the area visit:

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/deault.aspx

The Institute o Criminology in the School o Social

and Cultural Studies has an international reputation

or excellence across its research and teaching

portolios. I you are interested in applying to the

scheme you should do some research about the city,

the university and the country to help you decide.

You can nd out more about criminology at Victoria

by visiting the Institute or Criminology website:

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sacs/aboutus/crim.aspx

How do I apply?

The university application procedures are detailed on

the Study Abroad website. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/

students/study-abroad/outgoers/how.htm

However, you must be pre-approved by the Law

School in order to apply to Study Abroad. To apply

or pre-approval, we require you to complete theinitial permission orm and the academic reerence

downloadable rom the Study Abroad website. Your

academic reerence orm must be completed by

your personal tutor, with whom we expect you to

discuss your plans ully. You must also submit to

us a personal statement o 500 words, outlining

your reasons or applying to study abroad. Where

more students apply to the scheme then there

are places, the School will consider a range o

actors in deciding who is eligible or the scheme.These include: academic ability and potential; the

personal statement, as evidence o your potential

to take advantage o the year; any other relevant

inormation, such as your disciplinary record. We are

looking or students who will be good ambassadors

or the University o Leeds and will take seriously any

inormation which suggests otherwise.

Applications are submitted to the School o Law

each year in November. I you think you might be

interested then you can ask your personal tutor

or the member o sta managing the exchange

programme or more details. Students are notied

in January whether their application has been

successul.

years study compared to the three year programme,

it may mean that you are better equipped to do well

in your nal year o study in Leeds. We think those

students who participate in the scheme will nd the

year studying abroad challenging but enormouslyrewarding. You can nd out more about criminology

at Carleton by visiting their website: http://www.

carleton.ca/criminology/index.htm

About Grifth

Brisbane is the state capital o Queensland and the

third most populous city in Australia. It is situated on

the Brisbane River on a low-lying foodplain between

Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range in south-

eastern Queensland. The School o Criminology and

Criminal Justice is located on the Mount Gravattcampus, 10 kilometres south o central Brisbane in

the scenic bushland setting o Toohey Forest, less

than 15 minutes by car rom the centre o Brisbane

and within walking distance o the South East

Busway. Buses also connect direct to the city.

To nd out more about the university and the area

visit: http://www.grith.edu.au/

The School o Criminology at Grith has an

international reputation or excellence in teaching

and research and you will be taught by some othe oremost criminologists in Australia. I you are

interested in applying to the scheme you should do

some research about the city, the university and the

country to help you decide. You can nd out more

about criminology at Grith by visiting the School o

Criminology website:

http://www.grith.edu.au/arts-languages-criminology/

school-criminology-criminal-justice

About Victoria

Wellington City is located on the southern tip o the

North Island o New Zealand and has approximately

160,000 inhabitants. Wellingtons compact city

centre supports an arts scene, cae culture and

nightlie much larger than most cities o a similar

size. It is oten described as the cultural, sporting

and political capital o New Zealand. Cuba is

the bohemian alternative quarter that captures

Wellingtons creative pulse, whilst Lambton has

designer ashions and ood to match. The Waterront

is lled with parks, museums and landmarks.Wellington is surrounded by hills, a rugged coastline

and one o the most beautiul harbours in the world.

New Zealand is known throughout the world or its

space, its natural beauty and tranquillity.


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STUDENT COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

I you eel something has gone wrong and you are

unsatised with the way you have been treated,

it is best rst to approach your personal tutor or

the module manager, or the Director o Learning,

Teaching and Administration, or the Head o School.

I inormal procedures cannot resolve a complaint,

you can complain ormally in writing to the

Complaints Ocer, David Wardle, who will investigate

the matter ormally. I you are not satised with the

outcome you can appeal to the Pro-Vice Chancellor

or Students and Sta.

A more detailed account o the procedures can be

ound in Section 13 o the Taught Students Guidewww.leeds.ac.uk/qmeu/tsg/13scp.htm

Contact Details

Complaints Ocer

David Wardle

[email protected]; 0113 343 4452


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on the notice board in the Student Cloak Room as

soon as they are available. Any clashes or problems

should be identied and brought to the attention o

Rachael Taylor so that diculties can be sorted out

beore the nal timetable is produced.

It is imperative that you should check the nal

version o the examination timetable and that you

turn up at the right place, at the right time and onthe right day. You should allow plenty o time beore

the examination to nd your seat number on the

seating list, especially when the examination is in the

Sports Hall or is being taken in more than one room.

You are required to take your student identication

card with you to all your examinations. I you bring a

mobile phone with you into the examination hall, you

will be required to switch it o and leave it with the

invigilators or the duration o the examination.

Modifed examination arrangementsModied examination arrangements can be made

to accommodate students with a disability. Note that

disabled or dyslexic students requiring examination

concessions such as extra time must register with

the Equality Service not later than 6th November

2009 or Semester One examinations, and 5th

March 2010 or Semester Two examinations.

I you anticipate that you will need special

examination arrangements due to some orm o

temporary incapacity, please inorm Rachael Taylorand the University Examinations Ocer as soon as

possible, supplying medical evidence.

Absence and illness

I you are absent rom an examination due to illness,

University regulations require a medical certicate,

signed by a doctor, which indicates the nature and

seriousness o the illness and its duration in relation

to the absence. Sel-certication will NOT be

accepted or examination absences.

I you have missed an examination due to

illness or exceptional personal circumstances,

you should complete the Medical/Mitigating

Circumstances orm and submit it, together with the

Modules are assessed by examinations, by

assessed coursework, or by a combination o these

methods. Thus, or example, the rst year module

Understanding Crime is assessed by a mixture o

examination and essay; the assessment o English

Legal System consists solely o a written examination

at the end o the module; and the assessment o

Principles o Criminal Law is by way o two essays.

(The exams are in January or English Legal System

and in May/June or all the other rst year subjects.)

There is likely to be some dierences across the

programme in terms o the extent o inormation you

are given about each assessment exercise within any

one module because the programme is modular and

taught by dierent members o sta. So, or example,

some modules may provide you with details about

precisely what topics to revise or examinations.

Other modules take a synoptic approach to

assessment and so expect you to be able to answerquestions about any topic covered within a module

or its central themes and concerns. The important

point or you to note is that you are here to gain a

broad education about the subject o criminal justice

and criminology. In this respect, it is important or

you to attend all classes within a module so that

you can see the linkages between dierent ideas or

topics and gain an overarching understanding o

key concepts and theoretical perspectives. These

ideas also connect at the programme level. Whatthis means is that students who do well on the

programme are overwhelmingly those who take a

broad view o the programme content - and seek

to gain an understanding o the whole (i.e. the

sum o the parts) not merely discreet chunks. It

has been proven time and again that this approach

means that you will learn more and perorm better in

assessments. It will also be refected in your overall

degree classication

EXAMINATIONS

Examination schedules

There are three examination periods per day

(9.00 - 12.00, 13.00 - 16.00 and 17.00 - 19.00).

Provisional examination timetables will be posted

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University Examinations Ocer who will initiate the

procedure set out at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/AAandR/

cp.htm.

The School will not regard it as a sucient deence

that you have borrowed someone elses statute

book, or purchased your copy second-hand. You

alone are responsible or ensuring that the book and

materials you bring in to the Examination Hall ully

comply with the regulations.

ASSESSED COURSEWORK

The orm o assessed coursework

The length and orm o assessed coursework will

vary rom module to module. The inormation will be

published in course documentation. However it isyour responsibility to make sure you are clear about

what is required o you. It will not be an excuse or

ailing to comply with the requirements that you

have lost or did not read the documentation or that

or some reason you did not receive a copy. I in any

doubt, consult the lecturer in charge o the module.

General rules

There are some general rules that apply to all

assessed coursework:

Allassessedessaysandassessedcourseworkof

all kinds must be typed. Work that is not typed

will be treated as a non-submission and you will

receive no marks or it.

Thewordlimitmustbecompliedwithandthe

length o the essay or other coursework clearly

and accurately stated on the ront o the essay.

Itmustbehandedinontime.

You must avoid plagiarism.

Submission o assessed coursework

This must be placed in the container provided in the

Student Common Room no later than 12.00noon

(midday) on the day it is due in. This will then be

emptied by the oce sta who will keep a list o work

submitted. Do not hand work directly to the General

Oce or to a member o sta.

Assessed coursework sent in by post, ax, or e-mail

will not be accepted unless you have obtained prior

authorisation rom the Taught Programmes SupportOcer: Pastoral Support. Please note that the

University expects all students to be in residence

during the January examination period.

supporting medical certicate or other supporting

documentation to Rachael Taylor. You must submit

your application no later than SEVEN days ater

the date o the examination, or the date o the last

examination i more than one examination is aectedby the same circumstances.

Your case or a new attempt at the examination will

be considered by the School Special Circumstances

Committee. I the Committee determines that your

case satises the criterion o good cause, it may

recommend that the Board o Examiners grants you

the opportunity to take the examination at the next

available opportunity as a rst attempt.

Format o examinations

Examinations usually last or two or three hours. In

three hour papers candidates are requently required

to answer our questions out o eight and in two

hour papers, two questions out o our. However

some modules have dierent ormats. The number

o questions to be answered may be dierent or you

may be required to answer questions rom dierent

parts o a paper. The precise requirements are

specic to each module. It is important that you are

clear in advance what will be required o you.

Books and other materials in examinations

Unless your lecturers inorm you otherwise, you are

NOT allowed to use books or notes or other materials

in examinations. Attempting to do so amounts to

cheating, which lays you open to severe penalties. In

some courses, you are allowed to take statute books

or other materials into examinations provided they

are unannotated. Your lecturer will tell you when

you can take statute books into the examination and

which statute books are permitted; make sure you

are clear whether you can or cannot do so.

What is meant by unannotated?

When you are allowed to take statute books or

other materials into examinations, they must be

unannotated. These means you must NOT have any

written comments or notes, including case reerences,

on them.

It is very important you understand these rules.

You do not want to be accused o cheating. I the

invigilator in the examination considers that youhave inringed these rules, your statute book or other

materials will be conscated and no replacements

provided or the remainder o the examination.

Further, the invigilator will report the matter to the


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Pastoral Support. They cannot be granted by module

teachers. Extensions can be discussed by telephone

or e-mail but you must approach the Taught

Programmes Support Ocer: Pastoral Support

in person to request an extension unless you arephysically unable to come into the University. Any

extensions must normally be negotiated in advance

o the submission date.

N.B. Evidence o ailure o University computers or

printers can be accepted as a valid reason or an

extension o a deadline, but only i clear, veriable

evidence o that ailure is available rom ISS.

(Diculties o last minute access to the computing

cluster or to the printers will NOT be accepted as

valid excuses or extensions to be granted. Studentsshould recognise that just-in-time strategies carry a

high risk in this context and should plan their work

accordingly.)

Problems associated with the use o private

computers, printers or electronic storage

devices will NOT be regarded as an excuse

or late submission except in very exceptional

circumstances.

In order to try to avoid some o the problems which

can arise when computers are used, you arestrongly advised to generate paper copies o all work

being held on computer, at least three days beore

the deadline or submission, even i the work is

incomplete at that time.

Word length o assessed coursework

You must state the word length accurately on

the ront o your essay. I you do not, you will be

penalised by a deduction o 5% i.e. ve marks will

be deducted rom the initial mark awarded.

Penalties or exceeding the word length

The rst 100 words in excess o the word length will

not be penalised.

In the case o the Dissertation only, the rst 250

words will not be penalised.

The word length does not include ootnotes or the

bibliography.

I the word length is exceeded by up to 50%, a

deduction o between 10 and 35 marks will be

imposed (i.e. between 10 and 35 marks will be

deducted rom the initial mark), depending upon

the circumstances. I the word length is exceeded

by more than 50%, this will be treated as a non-

You must keep your own copy o every piece o

assessed coursework and any drats and notes made

in preparation or this work. You will also be required

to submit an electronic copy o all your assessments

via the VLE. Details concerning this will be includedin the essay title instructions sheet.

Once your work has been marked, you will receive

back a eedback sheet attached to the paper copy o

your essay, which you will need to collect rom the

General Ofce.

The collection date will be included on the relevant

essay title instruction sheet.

Late submission

One o the most important skills which you shouldaim to acquire during your studies is the ability

to organise your own work fow so that important

deadlines are met, even when more than one

time limit expires at the same time. During your

law course you will be required to submit various

written assignments. It is an important part o your

training that you learn to meet such deadlines and

ailure to do so refects badly on your organisational

skills. Penalties are attached to the late submission

o written assignments. These penalties are set

out below or your inormation together with the

procedures to be ollowed where you nd yoursel

in genuine and extraordinary diculties with written

work.

Penalties or late submission o assessed

coursework

The ollowing rules apply to ALL pieces o

assessment, including dissertations:

For every calendar day up to ourteen days that

the essay is late a penalty o 5 marks will beimposed i.e. fve o the marks initially awarded

will be deducted (e.g. i the essay is two days late

a penalty o 10 marks will be imposed, so that i

the original mark was 67 you will receive a mark o

57).

I the Dissertation or coursework is more than

ourteen days late it will be awarded zero marks.

Extensions o the deadline.

I you have a good reason or handing in your

assessed coursework late (e.g. illness) you

must apply or an extension to the deadline or

submission. Extensions to time limits can only be

granted by the Taught Programmes Support Ocer:


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own work, in your own words, and not a copy or

paraphrase o the work o another student or some

other source.

All work submitted or assessment must be

accompanied by a Declaration o Academic Integrity.

Work will not be accepted and will not be marked

unless this is completed and signed at the time

o submission. Your declaration conrms that the

work is your own, and that you are aware it is your

responsibility to know the denition and importance

o plagiarism. The School or the University may

use electronic techniques to monitor your work,

comparing it with work o other students or with

published material (including internet sites), and you

may be required to submit your work on disk or in anelectronic ormat or this purpose.

In appendix 2 at the end o the handbook advice

is given on how you can write your work so that

there is no question o plagiarism. Your tutors

and/or lecturers will provide guidance on avoiding

plagiarism during your programme, and i in doubt

at any time you should ask your tutor or another

member o the academic sta. Further guidelines

on reerencing can be ound at: http://www.leeds.

ac.uk/library/training/reerencing/

CHEATING IN UNIVERSITYEXAMINATIONS

Defnition

Cheating in University Examinations occurs when

a candidate transgresses any o the ollowing

University rules governing the conduct o University

Examinations. Specically, candidates shall not:

copyfromothercandidatesorfromnotes;

introducespecieditems(e.g.pencilcases),notes or other unauthorised material (including

blank paper) into the examination room;

communicateinanywaywithothercandidatesor

person(s) except the invigilators;

accessorcopyfromsourcesofinformation

(except as allowed by examiners or the Exams

Ocer) or annotate or mark this authorised

inormation (except as authorised by the

examiner);

removescriptbooks(blankorotherwise)fromtheexamination room;

bringmobiletelephonesorpagersintothe

examination room;

submission and no marks will be awarded.

These rules apply to all types o assessed coursework

and to the Dissertation.

CHEATING, PLAGIARISM and ACADEMICMALPRACTICE

The University regards cheating and plagiarism

and other instances o academic malpractice with

the utmost seriousness. Cheating in examinations

includes copying rom another candidate,

accessing notes or other sources o inormation, or

communication with other candidates or with any

person(s) except the invigilators. These are expressly

orbidden. Malpractice includes submitting or

assessment work obtained rom others including

by thet, misrepresentation, abrication o results or

evidence, and thet or misrepresentation o identity.

Plagiarism is defned as presenting someone elses

work as your own. Work means any intellectual

output, and typically includes text, data, images,

sound or perormance, or any combination o these.

The signicance o plagiarism is that assessments

are only o any use i the work you submit is your

own: to present the work o others undermines

the integrity o the assessment system. You mayuse inormation that you gather rom law reports,

academic journals, books, the internet, websites,

lectures or other teaching sessions, contact with

others, etc., but it must always be properly attributed

and all external sources used must be reerenced.

Failure to attribute material which is not your own will

be regarded as plagiarism, or which the University

imposes strict penalties. All cases o plagiarism

and cheating in coursework are reported to the

University.

The Senate has approved a range o penalties or

students who have cheated in an examination or

plagiarized in an assessment. These vary rom a

mark o zero being recorded or the element o

the module aected to, in the most serious cases,

expulsion rom the University. I a case o plagiarism

is suspected, the student concerned will be inormed

and be oered an opportunity to justiy the work. See

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/AAandR/cp.htm or details

o how cases o cheating and plagiarism are treated

by the University.We recognise that students may exchange lecture

notes and discuss assignments with other students.

However, all coursework you submit must be your


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work which is submitted or assessment, including

work that contributes to the mark or a module or

or any University award or or the classication or

award but which does not orm part o a University

Examination) occurs when a candidate attempts tomislead or deceive the examiners concerning the

work submitted or assessment. Examples include:

Theftoftheworkofotherstudents.

Submittingassignmentsobtainedfromothers,

whether within or without the University, including

on a commercial basis.

Resubmittingonesownworkwhenthishas

already been awarded marks or credits even i in

a dierent module or or a dierent qualication

without specic written permission to do so.

Makingorcausingtobemadeafraudulent

statement concerning the work submitted or

assessment or the students candidature or

assessment or examination. (This is also intended

to address the alse signing o a declaration o

integrity.)

Penalties

The Senate has approved a range o penalties

or students who have plagiarised in a UniversityAssessment or have submitted raudulent or

abricated coursework. The penalties can also

be applied to address Malpractice in University

Assessments.

The penalties will vary according to the level o study

and the seriousness o the oence.

The School adheres to University procedures in

relation to cases where there is an allegation o

plagiarism or malpractice. For urther inormation

in relation to University procedures, please reer to

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/AAandR/cp.htm. In such

instances, students may seek independent advice

and support rom the LUU Student Advice Centre

[email protected].

Note that a student cannot have a degree conerred

or an award made while any such allegation against

him/her remains unresolved.

EXAMINATION RESULTS

Publication o results

End o session results are released to students on

the web and can be accessed through the University

Portal (http://portal.leeds.ac.uk).

disobeytheregulationsrelatingtotheuseof

calculators.

Penalties

Cheating in University Examinations is treated asan absolute oence. Only one o two penalties will

be applied unless the circumstances are wholly

exceptional:

Repeattopassstandard,asanexternalor

internal candidate, the examination or some or

all o the examinations in the Semester where

the incident o cheating has occurred. The

mark awarded or the whole module or series o

modules will be zero and this will be retained ater

the requirement to repeat has been successully

completed. Where successully repeated

the credits will be awarded but the retained

zero marks will contribute to the classication

calculation where this applies.

The requirement to pass is an absolute condition

o graduation rom the University irrespective o

the status o the assessment in the programme

o study. Unless specied by the Committee, the

student will be given a single opportunity to take

and pass the examination, the timing o which will

be at the convenience o the School concerned.

Where the examination is ailed a report will be

made to the Committee where it will be decided

whether or not a urther opportunity is to be given

and, thereore, whether or not the student will be

eligible to graduate rom the University.

WithdrawpermanentlyfromtheUniversitywithno

award.

PLAGIARISM, FRAUDULENT ORFABRICATED COURSEWORK ANDMALPRACTICE IN UNIVERSITYASSESSMENTS

Defnition

Plagiarism is dened as presenting someone elses

work as your own. Work means any intellectual

output, and typically includes text, data, images,

sound or perormance.

Fraudulent or abricated coursework is dened as

work, particularly reports o laboratory or practical

work that is untrue and/or made up, submitted tosatisy the requirements o a University Assessment

in whole or in part.

Malpractice in University Assessments (that is


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at least one and probably several o the ollowing

respects:

comprehensiveandaccurate

clarityofargumentandexpression integrationofarangeofmaterials

evidenceofwiderreading

insightintothetheoreticalissues.

Excellence in one or more o these areas should

be in addition to the qualities expected o an

upper second class answer. A

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