Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Law | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Law | |||||
| Course Code | LAW 322 | |||||
| Course Title in English | Introduction to Prison Studies and Scandinavian Penal System | |||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Cezaevi Çalışmaları ve İskandinav Cezaevi Sistemine Giriş | |||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | |||||
| Type of Course | Lecture | |||||
| Level of Course | Seçiniz | |||||
| Semester | Spring,Fall | |||||
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| Estimated Student Workload | 94 hours per semester | |||||
| Number of Credits | 4 ECTS | |||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | |||||
| Pre-requisites | None | |||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | |||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||
| Registration Restrictions | Undergraduate Students | |||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To learn key issues regarding Prison Studies and Scandinavian Penal System | |||||
| Course Description | This is an introductory program to the “Prison Studies and Scandinavian Penal System”. This course is designed to provide students with different perspectives to Crime Control, Law Enforcement, Carceral and Prison Studies. Although incarceration does not bring the ultimate solution to crime control, it is also unavoidable. Where and when alternative sanctions are insufficient, and despite its all the extremely high human and social costs imprisonment becomes a must, restorative justice assists us to use prisons more rationally and effectively. And in this respect in the growing field of comparative criminal justice, the Nordic Model (also called as Scandinavian Exceptionalism”) is used as an exception to the traditional, less welfare-oriented crime-control policies. This Course focuses on how to make prisons work better when there is no other way and how “Scandinavian Exceptionalism” and the Nordic Way provide such valuable insights with their exceptional qualities for penal institutions. The course will help students to fully understand the cost of imprisonment for individuals and the community, help them to acquire a more critical view to the inevitable outcomes of the incarceration policies. AND learn a better incarceration practice realized in the Scandinavian and Nordic Model , out of which prison conditions could be redesigned. | |||||
| Course Description in Turkish | Bu ders "Cezaevi Çalışmaları ve İskandinav Ceza Sistemi"ne giriş niteliğinde bir programdır. Bu ders, öğrencilere Suç Kontrolü, Kolluk Kuvvetleri, Hapishane ve Cezaevi Çalışmalarına ilişkin farklı bakış açıları sağlamak için tasarlanmıştır. Hapsetme, suç kontrolüne nihai çözüm getirmese de kaçınılmazdır. Alternatif yaptırımların yetersiz kaldığı ve tüm yüksek insani ve sosyal maliyetlerine rağmen hapsetmenin bir zorunluluk haline geldiği durumlarda onarıcı adalet, cezaevlerini daha akılcı ve etkili bir şekilde kullanmamıza yardımcı olur. Ve bu bağlamda, büyüyen karşılaştırmalı ceza adaleti alanında, İskandinav Modeli (İskandinav İstisnacılığı olarak da adlandırılır) geleneksel, daha az refah odaklı suç kontrol politikalarına bir istisna olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu ders, başka bir yol olmadığında cezaevlerinin nasıl daha iyi çalıştırılabileceğine ve "İskandinav İstisnacılığı" ve Nordik Yol'un ceza infaz kurumları için istisnai nitelikleriyle nasıl bu kadar değerli içgörüler sağladığına odaklanmaktadır. Bu ders, öğrencilerin hapsetmenin bireyler ve toplum için maliyetini tam olarak anlamalarına, hapsetme politikalarının kaçınılmaz sonuçlarına daha eleştirel bir bakış açısı kazanmalarına yardımcı olacaktır. Ve cezaevi koşullarının yeniden tasarlanabileceği İskandinav ve Nordik Modeli'nde gerçekleştirilen daha iyi bir hapsetme uygulamasını öğreneceklerdir. |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) Understand the general purposes and aims of imprisonment, the historical developments and the significance of the prison reform movement. 2) Comprehend and discuss issues associated with rising prison populations, focusing on the significant problem of prison overcrowding worldwide and current issues associated with mass incarceration 3) Discuss and contribute to the development of relevant international standards and norms, that reflect a commitment to improving global prison conditions, strengthening prison management and adhering to prisoners' rights. 4) Develop an informed opinion on the various ways inspired by The Scandinavian Exceptionalism Approach, in which prisons can operate humanely, focusing on approaches and regimes that aim, through individualized sentencing, normalized regimes and constructive activities, to incorporate international human rights 5) Criticize current incarceration policies and help to develop future policies for more humane imprisonment conditions 6) Consider alternative approaches to imprisonment, including the role of non-custodial measures as a key component to reduce the scope of imprisonment. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | ||||||
| 2) The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | ||||||
| 3) The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | ||||||
| 4) The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | ||||||
| 5) The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | ||||||
| 6) The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | ||||||
| 7) The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | ||||||
| 8) The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | ||||||
| 9) The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | ||||||
| 10) Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | ||||||
| 11) The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | ||||||
| 12) The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | S | Participation,Presentation,Project |
| 2) | The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | S | Participation |
| 3) | The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | S | Participation,Presentation |
| 4) | The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | H | Participation,Presentation |
| 5) | The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | S | Participation,Presentation |
| 6) | The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | H | Participation,Project |
| 7) | The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | H | Project |
| 8) | The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | H | Project |
| 9) | The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | N | |
| 10) | Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | H | Participation,Project |
| 11) | The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | H | Participation,Project |
| 12) | The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. | H | Participation |
| Prepared by and Date | İPEK ÖZEL , January 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | İPEK ÖZEL |
| Semester | Spring,Fall |
| Name of Instructor | Öğr. Gör. İPEK ÖZEL |
Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Setting the Scene, Welcome |
| 2) | Exploring the Basic Concepts and Principles regarding incarceration |
| 3) | A critical approach to incarceration and sentences that bind freedom |
| 4) | Right to Personal Freedom and Public Security |
| 5) | The purpose of prison sentences and the role of imprisonment |
| 6) | Human rights , international , national law and regulations regarding imprisonment |
| 7) | The Prison Paradox: The role of imprisonment in crime prevention |
| 8) | Alternative Approaches to imprisonment |
| 9) | MIDTERM PRESENTATIONS |
| 10) | MIDTERM PRESENTATIONS |
| 11) | Introduction to Scandinavian Penitentiary System |
| 12) | The building blocks of the Scandinavian Penitentiary System |
| 13) | Normalisation of life, Security and autonomy in prisons |
| 14) | Review - Post-prison life and reintegration into society |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Articles regarding issues that will be discussed during the lectures will also be provided before the program starts. Andersen T, Holmström B, HonkapohjaS, Korkman S, Söderström H, Vartiainen J, The Nordic Model: Embracing globalization and sharing risks, Ashley , Rubin, & Deflem, Mathieu. (2019). History of the Prison. Baer, L.D. And Ravneberg, B. The Outside And İnside İn Norwegian And English Prisons, Geografiska Annaler Series B, Human Geography , 2008 Coyle A, A Human Rights Approach To Prison Management: Handbook For Prison Staff International Centre For Prison Studies, 3rd edition, July 2018 Demirbaş T, İnfaz Hukuku, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, Eylül 2020 Fridhov, I., ve Grøning, L., Penal Ideology And Prison Architecture Foucault, M., Discipline and Punish. London : Allen Lane Publishing 1977 Kivivuori J and Bernburg J. G “Crime and Justice in Scandanavia” ,August 2011, Vol. 40, No. 1, , The University of Chicago Press Lappi-Seppa¨la¨ T , Penal policy in Scandinavia, Crıme, Punıshment, And Polıtıcs In Comparatıve Özel İ, Ceza İnfaz Sisteminde İstisnai Bir Yaklaşım: İskandinavya Örneği , Onİki Levha Yayınları, 2021 Perspectıve, Book Chapter, The University of Chicago Press, 2007. Scott D ve Flynn N, Prisons and Punishment: The Essentials. Sage 1988 Ugelvik and Dullum (eds.) Penal Exceptionalism? Nordic Prison Policy and Practice, Routledge 2012. Walmsley, World Prison Population List , 12th edition, S 18, Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birbick College, November 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Lecture, Presentations & open class discussion | |||||||||||||||
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| Course Administration |
ozeli@mef.edu.tr Rules for attendance: Attendance is mandatory per University policy. E-Mail: ipekozel@gmail.com cc akgulse@mef.edu.tr Missing an exam: Per University policy |
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 70 | ||
| Laboratory | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 7 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Total Workload | 94 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 3.8 | ||||||
| ECTS | 4 | ||||||