1. Students will undertake a role play based on an industry devised problem requiring the demonstration of communication skills and the application of offender management techniques. Assessing learning outcomes 2 and 3.
2. Students will write a report based on the role play scenario to communicate actions taken and justify decision making. They will draw on the structures of the MoJ and HMPPS and offender management techniques, processes and practises used within the sector. Assessing learning outcomes 1 and 4.

The module¿facilitates¿learners to study¿the functions of the Ministry of Justice, and Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS),¿the¿OMiC¿model, Contracted Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (YOIs), Secure Training Centres, Secure Children Homes and Youth Offending Teams¿and prisoner escort services.¿The module follows¿the¿offender’s progress¿through the¿Offender Management in¿Custody¿(OMiC) process.
Issues covered include:¿Delivering the sentences and orders of the court; Establishing positive, safe,¿secure¿and decent environments for managing offenders and delivering offender services reducing reoffending and protecting the public; Theories around control and restraint; Categorisation; Deaths and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman; Women’s Prisons; Prison reform; Close Supervision Centres; and Escort Service.¿This module will support students’ employment prospects through providing direct insight into the operations, structures and responsibilities of key criminal justice agencies; the sector knowledge alongside the practical awareness will assist students on entering the prison, probation and youth justice sector.

1. Explain the structure and functions of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS)

University Learning Outcome: Knowledge and understanding

2. Analyse key operational issues in custodial and community settings

University Learning Outcome: Analysis

3. Apply offender management techniques to given scenarios

University Learning Outcome: Application; Communication; Problem solving

4. Communicate actions taken and justify decision making by applying learning of how offender management processes are used

University Learning Outcome: Reflection; Learning; Application; Problem solving

This module will used a mixture of lectures and tutorials/seminar to support student learning. The lectures will introduce students to key crime prevention topics, whilst tutorials/seminars will provide an opportunity for discussion, application of learning and collaborative tasks. Students will be further supported in these sessions to ensure they are prepared for the assessments. The module will also include practical and scenario based learning.

Students will also be expected to independently study, which will involve a mixture of directed and independent learning.

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Burke, L. and Gosling, H. (2021) An introduction to penology¿: punishment, prisons and probation. London: SAGE. Available at: https://www.vlebooks.com/product/openreader?id=StaffsUni&accId=8398653&isbn=9781529766837.

Canton, R. and Dominey, J. (2017) Probation. 2nd ed. Oxford: Taylor & Francis Group.

Small, L.M. and Hackett, P.M.W. (2023) Offender Rehabilitation Programmes: The Role of the Prison Officer. 1st edn. London¿; New York: Routledge. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003274858.

Vipond, R. (2023) A guide to prisons and penal policy¿: prisons unlocked. Bristol: Policy Press.

Wylie, L.E. and Brank, E.M. (2025) Aging and the criminal legal system: Community services, courts, corrections, and policy - Back Matter. American Psychological Association. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1037/0000469-000.

This module has been designed to provide you with a detailed knowledge of contemporary offender management policies and procedures.¿The module will prepare you for¿employment¿in the custodial sector¿and many of the sessions are delivered by¿staff from HMPSS. You will have the opportunity to test your skills in role-play scenarios.

Classroom. Meeting room setting for role play.