Module Handbook. Lecture and tutorial room equipped with means to fulfil the teaching strategies (power point and other visual presentations facilities, OHP, white board etc.) Moot court room Old crown Court Stoke on Trent
Blackboard VLE

The Code for Crown Prosecutors 2010 - available from http//www.cps.gov.publications.doc/codes 2010 english pdf
Going to Court. B Fitzpatrick. Blackstones, Oxford 2006

Limitations of Expert Evidence, S Leadbeatter, ed, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1996

The Role of Forensic Science Evidence in Criminal Proceedings, P Roberts and C Willmore, Research study No. 11 prepared for the 1993 Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, HMSO, London, 1993

22 X 2hr lectures delivered by departmental staff and guest lecturers (focusing on indicitive content as detailed above). 3 X 20 minute small group tutorial sessions. 1 X 1hr practical session (relating to the role of first officer attending the scene). Non-contact independant study will involve background reading and preparation of coursework assignments (report and case file)

Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.
Outcomes 1 and 2 by producing a report on a given scenario (40%) amounting to 1000 words. Exact details may vary from year to year but on all occasions students will be given details of what is expected. (Submitted Teaching block 1)

Outcomes 3 and 4 will be assessed by producing a case file which will be defended in a moot court. (60% in total consisting of a summary of the case file (40%), and its defence in Court (20%) Submitted in teaching block 2 Final form of assessment for the module.

Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback in the small group tutorial sessions.

The English legal system and the rules of presentation of evidence before the criminal courts, including: The conduct of the case from investigation to verdict and appeal. Roles and responsibilities of the Case Officer. Gathering and presentation of evidence of fact, including that provided by vulnerable and child witnesses. Roles and responsibilities of the expert witness. Preparation of case files and presenting of such at court. Relationship between the Police and the Crown Prosecution Service. Responsibility for the Prosecution to disclose unused material to the Defence. The nature of adversarial justice and the process of proof within it. The court system and its personnel. Presenting evidence in court examination and cross examination.

Progression to level 6 of Policing and Criminal Investigation Award.