Rethinking Criminal Justice | Reflective Journal

Rethinking Criminal Justice
Reflective Journal
This assessment requires you to write a reflective journal. The purpose of
the reflective journal is to enable you to demonstrate your understanding
of the tutorial content, to express your personal take of relevant issues
and to reflect on the implications of the material discussed in the wider
socio-legal context.
Remember that reflective journals are not about repeating what you were
told in class or what you have read about. We will be assessing your
engagement with the content, so you need to show how you have
analysed what you have learnt.
When reflecting, you should consider the questions below. Do note that
the list is not exhaustive and that you do not have to cover each point in
every log.
 What have you learnt from completing the tutorial preparatory work
and the class discussions?
 What is your personal take of the relevant issues?
 How does thisfits in with what you already knew?
 Has what you have learnt changed or challenged your thinking on
the subject? How?
 What ideas/principles are you still unsure about and why?
You must provide 4 reflective logs on 4 designated tutorials. The
overall word limit for the Reflective Journal is 1500 words (+/-10%) and
each log should be approximately the same in length (350-400 words).
Please note that the word limit is in relation to the reflection part of your
log; the word count does not include details of the preparation
undertaken.
The tutorials which you MUST reflect on are:
1. Rape: Current Challenges (Tutorial 3)
2. Domestic Violence: Response of the CJS (Tutorial 4)
3. ‘Honour Crimes’: Challenges (Tutorial 5)
4. Child Sexual Abuse: Victims and Offenders (Tutorial 7)
Please fill out the templates below for each of the 4 tutorials that you
have chosen (you can delete this cover page).