COURSE UNIT TITLE

: JUVENILE JUSTICE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CZA 7042 JUVENILE JUSTICE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RECEP DOĞAN

Offered to

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

This course is designed for law graduates to enhance their academic legal knowledge concerning Turkish juvenile system and juvenile justice systems in other jurisdictions. The course will be delivered in accordance with U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, and developments in the context of Turkish juvenile system will be explained to students. The course will give the students the skills and knowledge about specific rules that are applied to juveniles in criminal and criminal procedure law and also at sentencing and probation stages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn how to implement and interpret the rules of juvenile justice in accordance with the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child.
2   To learn in accordance with their psycological and social decision making capacity, how to involve children in all decision making process in criminal investigation and to understand how to set up a mechanism that takes in to account the decision making capacity of children during all judicial orders including arrest and detention.
3   To provide necessary skills for students to understand in all actions concerning children, whether undertaken during sentencing, prisoning or probation stages, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.
4   To understand the importance of consistency between the rules of Turkish juvenile justice system that are applied in criminal and criminal procedure law and the fundamental principles of juvenile justice.
5   To understand the importance of providing the opportunity for the child to be heard and act in accordance with his/her views in any judicial proceedings affecting the child,
6   To learn how to inform children about their right to express their views freely in all matters affecting them and how to guarantee this right during prison services.
7   To understand the importance of setting up a multi -disciplinary system that facilitates criminal investigation involving juveniles and applies arrest and detention as the last resort

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Week-1 Information on course content, methodology, providing the reading list, how to use and access to relevant legal and research databases.
2 Week-2 Development in juvenile justice systems in Türkiye and other jurisdictions.
3 Week-3 Child rights and its development
4 Week-4 The Beijing Rules and the Fundamental Principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
5 Week-5 Fundamental principles of Juvenile Justice System.
6 Week-6 Juvenile Courts
7 Week-7 Protection and Support Orders for Children
8 Week-8 Specific rules concerning children in criminal law.
9 Week-9 Specific rules concerning children in criminal procedure law.
10 Week-10 Specific rules concerning children in prison services and probation.
11 Week-11 Disciplinary actions and measures that can be taken against children
12 Week-12 Discussion of case law and the examples of best practices.
13 Week-13 Juvenile police and criminal investigation offices.
14 Week-14 Example of best practices, assessment of future needs, recommendations and solutions for specific problems.

Recomended or Required Reading

DOĞAN, R. (2018) Ceza ve Ceza Muhakemesi Hukukunda Çocuk Ceza Adalet Sistemi: Uluslararası Boyut ve Çocuklara Özgü Hükümler. Ütopya Yayınları, Ankara.
Yenisey, Feridun. (2007). Mukayeseli Hukuk Açısından Ceza Sorumluluğu Yaşı, Ceza Sorumluluğu Olmayan Çocuklar ve Gençler Için Ceza Hukukunda Uygulanan Alternatif Yaptırımlar, UNICEF Raporu. Ankara: UNICEF.
UNICEF Implementationion Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (2002). Fully Revised Third Edition, Prepared by Rachel Hodgkin & Peter Newell for UNICEF, Geneva, Switzerland (UNICEF, Çocuk Haklarına Dair Sözleşme Uygulama El Kitabı, Tamamen Gözden Geçirilmiş 3. Baskı, Haz. Rachel Hodgkin ve Peter Newell, Cenevre, Isviçre, 2002).
Topaloğlu, Mahir. (2010). Türk Hukukunda Çocuklara Özgü Güvenlik Ted-birleri. Istanbul: Legal Yayıncılık.
Aslan, Beşir. (2012). Ceza Hukukunda Yaş Küçüklüğü. 2. Baskı. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Erdoğan, Oktay. (2011). Çocuk Hakları. Istanbul: Acar Basım.
Inan, Ali Naim. (1968). Çocuk Hukuku. Istanbul.
Inan, Ali Naim. (1995). Çocuk Haklarına Dair Sözleşme. Ankara Üniversite-si Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 44 (1), ss. 775-778.
Polat, Oğuz. (1997). Çocuk ve hakları. Istanbul: Analiz Yayınları.
Serozan, Rona. (2000). Çocuk Hukuku. Istanbul: Beta Basım Yayım.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, case law, reflecting examples of best practices, making a theoretical and practical comparative analysis with other jurisdiction, discussing examples of child law and juvenile justice practices.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel : + 90 232 301 61 13
email: recep.dogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays between 15.30 and 16.30.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Case study 4 2 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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