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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Legal issues of vulnerable groups
LAWS3224Y(5)
3
0
6

Description
Vulnerability on the basis of Gender, Age, Disability and Health Status. Discrimination in society, the workplace and education; Legal, Social and Economic Rights and the relevant legal instruments; Poverty as a consequence of discrimination, breaches of fundamental human rights in relation to the dignity and worth of the person. Identification of Social problems, Illiteracy, Drugs’ use, Use of alcohol, Prostitution, Breakdown of the family as an institution and related issues, Labelling, Crime Learning Theories and Victimisation as precursors of crime; Sentencing of crimes; Rehabilitation of criminals; Policy intervention; other responses, Gender based violence.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT Department of Law
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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