SPECIAL NOTE:
This unit is designed for students enrolled in the Criminology major, for new employees of Department of Justice, and for students enrolled in the Criminology & Corrections postgraduate programme.
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
HGA232
H
Distance(H,L,W,I,N)
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Summer
Offering in H
04-JAN-2010
14-JAN-2010
18-JAN-2010
29-JAN-2010
Summer
Offering in I
04-JAN-2010
14-JAN-2010
18-JAN-2010
29-JAN-2010
Summer
Offering in L
04-JAN-2010
14-JAN-2010
18-JAN-2010
29-JAN-2010
Summer
Offering in N
04-JAN-2010
14-JAN-2010
18-JAN-2010
29-JAN-2010
Summer
Offering in W
04-JAN-2010
14-JAN-2010
18-JAN-2010
29-JAN-2010
Summer
Offering in H
18-JAN-2010
20-JAN-2010
22-JAN-2010
22-JAN-2010
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
This unit is designed to introduce students to the issues and processes associated with working with offenders, particularly those under the authority of corrective services and community corrections. The unit explores issues pertaining directly to how best to work with a wide variety of offender groups. Topics to be covered include duty of care, difficult prisoners, specific offender groups, safety and security, working with involuntary clients, models of integrated offender management, prison culture and prisoner attitudes, inmate assessment and offender narratives, restorative justice and victim interests in a corrections setting, and report writing. The unit provides a practical foundation for working with offenders in prison and in the community.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT:
200 Level - 1
take-home test [2500 words] [40%] 1 long essay [3000 words] [60%]
300 Level - 1
take-home test [2500 words] [40%] 1 long essay [3500 words] [60%]
500 Level - 1 long essay [6000 words] [100%]
TEACHING PATTERN:
Distance - 4 - 29 Jan 2010
Hobart internal - 18 - 22 Jan 2010
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Completion of 1st year pre-requisites for entry into Criminology Major, or Offer of employment by corrective services and entry into the Associate Degree in Arts, or Entry into the Criminology and Corrections postgraduate coursework program
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.
Web supported -
H,I,L,N,W
