*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).
Provides the foundations for a critical understanding of key issues, debates and theoretical approaches in criminology and criminal justice. The unit gives a socio-legal perspective on the nature of crime and offending, focusing on debates about white collar crime, drugs and crime, and ethnic offending, and provides an overview of the main theories and approaches to crime. There is a particular focus on the implications of critical theory, feminism, postmodernism and interpretive sociological approaches for criminology. It also examines policy debates about the criminal justice system, and sociological descriptions of practice, including the conduct of the police, plea-bargaining and juries. It evaluates the rights claims of ethnic minorities, women and victims in relation to the criminal justice system.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: Major essay 4,000 words (70%), Take home test (30%).
TEACHING PATTERN:
Weekly seminars
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Web supported -
H
Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
Resource supported teaching & learning -
H
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
Flexible scheduling -
H
Some classes will be held outside normal teaching hours; e.g. weekend blocks, summer schools etc
About Flexible Study Options
INTERNATIONALISATION This unit includes specific international contexts/case studies.
This unit includes international cross-cultural issues/skills.
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, P Beauty Point. 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, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
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Web supported -
H
