LAWS6022Crime and Society

Course handbook

Description

This course is designed to foster a greater insight into, and advanced understanding of, the relationship between the phenomenon of crime and Australian citizens as members of a global society. The course will explore the nature and causes of crime, the goals of the criminal justice system, various types of crime including transnational and international crimes, the experiences of victims within the domestic and international criminal justice systems, the role that social structures and the media play in shaping societal understandings of crime and the link between international human rights norms and the international and domestic criminal justice systems.

Availability

Not currently offered.

This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2016.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate advanced and integrated knowledge and understanding of the course material

2. Exercise ability to critique and evaluate the aims and operation of the criminal justice system

3. Use analytical skills in respect of the materials and arguments presented

4. Demonstrate advanced development in the skills of legal research, oral and written communication, and critical analysis of primary and secondary legal materials in the preparation of oral and written arguments

Content

This course includes but is not limited to the following topics:  

1. Introduction: Understanding Crime and Interdisciplinary Research

2. Classic and Contemporary Theories of Crime and Governance

3. Aims of the Criminal Justice System

4. The Distribution of Crime in Populations

5. Crime and the Media

6. Inequalities of Crime and Victimisation

7. Crimes of Violence

8. Eco-crime

9. White Collar and Corporate Crime

10. Crime Prevention and Reduction

11. Surveillance

Requisite

This course is only available to students enrolled in one of the programs:

[12333] Master of Laws

[12334] Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (JD)

[12340] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12341] Bachelor of Social Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12342] Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12343] Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice/Bachelor of Laws(Honours)

[12346] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12347] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Diploma of Legal Practice

[12348] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40036] Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40037] Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40129] Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40130] Bachelor of Development Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40150] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40188] Bachelor of Global Indigenous Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40189] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40272] Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40279] Bachelor of Coastal and Marine Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40280] Bachelor of Biomedicine/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40290] Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50005] Bachelor of Media and Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50016] Juris Doctor

Assumed knowledge

LAWS6003A & LAWS6003B Criminal Law & Procedure Part A & B, or LAWS6130 Criminal Law & Procedure

Assessment items

Written Assignment: Conference Abstract

Written Assignment: Research Paper

Presentation: Delivery of conference paper at the conferece

Course outline

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