Subject details

After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:

  1. Critically evaluate criminological theory and related empirical research
  2. Summarize central criminological constructs and methodological approaches for operationalizing and testing these constructs to evaluate criminological theory
  3. Evaluate the implications of criminological theory and research for crime policy and practice
  4. Acquire and improve core skills and competencies relevant to criminology, and in line with the Griffith graduate, including: Conduct the criminological research necessary to produce independent written work that highlights key knowledge and identifies relevant knowledge gaps; Summarise extensive literature; Critical evaluation of academic literature and research; Academic writing; Manage time and multiple projects.
    • Module 1: Environmental Criminology: Time, Place and Crime
    • Module 2: Developmental and Life Course Criminology
    • Module 3: Criminal Justice System Impacts on Offending
    • Module 4: Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Crime

  • Study resources

    • Instructional methods

      • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
      • Online assignment submission
      • Podcasting/Lecture capture

    • Online materials

      • Printable format materials
      • Resources and Links

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core
  • GRF-MCJ-MAS-2019
Elective
  • GRF-FMH-GCE-2019
  • GRF-FMH-MAS-2019

Special requirements

No special requirements

This subject helps students develop deep understanding of the organising categories and central claims of a range of modern criminological perspectives of criminology. The main problems, questions and ideas that have shaped modern criminological thought are explored and attention is paid throughout to the contexts that shape the emergence and reception of modern criminological theory and to the modes of social intervention that different criminological perspectives expressly or implicitly propose. Topics covered will vary from year to year but are likely to include: crime and the urban environment, developmental and control theories, routine activities and rational choice theories, crime, inequality and opportunity, crime and culture, and social reactions to crime.

  • Assignment (50%)
  • Online Discussion (30%)
  • Quizzes (20%)

Textbooks are not required.

Related degrees

postgraduate GRF-MCJ-MAS-2019

Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice

postgraduate GRF-FMH-GCE-2019

Graduate Certificate in Forensic Mental Health

postgraduate GRF-FMH-MAS-2019

Master of Forensic Mental Health