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Undergraduate GRF-CCJ114-2022
Homicide
Focus on the key elements of a crime event through the lens of offenders and victims of violence. Learn how serious violent offences are detected and investigated, then consider how these offences are processed in the courts, via trials and sentencing.
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Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 28 Nov 2022
QS RANKING 2022
17
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
13
Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
1 Understand how homicide is defined and explained
2 Develop an in-depth understanding of different types of homicide from experts in the field
3 Gain an understanding of the investigative strategies used in the detection of homicide offenders
4 Understand the role of courts and corrections in the sentencing and management of homicide offenders
5 Better connect crime prevention and intervention strategies to ways to reduce homicide in a society.
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- Homicide: Introduction to the course
- Homicide: Introduction to the crime event
- Intimate Partner Homicide
- Child Homicide
- Multiple Homicide
- Detection of Homicide Offenders
- Forensics & Evidence Gathering at Crime Scenes
- Police Intelligence in Homicide Cases
- Prosecution for Murder
- Victims of Homicide
- Homicide Offenders in and out of Prison
Others
Students who have completed CCJ15 and CCJ11 as part of their degree can only enrol in CCJ114 as one of their two first-year elective subjects. Students who have completed more than 2 OUA units (GPA 4.0+) and are planning on completing the Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice are strongly encouraged to enrol in the degree. Part of this process will involve registering your study plan with Griffith University, which will help to ensure that you are studying the required units.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject introduces students to the criminal justice process by illustration. Starting with a focus on the key elements of the crime event, students will develop an understanding of serious violent offences through the lens of offenders and victims of violence.
Students then learn how the criminal justice system responds to serious violence offences with particular emphasis on lethal violence. Using a case study approach, students first learn how serious violent offences are detected and investigated by the policing arm of the criminal justice system. Students then consider how these offences are processed in the courts, which includes the criminal trial process and sentencing.
Finally, students review the various forms of custodial sentencing and correctional settings. Throughout the subject students review the ways that criminological theory has informed the various ways that the criminal justice system responds to serious violent offences (eg. from policing initiatives and responses to sentencing to correctional rehabilitation).
- Homicide Statistics Infographic (15%)
- Homicide Quizzes (60%)
- Policy Recommendation Paper (25%)
Current study term: 29 May 22 to 28 Aug 22
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Next study term: 27 Nov 22 to 26 Feb 23
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Related degrees
Undergraduate GRF-CCJ-DEG-2022
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Major in Criminal Justice