Justice and Diverse Populations

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:

  1. Explain the dynamics of power, oppression, inequality, and intersectionality, their impacts and their relevance to social justice and criminal justice outcomes.
  2. Employ reflective, empathetic communication, and leadership skills to recognise and appropriately respond to different contexts and stakeholder groups.
  3. Implement skills relevant to professional practice within the criminal justice system, including critical thinking, technical skills and collaboration. 
  4. Develop personal resilience and trauma-informed approaches for professional roles in criminology and criminal justice. 
  5. Independently and collaboratively plan, manage, problem solve, and report on current and emerging social justice and the criminal justice issues. 
  6. Apply evidence-based and culturally safe practices that recognise the unique needs of offenders, victims and diverse communities. 
  7. Integrate a broad range of communication skills, criminological knowledge and theories within a professional work environment.
  8. Demonstrate professionalism and ethical behaviour.

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• About Griffith University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• GRF-CJR-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• GRF-CCJ231-Evidence-Based Practice and Research

• GRF-CCJ121-Foundations of Criminology & Criminal Justice

• GRF-CCJ122-Justice in Action: Law, Policing, Courts and Corrections 

• GRF-CCJ232-Crime, Place & Prevention

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.375 EFTSL

This is in the range of 30 to 36 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.