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Justice and Diverse Populations
UndergraduateGRF-CCJ2332026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2027 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 1 Nov 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Price from
- $6,680
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Justice and Diverse Populations
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Explain how power, oppression, inequality, identity, and intersectionality shape patterns of offending, victimisation, criminalisation, and justice outcomes across diverse populations.
- Critically analyse historical, sociological, and contemporary perspectives relevant to diverse populations, including how criminal justice institutions and criminology have contributed to and attempted to address inequity.
- Apply criminological theories, empirical evidence, feminist and critical criminological frameworks, and culturally informed perspectives to real-world justice problems affecting diverse populations.
- Evaluate justice programs, policies, and practices for their impacts on offenders, victims, and communities, identifying approaches that are culturally safe, strengths based, inclusive, and responsive to structural inequality.
- Communicate informed, culturally aware and ethical perspectives on justice issues affecting diverse populations using appropriate academic and professional formats.
- Investigate current and emerging social and criminal justice issues, employing research, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to develop evidence-based recommendations for policy and practice.
- A guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
This subject critically examines how systems of justice intersect with identity, power, and inequality. Focusing on young people, women, and First Nations peoples, students will explore the historical, social, and institutional forces that shape diverse experiences of crime, victimisation, and justice. Drawing on feminist, decolonial, and critical criminological perspectives, the course unpacks how justice systems can both reproduce and resist social disadvantage. Through contemporary case studies and reflective learning, students will consider pathways to more inclusive, responsive, and culturally appropriate justice practices.
This course has strict conditions regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in assessment. To find out more, please visit Griffith University’s Academic Integrity page for further information.
Assessment will consist of several low stakes learning activities spread throughout the course contributing to an 'end of course' assessment package (with bookable high stakes assessment) that includes:
• activity to reframe personal biases
• reflecting and applying policy approaches and recommendations
• critically analysing real-world applications
The 'end of course' assessment package is based on the 'Critical analysis of a real-world application' signature learning experience.
All assessment will provide feedback points with the ability for students to apply the feedback prior to final submission. Assessment will capture evidence of skills, knowledge and application.- Presentation - oral (Online) (12.5%)
- Written assignment (12.5%)
- Presentation - oral (Online) (12.5%)
- Written assignment (25%)
- Portfolio evidence (12.5%)
- Portfolio evidence - You must achieve a minimum of 50% on this assessment task to pass the course (25%)
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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:
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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
UndergraduateGRF-CJR-DEG