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Race, Crime and Justice

Undergraduate | GRF-CCJ39 | 2023

Understand how Indigeneity and ethnicities impact crime, victimisation and the criminal justice system. Develop knowledge of innovative justice practices and new forms of crime prevention for Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

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Race, Crime and Justice

About this subject

  • After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:

    1. Understand the historical, political and legal contexts of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations in Australia
    2. Understand the key inquires and legislation related to Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations
    3. Develop a knowledge of statistical data on crime, victimisation and imprisonment
    4. Understand and critically reflect on mainstream criminological theory as it relates to Indigenous peoples
    5. Develop knowledge of innovative justice practices and new forms of crime prevention and crime control utilised by or for Indigenous peoples
    6. Develop knowledge about ethnic minority crime and victimisation
    7. Students should also develop their capacity to think critically about Indigeneity, ethnicities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice; and the capacity to write and verbalise this clearly and analytically.

Entry requirements

Others

This is not an introductory subject, it is a third year subject. You must have a basic understanding of the first and second year criminology 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

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 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.

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