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Rehabilitating Offenders

Undergraduate | GRF-CCJ33 | 2023

Examine strategies for changing criminal behaviour within the correctional system by drawing on psychological principles and research. Review programs and articulate the rehabilitation ideal in terms of ethical, theoretical and practical concerns.

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

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Rehabilitating Offenders

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. describe and evaluate current approaches to offender risk management
    2. explain the principles of effective offender rehabilitation
    3. describe evidence-based interventions for adolescent and adult offenders
    4. identify the strengths and limitations of individual-level interventions with adolescent and adult offenders
    5. utilise electronic literature databases to locate research reports on specific topics
    6. evaluate empirical studies on the effectiveness of psychological interventions with adolescent and adult offenders.

Entry requirements

Others

This is not an introductory subject. You should complete a number of other first and/or second year 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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