Gender, Crime and Violence

• • Week 1: Introduction: Femininity, Masculinity and Intersectionality
  • Week 2: Gendered State Crime
  • Week 3: Gendered Crimmigration
  • Week 4: Gendered Hate Crime
  • Week 5: Gendered War Crime
  • Week 6: Feminist Criminology
  • Week 7: Domestic Violence in Australia
  • Week 8: Violence against Women in the Arab World
  • Week 9: Colonization and the Abuse of Indigenous Women: Now and Then
  • Week 10: International Crime and Femininity: Women and Terrorism
  • Week 11: International Crime and Masculinity: Male Terrorists
  • Week 12: Conclusion

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-GENX310-Gender, Crime and Violence (No longer available)

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• MAQ-GENX1000-Freedom Dreams: Foundations in Gender Studies

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) GEN312, GEN310, GENX310 Pre-requisite 130cp at 1000 level or above NCCW (2020 and onwards) GEND3010 Gender, Crime and Violence

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This subject was previously known as GENX310 Gender, Crime and Violence.

A growing body of research from criminology, psychology, sociology, media studies and gender studies focuses on gender in relation to crime. How are the social constructions of masculinity and femininity, within and across cultures, implicated in the conduct and character of crime? The unit explores this central question across a range of topics such as domestic violence and terrorism. We also consider intersecting identities, including race and ethnicity, class, sexuality, and religion, in the construction of both perpetrators and victims of crime. The unit's focus on conflicts and displacements allows it to move from the personal to the transnational, from the intimate sphere to global geopolitics.

• Online Participation (20%)
• Critical Analysis (35%)
• Research Essay (45%)

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