Crime and Criminal Justice

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No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

No special requirements

In this subject you will focus on sociological approaches to crime and the criminal justice system with the objective of understanding research and debates about:

• the criminal justice system (police, courts, corrections);
• patterns of crime (measuring crime victims and offenders, white collar crime, violent crime);
• the relationship between specific social groups (young people, women and Indigenous Australians) and the criminal justice system;
• responses to crime (crime prevention, victims, alternative dispute resolution).

• Participation (10%%)
• Academic Skills Exercises (20%%)
• Essay on Criminal Justice (40%%)
• Online Short-Answer Quiz (30%%)