Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
UndergraduateTAS-HGA3442023
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Explain the key elements of the Green Criminological perspective.
- Evaluate key criminological concepts and theories used in the study of environmental harm.
- Apply the green criminological perspective, concepts and theories to explain environmental degradation, differential victimisation, animal abuse and threats to global ecology.
- Communicate your ideas clearly in verbal and written form.
- Study schedule to be announced prior to the commencement of the study term
Explores the nature of environmental crime and its social regulation. The subject has three main topical concerns: First, to investigate the nature of environmental crime from the point of view of legal, ecological and justice perspectives, with an emphasis on how environmental harm is socially constructed. Second, to investigate the nature of regulatory mechanisms and the social control of environmental crime, by considering issues surrounding law enforcement practices, compliance mechanisms, prosecution, and crime prevention as these pertain to the environment. Third, to investigate the nature of the relationship between changes to specific environments and the criminalisation process, with particular reference to the causes and contexts of environmental crime, the social processes that underpin environmental victimisation and how the law is mobilised in relation to conflicts over environmental issues
The subject provides an overview of contemporary developments in green criminology, and in doing so offers a theoretical understanding of key concepts and debates pertaining to environmental crime, and exposure to concrete case studies relating to the regulation of environmental harm.
- Online Activities/Workshop Exercises (30%)
- Description of an Environmental Crime (20%)
- Major Essay (40%)
- Online Participation (10%)
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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
- TAS-JUS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Justice Studies
- TAS-BJS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Justice Studies
- TAS-PJS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Justice Studies
Others
Conditional requisite: 25 credit points at introductory level or higher
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateTAS-JUS-DEG
Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Justice Studies
UndergraduateTAS-BJS-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Justice Studies
UndergraduateTAS-PJS-DEG