LAWS6193 - Criminal Justice: Developments in Prevention & Control

Objectives

• Examine responses to crime and crime prevention with reference to shifting notions of crime and responsibility for crime.
• Gain a critical appreciation of the limitations of criminal justice system responses to crime.
• Develop a broader approach to crime prevention policy which responds to economic, social and cultural issues.

Content

State crime and human rights; hate crime restorative justice; the regulation of populations and space; and situational, social and other approaches to crime prevention.

Session

Semester 2 2009
Monday Evenings, 6-8pm

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

• 1 x Seminar Paper (40%)
• 1 x Research Essay (60%)

Courses this unit is available in

Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Criminology | Graduate Diploma in Criminology