Unit

School Of Social Sciences

Prisons, Punishment and Criminal JusticeWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102711.1

Discipline: CRIMINOLOGY

Student Contribution Band: 4

Level: 3

Credit Points: 10

Incompatible Units
102036 - Prisons, Punishment and Criminal Justice (Level 2)

About this Unit
The demise of corporal punishment and the rise of incarceration are defining features of control in modern states. This unit provides an historical and sociological examination of the models, practices and justifications for punishment and incarceration. It begins with an overview of early liberal notions of the social contract, the modern movement away from corporal punishment towards incarceration, and a subsequent welfare oriented emphasis on treatment, reform and rehabilitation. Following from this, the unit explores the development of probation and parole systems, decarceration, community corrections, mass imprisonment, and the contemporary control of risk and ‘dangerous’ populations. These themes are considered through an intersectional analysis of structural factors such as age, gender, sexuality, social class, racial/ethnic identity and the impact of imprisonment and corrections on different individuals and groups. This unit pays particular attention to the over-representation of Indigenous populations in Australian prisons.

Courses
1652.9Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CURRENT
1655.8Bachelor of Arts (Dean's Scholars)CONTINUING
1655.9Bachelor of Arts (Dean's Scholars)CURRENT
1665.2Bachelor of Community WelfareCONTINUING
1667.3Bachelor of Social ScienceCONTINUING
1667.4Bachelor of Social ScienceCURRENT
1706.3Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
1706.4Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
1709.2Bachelor of Criminal and Community JusticeCURRENT
1710.2Bachelor of CriminologyCONTINUING
1710.3Bachelor of CriminologyCURRENT
1711.2Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)CONTINUING
1713.1Bachelor of Criminal and Community Justice/Bachelor of Social WorkCONTINUING
1713.2Bachelor of Criminal and Community Justice/Bachelor of Social WorkCURRENT
1733.1Bachelor of Social Science (Advanced)CURRENT
1793.1Bachelor of Science, Criminology and Psychological StudiesCONTINUING
1793.2Bachelor of Science, Criminology and Psychological StudiesCONTINUING
1793.3Bachelor of Science, Criminology and Psychological StudiesCONTINUING
1795.3Associate Degree in Criminology and Psychological Studies (exit only)CONTINUING
1807.1Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of Social ScienceCONTINUING
1807.2Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of Social ScienceCURRENT
1808.2Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social ScienceCONTINUING
1808.3Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social ScienceCURRENT
1818.2Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
1818.3Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
1818.4Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of BusinessCURRENT
1823.5Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's ScholarsCURRENT
1842.1Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative IndustriesCONTINUING
1842.2Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative IndustriesCURRENT
1865.2Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)CURRENT
1886.1Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology and Criminology)CONTINUING
1906.1Bachelor of Psychological Science and CriminologyCURRENT
1910.1Bachelor of Psychological and Social SciencesCURRENT
2766.4Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of LawsCONTINUING
2767.4Bachelor of Criminal and Community Justice/Bachelor of LawsCONTINUING
3654.3Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology/Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
3763.1Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
3763.2Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
6005.1Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
6005.2Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
6005.3Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
6021.4Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CURRENT
6023.1Diploma in Social Science/Bachelor of Social ScienceCONTINUING
6023.2Diploma in Social Science/Bachelor of Social ScienceCONTINUING
6025.1Diploma in Criminal and Community Justice/Bachelor of Criminal and Community JusticeCONTINUING
6025.2Diploma in Criminal and Community Justice/Bachelor of Criminal and Community JusticeCONTINUING
6025.3Diploma in Criminal and Community Justice/Bachelor of Criminal and Community JusticeCURRENT

Specialisations

M1069.1Criminology and Criminal JusticeCURRENT
SM1091.1Criminology and Criminal JusticeCURRENT
SM1140.1Legal StudiesCURRENT



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