School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyGender, Crime and ViolenceWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101561.2
Discipline: CRIMINOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Prerequisite
101560 Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 80 credit points or 101560 - Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice
About this Unit
In recent decades, models and understanding of gender have become a major way of explaining crime and victimisation. Most obviously, feminist researchers have pioneered studies of the neglected victimisation of women from male violence and the impact of gendered discourses on the criminal justice system. This unit will critically engage with this material and also focus on contemporary accounts of the links between criminal offending and different violent and non-violent masculinities. Lastly, the shifting regulation of different sexualities and their criminalisation will be analysed.