School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyPerspectives in CriminologyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102037.1
Discipline: CRIMINOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
101563 - Contemporary Perspectives in Criminology
Prerequisite
101560 Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice AND 102039 Crime, Deviance and Society
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 80 credit points or the pre-requisites above.
About this Unit
Contemporary criminological knowledge typically concerns explanations of offending, victimisation, prevention and safety, but debates about these matters also reflect unequal power, social division and exclusion. The unit will focus on the criminological concern with individual offenders and the implications of this for responses to crimes including those of the powerful. Additionally, it will analyse the impacts of the blurred lines between the public and private, the national and global, citizens and aliens, as well as evidence about the expansion of more intensive forms of policing and surveillance in contemporary societies.