Sub-major - Criminology and Criminal Justice
Western Sydney University
Sub-major
Code:
SM1091.1
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Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
This criminology sub-major offers students the opportunity to study crime and criminal justice in a critical way that particularly stresses social and cultural definitions of criminality and the reactions to it. Areas of focus include criminal justice institutions and practices; the development of criminology as a discipline and its various strands; forms and patterns of victimisation; crime prevention strategies and debates; aspects of juvenile justice; First Peoples and criminal justice; the evolution of prisons and different forms of punishment; law enforcement and surveillance; violence, gender and crime; cultural depictions of crime and contemporary debates in criminology.
Sub-major
Structure
Students must complete 40 credit points from the units listed below.
Recommended Sequence - Liverpool and Penrith campuses
Autumn session
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102709
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
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102699
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Youth Justice and Practice
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102037
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Perspectives in Criminology
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101561
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Gender, Crime and Violence
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Spring session
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102039
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Crime, Deviance and Society
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102708
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Crime Prevention and Drugs
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102711
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Prisons, Punishment and Criminal Justice
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102916
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First Peoples and Criminal Justice
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Note: from 2022 this unit replaces 102712 First Peoples and Criminal Justice
Recommended Sequence - WSU Online
Trimester 2
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102039
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Crime, Deviance and Society
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102709
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
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Trimester 3
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102699
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Youth Justice and Practice
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102708
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Crime Prevention and Drugs
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Trimester 4
Choose one of
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102711
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Prisons, Punishment and Criminal Justice
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102916
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First Peoples and Criminal Justice
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Note: from 2022 this unit replaces 102712 First Peoples and Criminal Justice
Trimester 5
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102037
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Perspectives in Criminology
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101561
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Gender, Crime and Violence
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Trimester 6
Choose one of
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102916
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First Peoples and Criminal Justice
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Note: from 2022 this unit replaces 102712 First Peoples and Criminal Justice
Equivalent Specialisation Units
The Specialisation Units listed below count towards completion of this sub-major for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.
102038 - Crime, Prevention and Community
101562 - Culture & Crime
101560 - Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice
400684 - Juvenile Crime & Justice
102036 - Prisons, Punishment and Criminal Justice