Major - Criminology and Criminal Justice
Western Sydney University
Major
Code:
M1018.1
Related Courses
1667.2
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Bachelor of Social Science
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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 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; 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.
Major
Structure
Students must complete 80 credit points as follows
Autumn session
101563
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Contemporary Perspectives in Criminology
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101561
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Gender, Crime and Violence
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101560
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Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice
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400684
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Juvenile Crime and Justice
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Spring session
101559
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Introduction to Criminology
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101564
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Victimisation and Crime Prevention
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