Major - Criminology and Criminal Justice
Western Sydney University
Major
Code:
M1069.1
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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 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.
Major
Structure
Students must complete 80 credit points as follows
Recommended Sequence - Liverpool, Penrith and Sydney City Campuses
Year 1
Autumn session
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102709
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
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Spring session
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102039
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Crime, Deviance and Society
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Year 2
Autumn session
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102699
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Youth Justice and Practice
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Spring session
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102708
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Crime Prevention and Drugs
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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
Year 3
Autumn session
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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
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
Recommended Sequence - WSU Online
Year 1
Trimester 2
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102709
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
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102039
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Crime, Deviance and Society
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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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Year 2
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 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