Sub-major - Criminology and Criminal Justice
Western Sydney University
Sub-major
Code:
SM1026.1
Related Courses
|
1667.2
|
Bachelor of Social Science
|
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; 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 four of the following units
Autumn session
|
101563
|
Contemporary Perspectives in Criminology
|
|
101560
|
Introduction to Crime and Criminal Justice
|
|
400684
|
Juvenile Crime and Justice
|
Spring session
|
101561
|
Gender, Crime and Violence
|
|
101559
|
Introduction to Criminology
|
|
101564
|
Victimisation and Crime Prevention
|