School Of Social SciencesGender, Sexuality and the LawWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400679.2
Discipline: GENDER SPECIFIC STUDIES
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Foundation units in criminology or equivalent
Equivalent Units
LW205A - Gender, Law and Public Policy
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 40 credit points.
About this Unit
This unit explore the interrelationship between gender, sexuality and the law. It explores feminist criminological work critiquing the masculinist and heterosexist bias of law and crime. At the same time it considers emerging work on the impact of gender on men as well as women and how this influences the social practices of citizenship and criminality. The role of political movements will be explored to highlight historical and contemporary public policy responses to crime, gender and sexuality. Examples of contemporary crime policy will be analysed to examine how they construct gender and sexuality and their impact on citizenship.