School Of Social SciencesCrime and Criminal JusticeWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400680.1
Discipline: CRIMINOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
This unit provides the social context for the detailed study of criminological theories in Crime and Criminology. The definition of particular social problems as crimes, how crime is measured and explained and who are identified as criminals or victims is not straightforward. This unit challenges conventional criminology that accepts at face value that crime can be defined by criminal law or by a conceptual analysis of the harm done. The unit examines how police, courts and corrections influence processes of criminalisation and victimisation and the societal context in which this occurs.