The Bachelor of Criminology degree offers students the opportunity to study crime and criminal justice in both a conceptual and an applied 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.
As such, the degree addresses the criminalisation of disadvantage through race, class, disability and gender, with a focus on the nexus between social and criminal justice.
This will equip students with the specialist skills and knowledge that a new graduate would need on entering the workforce or on proceeding to advanced study.
Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence below
Recommended Sequence
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Code
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Name
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101557
|
The Individual in Society
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Code
|
Name
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101551
|
Understanding Society
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Code
|
Name
|
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102709
|
Introduction to Criminal Justice
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And one elective
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Code
|
Name
|
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101900
|
Working with Communities
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
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102170
|
People, Place and Social Difference
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
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102039
|
Crime, Deviance and Society
|
And one elective
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Code
|
Name
|
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400337
|
Social Research Methods
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
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102699
|
Youth Justice and Practice
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|
Code
|
Name
|
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101594
|
Mental Health in the Community
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And one elective
|
Code
|
Name
|
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101555
|
Ethics in the Social Sciences
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
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102712
|
First Peoples and Criminal Justice
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
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102708
|
Crime Prevention and Drugs
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And one elective
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Code
|
Name
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101552
|
Applied Social Research
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102037
|
Perspectives in Criminology
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101561
|
Gender, Crime and Violence
|
And one elective
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102203
|
Contemporary Social Issues and Professional Practice
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102710
|
Crime, Media, Culture
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
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102711
|
Prisons, Punishment and Criminal Justice
|
And one elective
Recommended Sequence: Mid-year Entry (Spring)
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101900
|
Working with Communities
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102170
|
People, Place and Social Difference
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102039
|
Crime, Deviance and Society
|
And one elective
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101557
|
The Individual in Society
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101551
|
Understanding Society
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102709
|
Introduction to Criminal Justice
|
And one elective
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101555
|
Ethics in the Social Sciences
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102708
|
Crime Prevention and Drugs
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102712
|
First Peoples and Criminal Justice
|
And one elective
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
400337
|
Social Research Methods
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102699
|
Youth Justice and Practice
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101594
|
Mental Health in the Community
|
And one elective
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102203
|
Contemporary Social Issues and Professional Practice
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102710
|
Crime, Media, Culture
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102711
|
Prisons, Punishment and Criminal Justice
|
And one elective
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101552
|
Applied Social Research
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
102037
|
Perspectives in Criminology
|
|
Code
|
Name
|
|
101561
|
Gender, Crime and Violence
|
And one elective
Sub-major Elective Spaces
Elective units may be used toward obtaining an additional approved sub-major (40 credit points).
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