16.7 3rd and 4th years Dr S James. 3rd year: Any two second year criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours. First semester One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar per week. Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• understand the broad historical and contemporary patterns of legal and illegal drug use;
• understand the nature of the links between drug use and crime;
• understand the broad historical, social and political factors which have influenced drug control efforts;
• understand and debate the contemporary discourses on social and justice policy with regard to drug use and control.

Drugs and criminology; drug consumption in history; international regulation and control; Australian regulation and control; alcohol and crime; opiates, cannabis and crime; amphetamines, designer drugs and crime; NCADA and national policy; the criminal justice response to drugs; treatment and rehabilitation; the war on drugs. Up to 5,000 words of written work at 3rd year level and 6,000 words at 4th year level. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.