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131-210/310 Crime, Law and Punishment in Colonial Victoria

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Associate Professor D Philips.

Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first-year History.

Contact: A 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

By the end of the subject, students should: have gained insight into the origins and development of key agencies of criminal justice, including the police, courts and prisons; have learned to apply historical analysis to and understanding of criminological theory and practice; have learned to handle and analyse Victorian primary materials in order to reconstruct criminologically significant aspects of Victoria's past; have developed some skills in historical analysis, empirical investigation and legal research.

Content:

The origins and development of Victoria's criminal law, penal policy and social control agencies such as the courts, police, juvenile institutions and mental asylums.

Assessment:

One research essay of 3,000 words (50%), one final reflective essay of 2,000 words (40%), tutorial participation (10%).

Prescribed texts:

1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-211 | Prev:131-209


2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p125) : Next:131-211 | Prev:131-209

131-210/310 Crime, Law and Punishment in Colonial Victoria

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Associate Professor D Philips.

Contact: A 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

By the end of the subject, students should: have gained insight into the origins and development of key agencies of criminal justice, including the police, courts and prisons; have learned to apply historical analysis to and understanding of criminological theory and practice; have learned to handle and analyse Victorian primary materials in order to reconstruct criminologically significant aspects of Victoria's past; have developed some skills in historical analysis, empirical investigation and legal research.

Content:

The origins and development of Victoria's criminal law, penal policy and social control agencies such as the courts, police, juvenile institutions and mental asylums.

Assessment:

One research essay of 3,000 words (50 per cent); one final reflective essay of 2,000 words (40 per cent); tutorial participation (10 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p125) : Next:131-211 | Prev:131-209


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