Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 99)
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131-210/310 "Crime, Law and Punishment in Colonial Victoria" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-211 | Prev:131-209
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
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:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p125) : Next:131-211 | Prev:131-209
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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