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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th years
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: 3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar.
Timetable: First semester
Students may enrol in 131-210/310 Crime Law & Punishment in Australian History (HISTORY) and have this subject credited towards their Criminology major.
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 an 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:
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.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 41)
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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