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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Criminology

191-322/422 Women, Gender and Crime

Credit Points:

16.7 3rd and 4th year

Prerequisite/s:

3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar

Subject Description:

An analysis of the criminalisation and victimisation of women through the study of contemporary debates in feminist criminology. Topics will include: the nature and extent of female crime and victimisation; theories of female crime; social definition of, and responses to, such behaviours; the construction of gender in legal and criminal justice discourse; and masculinity and violence.

Assessment:

Up to 5000 words of written work at 3rd year level and 6000 words at 4th year level. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.
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