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 191-435 Drugs and Justice

Note

Available as 191-335 at 3rd-year level.

This subject has a quota of 35 enrolments. Candidates intending to take this subject must complete a quota form available from the Arts Faculty when enrolling in this subject.

Credit Points

16.7 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator

Dr S James

Prerequisites

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

Semester

1

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

Drugs, crime and criminology: asking the right questions; patterns of drug use; theories of drug use; the social construction and meaning of drug use; drugs, health and society; drugs, crime and society; a modern history of drug control; reducing supply: law enforcement; reducing demand: treatment and education; the costs of drug control; comparative drug control regimes; the legalisation debate; some realities in drug control reform.

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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