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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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