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191-005 Criminal Law and Criminology | |
Note | Formerly available as 191-204/304. Students who have completed 191-204/304 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr A Young |
Prerequisites | Normally 25 points of first-year Criminology. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial for ten weeks of the semester; a 1-hour lecture for the first and last week of semester |
Subject Description | The subject is divided into two main sections. The first covers the institutions, discourses and practices of criminal law, with particular emphasis on the court process; doctrines of criminal responsibility and the structure of criminal legal principles. The second section focuses on substantive offences in criminal law: sexual assault and sexual offences; assault and non-fatal violent offences; the law relating to homicide; criminal defences, such as provocation and self-defence. Issues of gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation are raised. Students completing the subject should be able to understand the structure of criminal law; appreciate forms and meanings of legal discourse; identify ways in which criminal law responds to social problems; conduct research on criminal legal matters. |
Assessment | An essay of 2000 words, and a 2-hour examination. |
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