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191-020 Women, Gender and Crime | |
Note | Formerly available as 191-322/422. Students who have completed 191-322/422 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr C Alder |
Prerequisites | 37.5 points of 2nd/3rd-year Criminology subjects for 3rd-year students. Admission to Criminology Honours for 4th-year students. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week |
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 | An essay of 5000 words. |
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