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191-022 Advanced Psychiatry and Law | |
Note | Formerly available as 191-324/424. Students who have completed 191-324/424 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Ms D Greig |
Prerequisites | Successful completion of 191-012 Psychiatry and Law. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | The subject involves a critical appraisal of the medical and legal profession with special reference to the writings of Michael Foucault, Stanley Cohen and Nikolas Rose in relation to the place of psychiatry in modern society. Particular attention will be given to an analysis of psychiatry's knowledge base and its utility for the courts and public policy. The response of the various arms of the criminal justice system to the needs of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled will be a dominant theme and aspects of gender and ethnicity will be considered. |
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