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 191-027 Medico-Legal Criminology

Note

Formerly available as 191-332/432. Students who have completed 191-332/432 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr A Young

Prerequisites

37.5 points of Second/Third Year Criminology subjects for Third Year students. Admission to Criminology Honours for Fourth Year students.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Subject Description

The subject covers the following topics in detail: the intersection of law, crime and medicine; practices of law and forensic medicine; regulation of the health professions; euthanasia; neonaticide; abortion; the legitimacy of embryo research; the medico-legal problem. Students who complete the subject should be cognisant of a range of debates on topical issues in medico-legal criminology; be able to conduct library research in legal, criminological and medical materials as they relate to these topics; able to write critically about topics and debates in medico-legal criminology.

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