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191-032 Storytelling and Crime | |
Note | Formerly available as 191-338/438. Students who have completed 191-338/438 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. This is a methods course. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr D Tait |
Prerequisites | 37.5 points of Second/Third Year Criminology, Sociology, Political Science, History or Cultural Studies subjects for Third Year students. Admission to Criminology Honours for Fourth Year students. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 90-minute seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject is a critical examination of the way crime participants tell stories about crime. It analyses the 'voices' and scripts used by victims, bystanders, offenders, police, judges, prosecutors, official statisticians, the media and criminologists. The subject looks at the social context of the stories, the spaces opened up (or legitimated) by the narratives, and the identities being constructed by the stories. Students who complete the subject should be able to analyse critically the purpose of the crime stories, their marketing and their audiences. |
Assessment | An essay of 2000 words for 3rd year, 2500 words for 4th year, and a workbook of 2000 words for 3rd year, 2500 words for 4th year. |
Prescribed Texts | Material provided by the Department. |
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