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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. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof 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 10 weeks of the semester, and 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, and conduct research on criminal legal matters. |
Assessment | An essay of 2000 words and a 2-hour examination. |
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