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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.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Assoc Prof C Alder

Prerequisites

37.5 points of second/third year criminology subjects for third year. Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in Criminology or Women's Studies for fourth year.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

This subject will be taught as a winter intensive program on 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 July

Subject Description

This subject is 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. Students completing the subject should have developed a knowledge of the nature and extent of female crime and victimisation; have an awareness of contemporary debates in feminist criminology; and have a capacity to think and write critically about the centrality of gender to analyses of criminal justice policies and programs.

Assessment

An essay of 4000 words for third year, 5000 words for fourth year.



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