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CRIM2603: Current Issues in Criminal Justice
2025 unit information
This unit considers some of the most recent and topical issues of crime and justice in Australia and elsewhere. It examines these in historical perspective and critically assesses them in the context of both contemporary and longstanding debates over criminal justice in politics, policy and criminological research.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Sociology and Criminology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Criminology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-Legal Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Social Policy |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current issues in criminology and criminal justice in both historical and contemporary perspective.
- LO2. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current issues in criminology and criminal justice in both Australia and elsewhere.
- LO3. evaluate debates over criminal justice in politics, policy and criminological research.
- LO4. conduct independent research applying criminological theories and methodologies to complex issues in crime and justice across substantive areas of criminology.
- LO5. communicate knowledge and understanding of current issues in criminology and criminal justice in both contemporary and historical perspective, and across a variety of country contexts, using oral, written and digital formats via assessment tasks, seminar discussions and tutorial participation.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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