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CRIM3601: Medico-Legal and Forensic Criminology
2025 unit information
This unit of study examines the relationship between crime, law, medicine and science. It focuses on criminal detection practices, death investigation systems, the coroner's office, autopsies and socio-legal management of the dead body, human tissue and organ controversies, and the role of medicine, science and psychology in criminal justice.
Unit details and rules
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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 2000 level in Criminology or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Socio-legal Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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SLSS2603 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. appraise the historical and contemporary relationship between law, crime, medicine and science via case studies
- LO2. engage with contemporary debates about the use of medicine and science in criminal justice contexts
- LO3. research a specific medico-legal and forensic criminological issue from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences, identify and develop an analysis and write it up as an effective and persuasive essay
- LO4. demonstrate an ability to interpret medico-legal and forensic issues using theoretical approaches within socio-legal studies and criminology
- LO5. understand differing cultural perspectives and ethics on medico-legal and forensic issues and death.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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