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CRIM3602: Crime, Media and Culture
2025 unit information
This unit examines criminological approaches that explore intersections between criminal justice, law, media forms and cultural dynamics, including in the areas of moral panics, media trials, crime fear, cultural criminology, popular culture, serial killing, female criminality, surveillance, policing protest, organised crime, and terrorism.
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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SLSS2605 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand key ideas, concepts and debates in criminological circles pertaining to the interface between crime/criminal justice, media forms and cultural dynamics
- LO2. demonstrate expertise in particular topic areas
- LO3. conduct independent research
- LO4. distil complex information and ideas into intelligible text
- LO5. participate in small group and whole class discussions
- LO6. communicate with confidence and authority interpersonally, verbally and through the written word.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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