Current Issues in Criminal Justice - LAWS8076
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: Academic Program must be 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9285 or 5285 or 9235 or 5235 or 9220 or 5750.
Excluded: JURD7376
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
View course information for previous years.
Description
LLM Specialisations
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
- To examine shifting notions of responsibility for crime and crime control;
- To apply theoretical insights to the analysis of criminal justice;
- To examine new developments and contemporary debates in criminal justice;
- To critically examine criminal justice policy;
- To analyse influences on the creation of the current crime control agenda.
Main Topics
- Bail and other pre-trial developments;
- Compulsory treatment;
- Specialised courts;
- Restorative justice and other forms of alternative justice;
- Private and hybrid forms of security;
- The move towards ‘pre-crime’.
Assessment
Seminar presentation and paper – 2,000 words (30%)
Research essay - 4,000 words (60%)
Course Texts
Resources
Zedner, Lucia (2004) Criminal Justice Clarendon Law Series, Oxford University Press
Further recommended reading will be listed in the Course Outline.
Study Levels
UNSW Quick Links
