Juvenile Justice - JURD7505
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS8105
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
- The historical origins and contemporary manifestations of discrete juvenile/youth justice systems will be examined;
- The true nature and extent of youth offending and the patterning of youth crime will be surveyed;
- The multiple competing imperatives that comprise youth justice law, policy and practice including: ‘welfare’, ‘justice’, ‘informalism’, ‘treatment’, ‘rights’, ‘responsibilities’, ‘prevention’, ‘restoration’, ‘remoralisation’, ‘rehabilitation’, ‘retribution’ and ‘punishment’ will be analysed;
- The roles and functions of the constituent agencies that make-up modern juvenile/youth systems will be explored;
- The module will be underpinned by comparative analyses at local, national and transnational levels and the application of international human rights standards, treaties, rules, conventions and guidelines in the juvenile/youth justice sphere.