Current Issues in Criminal Justice - LAWS8076
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: 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
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Description
This course examines shifting notions of crime and responsibility for crime within criminal justice. It considers multiple meanings of criminal justice, such as in governing law and order, as dispute resolution, and in managing risk. It encourages a critical appreciation of criminal justice system responses to crime and engages with the need for criminal justice policy to respond to economic, social, political and cultural issues. The course will examine selected recent developments and ongoing debates in criminal justice.
LLM Specialisations
Criminal Justice and Criminology.
Main Topics
LLM Specialisations
Criminal Justice and Criminology.
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’
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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