Course

Criminal Justice: Global Perspectives - JURD7309

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: LAWS8209

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course will examine wrongful convictions in a comparative perspective that will situate Australia's response to wrongful convictions with different responses in the United Kingdom including the creation of a Criminal Cases Review Commission and the United States including a focus on post-conviction DNA testing. Other jurisdictions examined will include Canada, China and New Zealand.

More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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