Current Issues in Criminal Justice - JURD7376
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: LAWS8076
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The course is an elective within the Master of Criminal Justice and Criminology degree and provides a good grounding for further studies, and for practice, in criminal law, criminology and criminal justice.
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’.