Course

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: 8

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 course begins by analysing the historical development of both a system of juvenile justice and a system of ideas about juvenile delinquency as distinct entities separable from broader notions of criminality and criminal justice. The development of a juvenile justice system has been paralleled by changing interpretations and explanations of juvenile behaviour. The course provides an introduction to this history before analysing the contemporary nature of juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system in NSW. Specific issues in relation to policing, community-based corrections and detention centres will be discussed.

The course will investigate the social relations which mediate between the juvenile justice system and the young people who are brought before it by focussing on gender, race and class. It will also examine the broader political determinants surrounding the operation of the juvenile justice system and moral panics in relation to juvenile offending.

More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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