UNSW Handbook Course - Penology

Penology - LAWS1005


	Faculty: Faculty of Law
	School: Faculty of Law
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 8
	EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: LAWS1001, LAWS1011; or LAWS1610; Corequisite: LAWS2311 or LAWS1010.
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

A critical interdisciplinary subject involving historical, sociological, political and legal materials. Topics include: prisoners and the prison movement; discipline and punishment; media issues; the legal regulation of the administration of punishment through imprisonment; privatisation of prisons; reform. The emphasis on different topics may vary from year to year according to contemporary developments.

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