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 Crime, Gender and Sexuality - WOMS3006
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Contact: Lovejoy,Frances Hewlett
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: SOCA3409, WOMS2007, GENT1207
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
  

Description

Examines social implications of: the role of law in defining the limits of gender and sexuality, regulating gender and sexual relationships, and in reinforcing particular gender and sex based interests; the intersection of criminality and sexuality (specific examples may include pornography, rape, discrimination, AIDS transmission, moral danger, prostitution, abortion, underage pregnancy). Notions of public interest, privacy and consent in matters of gender and sex. The interaction of gender and sexuality with other stratification factors such as age, class, disability, ethnicity and race in the social construction of crime.

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