UNSW Handbook Course - Introduction to Criminology

Introduction to Criminology - CRIM1010


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Social Sciences and International Studies
	Course Outline: See below
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Introduces the key concepts and current debates in criminology. Covers basic issues such as the definition, measurement, and explanations of crime, societal reactions to crime, the treatment of offenders, the role of research, and the influence of criminology on public policy.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, students should be able to:

Outline the scope, aims and emergence of criminology as a discipline
Identify key players, themes and debates in the criminal justice arena
Describe a variety of ways to define, measure and explain crime and the treatment of offenders
Understand the role of criminological research in influencing public policy
Understand and use basic terminology common to the criminological field
Appreciate the role of critical analysis in understanding social issues and make basic critical analyses of key criminological perspectives and debates
Critically appraise current methods of crime control.

Assessment

Weekly exercises - 60%
Essay - 40%

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