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Criminal Law and Justice 2 - CRIM2021
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Sciences and International Studies
 
 
Course Outline: http://slsp.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CRIM2020
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Emphasises the operationalisation of criminal justice through the workings of key agencies. Examines particular areas of substantive criminal law doctrine and practice such as assault and sexual assault, public order offences, property offences and drugs offences. Examines sentencing and penalty, including justifications for punishment, sentencing options, the rise of retributivism, victim participation, and penal practices. Fosters a reflexive approach to the operation of criminal law and the criminal process, including consideration of the limits of criminal law as a mode of regulation in the light of technological and policy changes, and the blurring boundaries between criminal and civil law.

Learning Outcomes

The course should provide students with:
  • An introductory understanding of how criminal law and the criminal justice process works
  • An introductory understanding of legal methodology and legal ways of thinking
The course should also instill in students relevant elements of Law's and UNSW's graduate attributes such as:
  • 'Core disciplinary knowledge' includes understanding how criminal law and criminal justice operate
  • 'Transferable intellectual skills' includes providing basic legal skills which are need for criminological research and policy analysis
  • 'Research skills' includes basic legal methodology and introduction to social research through observation of court processes
  • 'Communication skills' will be developed through a variety of class exercises and assessment tasks, including class presentations and court research essay writing
  • 'Personal and professional values' includes relating personal values to competing accounts of the values and purposes of criminal justice and criminal law processes.

Assessment

  • Class performance - 15%
  • Court research essay - 35%
  • End of session exam - 50%

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