Course

State Crime and Human Rights - CRIM3015

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Social Sciences

Course Outline: School of Social Sciences

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: 24 units of credit in the Criminology stream or enrolment in Program 3422 or 4763 and 12 uoc in Level 2 SLSP courses and 18 uoc in Level 2 Criminology courses

Excluded: CRIM3006

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Subject Area: Criminology

This module draws on some of the material previously taught in the criminology elective Crime, Power and Human Rights (CRIM 2018). It provides an overview of the criminological debates about state crime as a means of discussing some of the wider concerns of critical criminology. The course introduces students to some of the issues associated with the establishment of an international system of criminal justice. It also introduces students to some of the contemporary research being undertaken by criminologists into organised human rights abuses committed by states. Topics covered include: war crimes; modern and colonial genocide; immigration detention; torture and rendition; natural distaster as state crime; the International Criminal Court and resistance to state crime.


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