Criminal Law and Justice 2 - CRIM2021
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: CRIM2020, not available to students in Law programs
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
Criminal Law and Justice 2 (CRIM2021) builds on the themes introduced in Criminal Law and Justice 1 (CRIM2020). CRIM2021 looks at selected crimes, their legal definition and the policy contexts in which they operate.
The legal definition of crime happens formally through the pronouncements of legislatures and courts: but it also happens through the operation of the criminal justice process. CRIM2020 focused on the processes by which police, prosecutors and courts deal with crime. CRIM2021 considers further how legal definitions, criminal justice practice and competing policy priorities are interconnected. In particular, it emphasises the ways in which the law in relation to issues such as illicit drugs and assault are subject to change. This approach provides a foundation for more detailed subsequent study of the criminal process in criminology electives such as Issues in Policing (CRIM2014) and Prison and Punishment (CRIM2036).
Both CRIM2020 and CRIM2021 introduce students to legal ways of thinking about and responding to crime, and to core concepts that can be developed and challenged in criminology electives.
Criminal Law and Justice 2 (CRIM2021) builds on the themes introduced in Criminal Law and Justice 1 (CRIM2020). CRIM2021 looks at selected crimes, their legal definition and the policy contexts in which they operate.
The legal definition of crime happens formally through the pronouncements of legislatures and courts: but it also happens through the operation of the criminal justice process. CRIM2020 focused on the processes by which police, prosecutors and courts deal with crime. CRIM2021 considers further how legal definitions, criminal justice practice and competing policy priorities are interconnected. In particular, it emphasises the ways in which the law in relation to issues such as illicit drugs and assault are subject to change. This approach provides a foundation for more detailed subsequent study of the criminal process in criminology electives such as Issues in Policing (CRIM2014) and Prison and Punishment (CRIM2036).
Both CRIM2020 and CRIM2021 introduce students to legal ways of thinking about and responding to crime, and to core concepts that can be developed and challenged in criminology electives.
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