Victims' Rights - CRIM3018
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: 48 UOC overall, including 6 UOC at lv1 and 6 UOC at lv2 in Criminology stream; or enrolment in program 3422 or 4763 and 12 UOC lv2 SRAP and 18 UOC lv2 CRIM; or enrolment in Program 4034 and 30 UOC at lv2 including 12 UOC lv2 CRIM
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
In this course you will examine victims' rights and victimology as emerging areas of criminological theory and practice. Victimology, as a distinct discipline of criminology focused on the subjectivity and agency of the victim of crime, will phrase an inquiry into the various means by which victims are now accorded some role within the criminal justice system. The emerging significance of the victim will be assessed through the various programs now calling for the participation of the victim as relevant subjects of law and justice. These include frameworks of victims' rights, victims' compensation and the inclusion of victims in sentencing.