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Industry Project: Crime and Justice (CRIM90016)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
July
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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This is an industry project subject that partners with community and government justice agencies to produce research on pressing social problems. Students will undertake research on problems identified by the agency, who come in and meet with the students, and gain hands on experience in responding to a brief, preparing an agency product and presenting this to the agency. Past agency partners have included the Human Rights Law Centre, WEstjustice, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, and Victoria Police (Priority Communities). Too often government and social and criminal justice policy focuses on the symptoms rather than the causes of injustice in society. This subject introduces you to the concepts of structural injustice and structural justice that help us to better recognize and address these underlying causes of harm and disadvantage. Crime and Justice Industry Project gives you the opportunity to use the conceptual frameworks developed through your Criminology and social science studies degree to create practical outcomes in crime and justice. It explores best practice in community-engaged research and the translation of research into policy and practice.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Demonstrate familiarity with a range of approaches to structural injustice and structural and institutional change;
- Be able to apply this knowledge to real-life social and legal problems;
- Be able to formulate new approaches to structural and institutional reform;
- Be able to effectively communicate these approaches to participating agencies;
- Possess a critical understanding of the potential contribution of research to social and structural change.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should:
- have highly developed cognitive, analytical and problem-solving skills;
- have an advanced understanding of complex concepts and the ability to express them lucidly in writing and orally;
- have sophisticated awareness of cultural, ethnic and gender diversities and their implications;
- have an ability to plan work and to use time effectively.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Criminology at Undergraduate level
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Research paper
| During the teaching period | 70% |
Group presentation with written component
| End of the teaching period | 10% |
Paper
| During the assessment period | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: As this is an Intensively-taught subject. Seminar attendance is compulsory at all classes and regular class participation is expected. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- July
Coordinator Jennifer Balint Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours total: Delivered as an intensively over 6 days. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2020 to 9 October 2020 Last self-enrol date 7 August 2020 Census date 3 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 29 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 July contact information
Time commitment details
Total of 170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject will be delivered intensively from 9:00am - 5:00pm, with seminars over six days.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of the subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Criminology Specialisation (formal) Criminology Specialisation (formal) Criminology Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) Informal specialisation 200 points Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) Informal specialisation PD-ARTS Criminology - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022