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Advanced Practice in Offender Management (CRIM90023)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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This subject is designed to provide an advanced understanding of practice issues relevant to the management of sexual and violent offenders in a correctional or criminal justice setting.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • The ability to describe, analyse and critique professional knowledge and research evidence about those factors that lead to desistance in sexual and violent offenders.
  • The ability to apply knowledge of offender management to professional practice when working with sexual and violent offenders.

Generic skills

Though participation in the course and completion of assessment students should acquire skills in:

  • Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning;
  • An ability to derive, interpret and analyse social and technical information from primary and other sources;
  • Awareness of and ability to utilise appropriate inter-personal communication methods;
  • Highly developed written and verbal communication skills to allow informed dialogue about case management issues with individuals and groups;
  • Ability to investigate, analyse and solve problems in applied situations;
  • Highly developed skills in time and organisational management through participation in all subjects.

Last updated: 12 November 2022

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted to the Specialist Certificate in Criminology (Offender Management) and have completed CRIM90022 Introduction to Offender Management.

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
CRIM90022 Introduction to Offender Management
June (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

This subject is not available for students admitted to any other courses.

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

None

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: 12 November 2022

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Participation (engagement with workshop delivery and teaching activities) (4 days)

  • 500 words (equivalent)
During the teaching period5%

In-class group work based on a case study (small group presentation of a case analysis based on maximum class size of 25 and 5 group exercises) (0.5 days) word count equivalent 1000

  • 4 hours
Final day25%

Theory essay (desistance from sexual and violent offending)

  • 2000 words
Post-intensive45%

Practice report (ethical issues: the application of knowledge to professional practice)

  • 1000 words
Post-intensive25%

Last updated: 12 November 2022

Dates & times

  • November
    Principal coordinatorAndrew Day
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours30
    Total time commitment150 hours
    Pre teaching start date27 October 2022
    Pre teaching requirementsDuring the pre-teaching period, students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS.
    Teaching period17 November 2022 to 25 November 2022
    Last self-enrol date31 October 2022
    Census date18 November 2022
    Last date to withdraw without fail25 November 2022
    Assessment period ends 9 December 2022

    November contact information

    Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au

    Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149 Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm.

Time commitment details

Students are also required to complete pre-course reading (30 hours), writing of theory essay (50 hours) and practice report (40 hours) including participation in online discussion boards and support.

Last updated: 12 November 2022

Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.

  • Links to additional information

Last updated: 12 November 2022