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Carcerality (CRIM40005)
HonoursPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
February
Overview
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Cultural, ideological, and political attachment to involuntary detention persists in most societies across the globe. This subject examines carcerality in its numerous incarnations and interrogates our attachment to it. The subject invites students to critically examine things we often overlook or take for granted as ‘natural’ or ‘commonsensical’. Students will learn and employ theoretical tools and empirical data to scrutinise the reasons, justifications, ‘effectiveness’, and consequences of our societal zeal to criminalise and incarcerate individuals and communities. The subject aims at helping learners to appreciate punishment and detention as a complex social, political, historical, and economic phenomenon, rather than merely a purported crime-control measure. Equipping students with analytical tools, the subject promotes the development of a critical stance on how we as a society define, create, and perpetuate harm and social divisions. The subject offers students an opportunity to grow intellectually, becoming critical about public discourses and government policies concerning crime and punishment, whilst also facilitating checking one's own preconceptions and interrogating personal prejudices.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who have successfully completed this subject will be able to
- explain main social and penological debates about the nature, purpose, and effects of punishment and involuntary detention;
- use key theoretical concepts and empirical data in discussion of social problems of crime, criminalisation, and punishment;
- highlight the role of colonialism, punitiveness, gender, and inequality in criminalisation and incarceration of individuals and communities;
- critique societal attachment to involuntary detention.
Generic skills
Students who have successfully completed this subject will be able to:
- recognise their individual epistemic position;
- conduct independent literature research;
- apply theories and analytical tools to current events, public debates, and topical social issues;
- demonstrate capacity for critical thinking and analysis;
- present arguments in succinct and persuasive written and oral forms.
Last updated: 10 November 2023
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: 10 November 2023
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Low-stakes online quiz
| From Week 4 to Week 6 | 10% |
A policy brief
| Week 4 | 35% |
Reading reflection (the assessment includes 10 synopses of the required readings, up to 100 words each)
| Last week of seminars | 10% |
Research essay
| Week 11 | 45% |
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of all seminars for the subject in order to qualify to have their written work assessed. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10 marks per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.
Last updated: 10 November 2023
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator Anton Symkovych Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 contact hours: A 3-hour seminar per week, for 8 weeks, starting in Week 1. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 April 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 17 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 April 2023 Assessment period ends 21 May 2023 February contact information
Time commitment details
Total of 170 hours
Last updated: 10 November 2023
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 Course Executive Master of Arts Course Master of Social Policy Course Master of Criminology Specialisation (formal) Criminology Specialisation (formal) 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: 10 November 2023