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Crime, Criminology, and Critique (CRIM10001)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 1
Overview
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Criminology is the study of crime, social harm and how we respond to it. This introductory subject is concerned with the questions: what is crime? Who is the criminal? Criminologists have traditionally sought to understand and explain the complex causes and motivations for crime and how categorisations of crime can change according to time, place and politics.
With each topic, students will critically reflect on the ways that crime is constructed and popularised. Given the localised context of colonial Australia, we pay particular attention to crime as a settler colonial construct. The subject requires that students read and think critically about their own assumptions, media representations, and the ways that powerful groups define, measure and regulate crime. By examining a range of topics including youth crime, street crime, crime in the home and crimes of the powerful, this subject will consider how understandings of crime inform and produce a range of state responses and varied experiences of justice/injustice.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to identify a range of theoretical perspectives within criminology
- Demonstrate understanding of key concepts and terms within criminology
- Be able to discuss critically the strengths and weaknesses of techniques used to measure, classify and define crime and criminality
- Demonstrate an understanding of how processes of criminalisation can have inequitable effects for non-dominant groups in society.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
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: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A report
| Week 4 | 10% |
A research essay
| Week 9 | 50% |
A take-home exam
| During the examination period | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinators Liam Gillespie and Bree Carlton Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 36 contact hours: 1 x two-hour lecture and 1 x one-hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
Total of 170 hours
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Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of semester.
- Subject notes
Graduate students who have previously completed this subject in their undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne are not permitted to enrol in this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Criminology Specialisation (formal) Criminology Minor Criminology minor Major Criminology Specialisation (formal) Criminology - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- 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.
- 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: 27 April 2024