Fundamentals of Criminology
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 30 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
This unit provides students with an overview of the discipline of criminology through a presentation of both the major theoretical models as well as the application of these models to a variety of criminal justice settings. Students will learn the breadth of the field of criminology as well as the importance of theoretical models when developing research and programming within the criminal justice system.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Discriminate between various sociological and psychological theories of crime and criminal behaviour
2. Determine how criminological theories inform and influence policy responses to crime
3. Analyse and critique major criminological theories with regard to particular types of criminal offence
4. Employ foundational learning and academic skills, including research competencies and critical thinking
5. Consider Indigenous knowledges and standpoints in relation to crime and its explanations
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On-Campus Lecture | 2 | 4 | 8 |
On-Campus Class | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Online Lecture (asynchronous) | 2 | 8 | 16 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 7.5 | 12 | 90 |
Specified Activities Various | 2 | 12 | 24 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Class | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Essay Plan and Bibliography | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Research Essay | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Quizzes | Individual | 20% | 1, 2 |
Content
- What is crime? What is criminology?
- Australian criminal justice system & Measuring and reporting crime
- Classic theories of crime (classicism; biological positivism; the Chicago School)
- Crime and Society: Anomie and Strain
- Social and self control
- Victimology
- Work Integrated Learning Case Study
- Young people and Crime
- Feminist Criminology
- Crimes of the powerful & White Collar Crime
- Green Criminology
- Critical Criminology
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.