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.
2024 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
Hawthorn Winter | |
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2024 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
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 |
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.