Sentencing

LAW20030 12.5 Credit Points Hawthorn Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students

Duration

  • One Semester or equivalent

Contact hours

  • 36 hours face to face + blended

On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.

2024 teaching periods

Swinburne Online

Teaching Period 1		 Swinburne Online

Teaching Period 3

Dates:
11 Mar 24 - 9 Jun 24

Results:
2 Jul 24

Last self enrolment:
24 Mar 24

Census:
5 Apr 24

Last withdraw without fail:
26 Apr 24

Dates:
4 Nov 24 - 9 Feb 25

Results:
4 Mar 25

Last self enrolment:
17 Nov 24

Census:
29 Nov 24

Last withdraw without fail:
27 Dec 24

Prerequisites

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Aims and objectives

This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of sentencing law principles and practices across Australia. It also provides students with deeper knowledge of criminal law, especially the rules and principles relating to criminal appeals and the criminal principles in each Australian jurisdiction. The unit will also focus on the evolving nature of sentencing law, with an emphasis on appropriate and necessary innovations in this area.
 
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Conduct effective legal research using both primary and secondary materials
2. Explain contemporary debates about the appropriate manner in which to deal with criminal offenders
3. Describe the political, social and economic influences that shape criminal and sentencing law
4. Describe the efficacy of the law to attain the key sentencing objectives in the form of deterrence, rehabilitation and community protection
5. Develop and communicate recommendations about innovative and technological changes that should be made to sentencing law
6. Work efficiently and effectively with other people to develop coherent solutions to problems