Youth Justice and Crime
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours face to face, 90 hours SOL
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Develop an understanding and theoretically-informed perspective of the criminal genesis of juvenile crime.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the criminal justice system and the laws that pertain to juvenile offending through analysis, research and consultation with student research partners.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the criminal justice system through an analysis of law making and sentencing responses to juvenile crime.
4. Evaluate the criminal justice system in its interactions with indigenous youth.
5. Analyse and develop evidence-based recommendations for adaptions and changes to the criminal justice system as it relates to juvenile crime.
Courses with unit
Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology;
Criminology Major: BA-ARTS3; BA-ARTPROF; BB-ARTBUS1; BB-ARTSC
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Face to Face Contact Tutorial | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities Readings | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning, Assignment Preparation, Revision | 7.5 | 12 | 90 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Research Presentation | Group | 45% | 1, 2, 3, 4,5 |
Annotated Notes | Individual | 15% | 2, 3 |
Analytical Essay | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4,5 |
General skills outcomes
• Teamwork skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Analysis skills.
• Communication skills.
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems.
• Ability to work independently.
Content
• Juveniles and law and order.
• Indigenous juveniles and the criminal justice system.
• Restorative Justice.
• Courts and youth.
• Law and order regimes and legislative response to juvenile crime.
Study resources
- References.