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POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Around the world, the vast majority of crime and antisocial behaviour is committed by young people. This course will introduce students to developmental criminology as a foundation for understanding the causes and correlates of youth offending and antisocial behaviour across the life-course. In doing so, the course will review leading theories and etiological causes of youth offending and antisocial behaviour, with an eye towards how this research may inform crime reduction policies and prevention strategies (i.e., evidenced-based policies and practices). A major component of this course will be understanding how theories and policies covered in this course apply to the significant and ongoing debate in Australia regarding how to best respond to youth offending through policy and the juvenile justice system.
Intensive offering: (null) [LO null]
Tutorial participation
Learning outcomes 1, 4
Tutorial Presentation (10 Minutes)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Mid-semester quiz (1 hour, multiple choice via wattle)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Take home exam (Essay responses, 2 weeks, 3000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
12 week offering: (null) [LO null]
Tutorial participation
Learning outcomes 1, 4
Tutorial Presentation (10 Minutes)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Major Essay (3000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Take home exam (Multiple Choice and Short Essay, 1 week, 1500 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from either: Intensive offering: a) 36 hours of lectures and tutorials taught intensively and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing 12 week offering: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing
The prescribed reading for this course will be available in a reading brick. It will include texts from the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, history, public health, social medicine and criminology.