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POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course provides a topic-specific understanding of responses to crime and deviance by a range of government and non-government agencies - for example: criminal justice, academia and business and industry. Our aim is to focus on crimes of contemporary national interest and the list of topics will vary each year depending on current political and criminal justice priorities. Students will be exposed to some of the factors that influence responses to crime such as official statistics and a discussion regarding the use, abuse and misuse of data. Finally, students are expected to engage critically with a range of contemporary techniques employed to respond to serious crime, including police practices and current techniques to control crime.
Class participation
Learning outcomes 2, 4
In-class reflection
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Quiz
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Critical perspective analysis
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures, and 12 hours of tutorials and tutorial-like activities; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
There are no prescribed texts - journal articles and major reports will be listed on Canvas Preliminary Reading Readings will be listed in the course outline on canvas.