Race, Crime and Justice
UndergraduateGRF-CCJ3192024
Previously GRF-CCJ39
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 26 Feb 2024,
- 26 Aug 2024
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Race, Crime and Justice
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Understand the historical, political and legal contexts of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations in Australia
- Understand the key inquires and legislation related to Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations
- Develop a knowledge of statistical data on crime, victimisation and imprisonment
- Understand and critically reflect on mainstream criminological theory as it relates to Indigenous peoples
- Develop knowledge of innovative justice practices and new forms of crime prevention and crime control utilised by or for Indigenous peoples
- Develop knowledge about ethnic minority crime and victimisation
- Students should also develop their capacity to think critically about Indigeneity, ethnicities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice; and the capacity to write and verbalise this clearly and analytically.
- Introduction and Historical Context Part 1.
- Historical Context Part 2.
- Indigeneity and the Law.
- Indigeneity, Crime and Victimisation.
- Indigenous Policing.
- Indigeneity and Mainstream Policing.
- Indigeneity and Mainstream Courts.
- Indigenous Courts.
- Indigeneity and Punishment.
- Ethnicities, Crime and Victimisation.
Drawing on the Australian context, this course examines the contemporary and historical significance of Indigeneity in structuring patterns of law making, offending, victimisation, criminal justice system responses and experiences; and considers new forms of crime prevention and innovative justice practices. Emerging issues relating to ethnicities, crime, victimisation and the criminal justice system will also be addressed.
In Australia there is on-going public and governmental concern for the recognition of Indigenous peoples rights and, more recently migrant and other culturally diverse groups. Crime control policies/programs and operation of the Australian criminal justice system are frequently critiqued for being inequitable, intolerant and ignorant towards Indigenous peoples and also ethnic minorities. It is essential that students of criminology and criminal justice have an understanding of how Indigeneity and ethnicities impact crime, victimisation and the criminal justice system. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the foundation from which they can begin to develop this understanding.
- Essay (40%)
- Online Quiz (20%)
- Online Exam Written (40%)
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Entry requirements
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
GRF-CCJ39 (Not currently available)
Others
This is not an introductory subject, it is a third year subject. You must have a basic understanding of the first and second year criminology subjects. Students who have completed more than 2 OUA units (GPA 4.0+) and are planning on completing the Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice are strongly encouraged to enrol in the degree. Part of this process will involve registering your study plan with Griffith University, which will help to ensure that you are studying the required units.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Student feedback
9 student respondents between 20 Nov 2023 - 31 May 2024.
100%of students felt the study load was manageable
100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
UndergraduateGRF-CCJ-DEG
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