Working With Offenders
UndergraduateTAS-HGA3322022
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Working With Offenders
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Explain the socio-economic and individual factors that contribute to criminal offending, and analyse the potential costs and harms associated with offending.
- Apply major criminological offender rehabilitation models, approaches and concepts to practical examples.
- Evaluate the work contexts and institutional dynamics of the courts, community corrections, prisons and community sector organisations, and how these may shape offender-worker relationships.
- Communicate your ideas clearly in written and verbal form.
- Student schedule to be announced before semester commencement.
This subject is designed to introduce students to the issues and processes associated with working with offenders, particularly those in prisons or under the supervision of community corrections. The subject explores issues pertaining directly to how best to work with a wide variety of people with offending histories. Topics to be covered include duty of care, 'special populations' of prisoners, risk management and difficult situations, safety and security, working with involuntary clients, inter-agency collaboration, prison culture, assessment tools, mental illness and drug use, restorative justice, victim interests, children and families of prisoners, worker self-care and professional report writing. The subject also examines how and why people stop offending and change (desistance from crime). International examples of innovation are showcased from key jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Scotland, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand.
The subject is intended to be relevant and familiar for those already working in the field, in prison and in the community, as well as to introduce contemporary principles and practices to those wishing to do so in the future. Engaging presentations from experienced guest speakers who are senior practitioners in the field are one of the popular features of this subject.
- Policy Report (30%)
- Critical Reflection (10%)
- Short Answer Assignment (40%)
- Class participation (20%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-JUS-DEG-2022 - Bachelor of Justice Studies
Elective
- TAS-BJS-DEG-2022 - Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Justice Studies
- TAS-PJS-DEG-2022 - Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Justice Studies
Others
Pre-requisite: 25 points at introductory level in any discipline in any faculty.
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateTAS-JUS-DEG
Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Justice Studies
UndergraduateTAS-BJS-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Justice Studies
UndergraduateTAS-PJS-DEG