Criminal justice - Faculty of Arts

Offered by the School of Humanities, Communication and Social Sciences

Campus availability: Gippsland

Relevant courses*

3914 Bachelor of Arts (Criminal Justice)

Criminal justice addresses the complex issue of crime and the way in which it affects the lives of us all. It provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the diverse nature of crime, to identify and evaluate stages in the criminal justice process, to critically assess its performance and to consider new and radical alternatives for dealing with crime. Students study issues that compare and contrast regional, state, national and international crime and crime prevention policies, including public safety and security issues. The degree adopts an inter-disciplinary approach which includes psychological studies, sociology and indigenous studies perspectives.

*A major in criminal justice is only offered to students undertaking the Bachelor of Arts (Criminal Justice). Other students may take criminal justice units as electives in other courses, where that course permits.

Sequences

First year sequence

A first year sequence in criminal justice consists of CRJ1001 and CRJ1002.

Major sequence

Students complete a standard major chosen from the units listed below and including six core and two elective units.

Units

First-year level

Core

CRJ1001 Crime: theory and practice
CRJ1002 The criminal justice process

Second/Third-year level

Core

CRJ2001/CRJ3001 Comparative criminal justice
CRJ2002/CRJ3002 Crime and violence
PSS3718 Forensic psychology
SCY2805/SCY3805 Sociology of deviance

Electives

CRJ2004/CRJ3004 Justice sentencing and punishment
CRJ2005/CRJ3005 Public safety and security
CRJ3003 Offender profiling
SCY2811/SCY3811 Social justice

Contact details

Enquiries (Gippsland): Room 283, building 2W

Telephone +61 3 9902 6339

Email humcass.info@arts.monash.edu.au

Visit http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/humcass