Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Course

The Master of Criminal Justice and Criminology offers students an opportunity to pursue an advanced coursework program in criminal justice. It provides an overview of local, national and international issues in criminal justice and engages students in criminal justice research. The program examines issues such as criminal justice practice and reform, policing, security and risk management, managing criminal justice, crime prevention and criminal behaviours and enterprises. It places criminal justice issues in historical and contemporary social and political contexts. Students also have the opportunity to pursue independent criminal justice research.

Students successfully completing the Master of Criminal Justice and Criminology will be able to:

• demonstrate an ability to critically analyse and evaluate arguments
• demonstrate critical understanding of key issues in criminal justice practice and reform at the state, national and international level
• demonstrate a critical understanding of policing, security and risk management matters at the state, national and international level
• demonstrate a critical understanding of historical and contemporary criminal justice issues at the state, federal and international level
• undertake independent criminal justice research
• communicate clearly and persuasively.

This course consists of two level-four core units, level-four electives to the value of 24 points, and 24 points at level five. All units are worth 12 points except where indicated.

Students complete two core units:

• APG4417 Policing, security and risk management
• APG4264 Criminal behaviours and enterprises: Individuals, groups and organisations

plus 24 points of elective units at level four and 24 points of elective units at level five from the following:*

• APG4416 Crime prevention: A global perspective
• APG4667/APG5667 Fringe politics and extremist violence: An introduction to terrorism
• APG4762 Management and leadership in human services
• APG5736 Criminal justice research project (9,000 words)
• APG5737 Criminal justice internship
• APG5738 Criminal justice dissertation (18,000 words - 24 points), or APG5739 Criminal justice dissertation - Part 1 (12 points) and APG5740 Criminal justice dissertation - Part 2 (12 points)**
• APG5741 Supervised reading in criminal justice and criminology

* Students cannot complete the same unit at both levels four and five, eg APG4395/APG5395

** Students will need to have attained both a distinction average in their previous 48 points of the Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice and permission from the course coordinator before they can enrol in any of these units.

Students who have completed studies in this course to the value of:

• 24 points may apply to exit with course 3782 Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice and Criminology
• 48 points may apply to exit with course 3781 Graduate Diploma in Criminal Justice and Criminology.

Master of Criminology