Undergraduate - UnitATS2465 - Crime and human rights in a global era

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Criminology
Offered	Prato First semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Leanne Weber

Notes

This is an international study program that requires an application to be enrolled - see the Arts Prato page for further information http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/prato/
Previously coded CRI2080

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the study of crime and human rights. The unit will trace the impact of human rights and other global forces on our understanding of what constitutes crime and harm. It will introduce students to key concepts of human rights and their application in a range of domestic and international criminal jurisdictions. Focusing on a series of contemporary case studies it will contrast European, Australian and North American inculcation of human rights in definitions and responses to crime: including policing, court processes, prosecution and punishment.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

The key elements of human rights;
The application of human rights concepts to definitions of crime and justice;
The impact of human rights on national and international efforts to combat crime;
The importance of comparative approaches to crime and human rights across major regions of the world.