Undergraduate - UnitATS2465 - Human rights in the criminal justice sphere

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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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 Term 3 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr James Roffee

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/

Synopsis

This intensively delivered unit is part of our Criminology in Prato programme.

This unit introduces students to the study of human rights in the sphere of criminal justice and criminology. The unit will trace the impact of human rights across the differing phases of the achievement of justice in criminal justice systems. Focusing on a specific rights as case studies it will contrast national and international definitions of human rights in understanding 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 human rights relevant to investigatory stages in criminal justice systems;
the key human rights relevant to trail stages of criminal proceedings;
the impact of human rights on national and international efforts to combat crime.

In addition third-year students will be required to demonstrate:
a greater degree of critical analysis;
wider reading and greater comprehension of European criminal justice issues.

The unit seeks to enhance the ability of students to undertake independent research under the guidance of supervision.