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ATS3459

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 18 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitCriminology
OfferedClayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Bree Carlton

Notes

Previously coded CRI3020

Synopsis

Students read, analyse and discuss the nature and history of punishment and the institution of the prison. The relationship between punishment, social control and the differential impact of punishment on diverse communities are explored. Contemporary and comparative issues examined include the impact of new technologies, neo-liberalism, globalisation on the prison as a prevailing institution of punishment. In exploring the origins and development of the prison in historical and contemporary contexts different modes of punishment are explored such as the 'spectacular' punishments of the gallows, corporal and capital punishment, home and administrative detention and community corrections.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will have:

  1. A critical awareness of the history of punishment in Australia, and international and contemporary trends in punishment;
  2. An understanding of the various theories and types of punishment, the role of punishment and specifically the prison in society;
  3. The skills to critically analyse debates about the role and nature of punishment throughout history in contemporary times;
  4. An ability to present a fluid and logical argument about the role of punishment in society;
  5. The ability to formulate ideas, based on evidence and theory, about the role and nature of punishment in different societies, countries and over time;
  6. An understanding of the factors influencing the historical and contemporary development of the prison as a principal institution of punishment;
  7. An ability to explain and critique the evolution and impacts of the prison as a tool of social control;
  8. An ability to critique the prison's effectiveness as a response to crime.

In addition to the above, students taking this unit at level 3 will have:

  1. A demonstrated advanced theoretical appreciation and understanding of the changing role and nature of institutional forms of punishment in historical and contemporary contexts;
  2. Demonstrated advanced skills to critically analyse theories and debates about the role and nature of punishment in society.

Assessment

Written work: (50%)
Exam: (40%)
Tutorial participation and presentation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Bree Carlton

Workload requirements

One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Human rights
Criminology

Prerequisites

ATS1281, ATS1282

These subjects are prerequisites only if students wish to undertake a Criminology major. The subject can be taken as an elective without prerequisites.

Prohibitions

ATS2459