units

ATS3464

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitCriminology
OfferedNot offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)TBA

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 CRI3070

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the comparative study of criminology. Comparative criminology involves the study of crime and social control across different cultural contexts. This unit studies the production of criminological knowledge across cultures as well as its meaning and measurement. It examines a range of cross national data sets and measures of crime and social control. The focus will include comparison of European approaches to crime and social control with other regions of the world including Australia, Asia and the Americas.

Outcomes

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

  1. The key elements of comparative criminology;
  2. Key advantages and limitations of measuring crime and social control across cultures;
  3. The impact of culture on the production of criminological knowledge;
  4. The need for comparative approaches to crime and justice across major regions of the world;
  5. How to identify the impact of European and North American criminology on the application of criminological knowledge globally;
  6. Critical analysis of globalisation issues;
  7. Wider reading and comprehension of cross cultural analysis of crime and social control.

Assessment

Project: 30%
Class Participation: 20%
Examination (2 hrs): 40%
Third year students will be required to respond to broader questions in the examination.

Chief examiner(s)

TBA

Workload requirements

Two week intensive study 9 x 2.5 hour seminars

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

Criminology

Prerequisites

First year sequence in Criminology

Prohibitions

ATS2464