Criminology Courses on offer in Semester 2 2021

CRIM1002- Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime

This course will introduce students to the history of social, structural, and critically framed theories that have been advanced to explain the criminal event as distinct from the criminal offender. Students will begin by exploring historical theories that examine the external situational and environmental influences on crime, including interactionism and labelling theory, strain, differential association and cultural criminology. Looking beyond the offender themselves, students will investigate the broader environmental factors which influence the incidence of crime and how authorities adapt physical environments as methods of crime control. Finally, students will be introduced to contemporary theories of critical criminology and the crime science philosophy. The course will require students to critically engage with the theories presented; and to critique their value in explaining crime in contemporary society. Current day issues and research will be drawn upon throughout the course to bring to life the application of these criminological perspectives.

https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/CRIM1002

CRIM2011- Special Topics in Criminology

This course offers students an opportunity for the advanced study of a special topic in crime, criminology, or criminal justice practice. The course content will vary from year to year in response to new and emerging theoretical and practical issues in the field.

https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/CRIM2011

CRIM2001/CRIM6007- Doing Criminology: Research and Practice in Crime and Criminal Justice

Evidence-based policy development has emerged as key foundation of private enterprise and public service. Whether you're a policy officer, program manager or senior executive, understanding research and the research process is critical to innovation and improvement. In this course, students will gain an insight into how criminologists undertake research on policy related crime and punishment issues in Australia. Through a series of online and in-class exercises students will develop an understanding and the practical skills necessary to critique criminological research and implement a variety of methodological techniques.

This course is weighted towards understanding criminological research design, methods and evidence. An expert opinion or an appeal to “common sense” are often used for the basis of certain believes and behaviours. Experience in policymaking, however, implies that we must rely on evidence derived from robust research for effective and defensible decision-making. Skills in understanding and using research evidence are powerful for the exploration of substantiative research questions in social policy and criminology. Such skills are also highly sought after by employers in both the public and private sectors.

https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/CRIM2001

https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/CRIM6007

CRIM3001/CRIM6001- Professional Perspectives on Crime and Prevention

This course provides a topic-specific understanding of responses to crime and deviance by a range of government and non-government agencies - for example: criminal justice, academia and business and industry. Our aim is to focus on crimes of contemporary national interest and the list of topics will vary each year depending on current political and criminal justice priorities. Students will be exposed to some of the factors that influence responses to crime such as official statistics and a discussion regarding the use, abuse and misuse of data. Finally, students are expected to engage critically with a range of contemporary techniques employed to respond to serious crime, including police practices and current techniques to control crime.

https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/CRIM3001

https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/CRIM6001

CRIM3002- Corruption in Sport

As the world becomes a more interconnected place, sport has become a cultural sphere in which localities, regions, and nations meet to compete individually or as teams for prizes ranging from simple peer recognition, health, and fitness to celebrity status. Yet there is a darker side to sport. Highly visible scandals and allegations of corruption mean that the results of sporting competition are brought into doubt on an ever-increasing basis.

This course will introduce students to the multifaceted nature of corruption in sport and to useful theoretical approaches to analysing the phenomena. For example, theories of organisational culture provide a framework to explain why corruption occurs in one team, club, league, or sport and not another. Situational crime prevention theory will guide thinking about corruption prevention. On completion, students will have the academic skills to critically analyse the phenomena by synthesising a variety of disciplinary approaches to this issue and show them that sport is now so much more than just a game.

https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/CRIM3002

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