Offered By	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences

Courses in this major focus on crime, deviancy, policing and punishment. Completing this major will equip students with an understanding of the key issues relating to the criminological study of criminality, disorder, deviancy and social control. Particular attention is paid to the socio-cultural and political-economic processes influencing which individuals and social groups acquire a deviant label and how such an identity impacts upon the subject. Drawing on theoretical perspectives from sociology and criminology, courses will explore the interconnections between power, organisational and cultural representations of crime, social inequalities, and exposure to criminal justice interventions. They will also consider the emerging social and political implications associated with these relations.

 

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Criminology Major students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. understand the social construction of crime, deviance and social control;
2. understand the dimensions of crime and key trends in Australia;
3. acquire and analyse a range of data, both quantitative and qualitative, in areas of key criminological significance;
4. critically evaluate criminological theories and explanations of, and social and cultural responses to, crime causation, deviancy and social control;
5. understand the socio-political contours and impacts of the criminal justice system on different individuals and groups; and
6. engage with policy issues and key debates within the field of criminology.

Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

 30 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:

SOCY1002 Self and Society

SOCY2038 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods

SOCY2043 Qualitative Research Methods

SOCY2062 Key issues in Criminology I: Crime and Punishment

SOCY3016 Controversies in Crime Control

 

18 units from completion of courses from the following list:

ANTH2130 Violence and Terror

PHIL2020 Theories of Social Justice

SOCY2026 Excessive Appetites: Sociocultural Perspectives on Addiction, Sociology of Resistance

SOCY2058 Studies in Social Problems (Doing Criminology topic only)

SOCY2156 The Criminological Imagination: Theory and Understanding

SOCY2157 Surveillance and Society

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