The New Punitiveness?
Subject 191-440 (2009)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009. Search for this in the current handbook
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 4 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009: July, - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: July 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. This subject will be taught as an intensive program from 9.00am to 5.00pm. Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | Admission to the postgraduate certificate/ diploma or fourth-year honours in criminology, socio-legal studies or sociology, Master of Criminology, Master of Public Policy and Management or Master of Social Policy | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry. It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability |
Coordinator
Dr Mark BrownContact
Dr. Mark Brownmarkmb@unimelb.edu.au
| Subject Overview: | This subject focuses on the idea that since the 1970s there has been a rise in punitiveness right across the developed nations of the west. The subject asks students to identify and understand the different domains in which punitiveness might reside and have notionally been increased. It will introduce students to key debates within contemporary criminology concerning the extent, substance and reasons for changes in punitiveness. The subject will explore through a series of case studies the experiences of nations that have seen apparent rises in punitiveness as well as countervailing cases, such as in the Scandanavian countries and Canada, which seem to have escaped the trend. On completion of the subject students should have an understanding of both the data and explanatory and theoretical arguments concerning what has been seen as a major defining feature of most western nationsÂ’ recent history: the inexorable rise of punitive attitudes and practices. |
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| Assessment: |
A Policy brief of 2000 words, worth 40% due four weeks after the intensive, and an Essay of 3000 words, worth 60% due four weeks later. |
| Prescribed Texts: | A subject reader will be available from the Bookroom at the beginning of semester |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Notes: | Formerly available as 191-531 'Penal Policy and Practice' and 191-440. Students who have completed 191-531 or 191-440 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
| Related Course(s): |
Master of Criminology (CWT) Master of Public Policy and Management (Coursework) Master of Social Policy |
| Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: |
Criminology Criminology Socio-Legal studies Socio-legal Studies |
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