Overview

The aim of this unit is to provide students with a critical understanding of the concept of 'justice' with a particular focus on victims of crime. This unit draws on interdisciplinary approaches from law, criminology and socio-legal studies to critically engage with the potentials and pitfalls of the law and legal practice on the experience of justice. Students are required to engage with current debates and issues in criminal law, to build understandings of the intersections between law, justice, victimology, power, race and gender.

Requisites

Prerequisites
LAW10010 Introduction to Australian Law and Statutory Interpretation

Rule

LAW10021 Introduction to Law
AND
LAW10024 Criminal Law and Process

OR

LAW10010 Introduction to Australian Law and Statutory Interpretation
AND
LAW10015 Criminal Law and Procedure

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Identify understandings of justice, victims and the law
  • Analyse theoretical and practical applications of law and justice
  • Evaluate barriers to justice specific to vulnerable groups as victims of crime
  • Conduct research on criminal justice issues using primary and secondary resources

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class
2.00  12 weeks  24
Online
Lecture (asynchronous)
1.00  12 weeks  12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
9.50  12 weeks  114
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment Individual  20 - 30%  1,2,3
Assignment Individual 40 - 60%  1,2,3,4
Assignment Individual 40 - 60% 1,2,3,4

Content

  • conceptions of justice
  • procedural justice
  • legal responses to gendered crime
  • constructions of the ‘victim’

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.