Overview

This unit enables students to understand the nature of crime in the global setting. Students are introduced to the cultural, historic, social and other factors that influence whether behaviour is criminalised. Students will understand the victimology rates in the global setting and effects and causes of crime in the global setting. The numerous approaches to reducing crime and the different forms of criminal sanctions will be explored. A key aspect of the unit will involve analysing sentencing frameworks in the global setting.

Requisites

Prerequisites
LAW10015 Criminal Law and Procedure

Rule

LAW10015 Criminal Law and Procedure
AND
LAW10010 Introduction to Australian Law and Statutory Interpretation
OR
LAW10024 Criminal Law and Process
AND
LAW10021 Introduction to Law

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
Teaching Period 3
Location
Online
Start and end dates
04-November-2024
09-February-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-November-2024
Census date
29-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
27-December-2024
Results released date
04-March-2025
Teaching Period 2
Location
Online
Start and end dates
07-July-2025
05-October-2025
Last self-enrolment date
20-July-2025
Census date
01-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
22-August-2025
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Analyse victimology rates in the global setting and draw connections regarding the profile of people who are most likely to be victims of crime
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of capital punishment as a means of reducing crime
  • Examine the causes of different levels and types of victimology in the global setting and approaches to dealing with this problem
  • Compare and contrast the main global themes regarding reducing crime and approaches to criminalising behaviour

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class
2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 50 - 60% 1,2,3,4 
AssignmentIndividual 40 - 50% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • The definition of crime in the global setting
  • Cultural, historic, social and other factors that influence whether behaviour is criminalised
  • Victimology rates and types in the global setting
  • The effect of crime
  • Causes of crime in the global setting
  • Crimes which occur across borders: organised crime and terrorism
  • Approaches to reducing crime
  • Capital punishment in the global setting
  • Different forms of criminal sanctions
  • Sentencing frameworks in the global setting
  • The future of crime and punishment in the global sentencing  

Study resources

Reading materials

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