CRI3020 - Punishment, power and justice

Leader: Bree Carlton

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2008 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

Students read, analyse and discuss the nature and history of punishment. Issues, including the relationship between punishment and social control and the differential impact of punishment on diverse communities are explored. Contemporary and comparative issues examined include the impact of new technologies, neo-liberalism, and globalisation on levels and modes of punishment. Different modes and models of punishment are explored including private, tribal or vigilante punishments, secular and religious systems of punishment, the 'spectacular' punishments of the gallows, corporal and capital punishment, prisons, home detention, community corrections and administrative detention.

Objectives

1. A critical awareness of the history of punishment in Australia, and internationally and contemporary trends in punishment

2. An understanding of the various theories and types of punishment and the role of punishment in society

3. The skills to critically analyse debates about the role and nature of punishment in society throughout history and in contemporary times

4. An ability to present a fluid and logical argument about the role of punishment in society

5. The ability to formulate ideas, based on evidence and theory, about the role and nature of punishment in different societies, countries and over time

6. An understanding of the factors influencing the different models and forms of punishment

7. Third year students will develop a greater critical awareness and intellectual synthesis of all the topics and issues under consideration.

Assessment

Tutorial contribution: 10%
Examination (2000 words) :50%
Essay (2500 words) : 40%

Contact hours

1 one hour lecture and a one hour tutorial per week

Prerequisites

CJC1001, CJC1002

These subjects are prerequisites only if students wish to undertake a Criminal Justice and Criminology major. The subject can be taken as an elective without prerequisites.

Prohibitions

CRI2020