ACR301 - International and Comparative Criminal Justice

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*

Credit point(s): 1
Previously coded as: ASL222, ASL322
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Students must complete units ACR101 and ACR102 plus 4 credit points at level 2

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with:

ASL222, ASL322

Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week

1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)

1 x 1-hour online seminar per week

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)

Content

This unit introduces students to a range of theoretical and applied material on cross-cultural, transnational and international criminology. The problems of transnational and international crime are issues for all nations. Historically, most crime control debates focus on the national rather than transnational or international problems. This dilemma is particularly evident in the prosecution of foreign nationals in culturally distinct justice systems. The concept of global justice is framed within the growing concern about transnational crime, and the lack of discrete institutions to deal with these problems. The unit aims to encourage students to think critically about whether current arrangements for dealing with transnational crime are adequate, and to propose new models designed to resolve these problems. It draws on a combination of databases, policy documents, legal cases and empirical studies.

Unit Fee Information

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