CRIM2304 Violent Crime

2018

4.5

1 x 2-hour seminar weekly

1 CRIM1102 - Criminal Justice System
2 1 of CRIM1101, LEGL1201, LLAW1311
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)

A basic (first year) knowledge of criminological theory and the operation of the criminal justice system will be assumed.

Assignment(s), Examination(s)

Why do people commit armed robbery? When someone intentionally kills another person, what goes through their mind? Who is most likely to become the victim of a serious assault? This topic examines the causes and consequences of violent crime as well as national and international trends in rates of violent offending. In addition to exploring theories of violent criminal behaviour, the topic makes extensive use of offender and victim perspectives in order to better understand the foreground (i.e. immediate context) of violent crime as well as strategies for prevention.

To provide students with a sound understanding of the causes and consequences of violent crime as occurring in local, state and/or international contexts
To provide students with an understanding of the range of initiatives and/or factors likely to increase violent crime
To provide students with an understanding of the range of initiatives and/or factors likely to decrease violent crime

On completion of this topic students will be able to:

write in an in-depth manner on the foreground (i.e. proximal or immediate) and background (i.e. distal or underlying) factors associated with at least one category of violent crime (e.g. armed robbery)
write or comment in a general but theoretically informed manner on the factors surrounding several categories of violent crime (i.e. homicide, armed robbery, assault, etc.)
write or comment informatively on strategies likely to prevent or trigger violent crime
recognise the intellectual and practical importance of combining in-depth case studies of violent crime with broader analyses of the trends in violent offending

Key dates and timetable

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