SCREENING CRIME AND JUSTICE

LCR3SCJ

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Images of crime arrest us. Whether at the movies or on screens at home, and whether fictionalised or documentary, crime on the screens entice us. This subject takes seriously screens as a cultural artefact of law and crime and examines the relationship between law, crime and screens through a combination of cinema screenings and face-to-face seminars, guided by readings accessed online. By exploring questions of representation and medium through topics such as consuming foreign crime, the CSI-effect, safe crime series, screens in trials, genocide films, technology facilitated sexual violence, and documentaries, students will develop sophisticated analytical skills necessary to critically assess the role and use of screens in relation to law and crime.

School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Maria Elander

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: complete 60 credit points LCR/LAW/LST coded subjects at level 1 and 60 credit points LCR/LAW/LST coded subjects at level 2

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Critically assess how crime and justice are represented on the screen

02. Demonstrate critical understanding of criminological theories with regards to tv-shows, film and documentaries

03. Show profound understand of the role of screens in crime and justice

04. Evaluate research and arguments about crime and justice on the screen

Bendigo, 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Maria Elander

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.00 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via video conference.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Tutorial exercises (800 words equivalent)Approximately 8 exercises will be delivered across the 12 week semester, equivalent to 800 words in total	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
Student presentations (1000 words equivalent)Presentations will be delivered during seminars	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
Research abstracts (500 words equivalent)Abstract delivered in preparation for research essay	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	10	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
Research essay (2000 words equivalent)Final assessment at end of semester	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended