CRIME, BODIES, CULTURE

LST2CCL

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Every crime involves a body, whether that body be that of an offender, a victim or a witness. But are all bodies equally regarded in relation to crime and law? In this subject, interdisciplinary scholarship and critical theory are used to examine the dynamic and complex relationship that exists between crime, bodies, law and culture. The ways in which bodies and their attributes are constructed and judged in relation to crime will be considered through the examination of a diverse range of offences and their representation in legal, criminological and popular domains. Th e significance of the representation of crime and law to broader issues of social order and power relations will be explored. So too the usefulness of critical interdisciplinary perspectives for understanding and responding to crime today.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Susanne Davies

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: 15 credit points of any first year Legal Studies subject and 15 credit points of any Humanities or Social Sciences subject, or subject coordinator's approval

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: LST2CLC OR LST3CLC

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

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrate an understanding of the critical interdisciplinary scholarship on the relationship between crime, bodies, law and culture.

02. Identify and assess the nature and impacts of different forms of representational practice upon understandings of crime and law.

03. Recognise the significance that key concepts such as community, identity, gender and race play in representations of crime, law and culture.

04. Demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach to analysing crime and law.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Susanne Davies

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
Nine 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
9 across semester.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Online assessment tasks (equivalent to 1,000 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
One annotated portfolio of representations (equivalent to 1200 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
One 1800 word research essay	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4