UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

ATS3224 Gender, violence and society: Criminal justice responses

Faculty of Arts

ATS3224 Gender, violence and society: Criminal justice responses is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Summer B at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Summer B
Clayton
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ATS3224

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After ATS3224

No unit lists ATS3224 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.

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Overview

In this unit, students will examine key aspects of criminal justice response to gendered violence and relevant changes in policing and courts. Students will identify a specific area for sustained investigation. Focused on this area, students will undertake a targeted review of the relevant criminological academic literature and complete an independent research exercise. This research will be supervised by the Unit Coordinator with input from other staff as appropriate.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Summer semester BClaytonFlexible
Trimester 2ClaytonFlexible

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Analyse and explain criminal justice responses to gendered family violence;

  2. 2

    Engage with a variety of critical and theoretical debates focused on legal responses to family violence;

  3. 3

    Identify and critically evaluate the extant literature about this issue;

  4. 4

    Differentiate and appraise a range of methodological approaches that have been used to police family violence;

  5. 5

    Communicate in both oral and written formats about this issue;

  6. 6

    Devise, prepare and complete a research project.

Workload and teaching

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Where it fits

ATS3224 is part of 6 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Chief Examiners
Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS3224?

ATS3224 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS3224 offered?

In 2020, ATS3224 runs in Summer B at Clayton.

How much work is ATS3224?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Which majors and minors include ATS3224?

ATS3224 is part of Criminology, Gender Studies and Sociology.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
Criminology
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available