ACR204 - Crime, Media and Justice
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Previously coded as: | ASL205 |
Trimester 2 Unit Chair: | Ian Warren |
Prerequisite: | 4 credit points at any level |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ASL205 |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1 hour Class per week, 1 x 1 hour Seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | 1 x 1 hour Class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1 hour online Seminar per week |
Content
This unit engages with core issues shaping popular perceptions and representations of crime. Crime is literally everywhere in the media. It occupies the majority of prime-time television. It fills the majority of newspapers. Crime news is increasingly shared through social media. Crime documentaries and literature play important roles in theoretical and applied criminology. But to what extent can we equate what we read, hear or view with the realities of crime? The unit engages with core issues shaping criminology as we unravel the complex relationship between crime, media and justice.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Presentation (1000 words) - 25%
Assessment 2 (Group) - Group Assignment (1000 words) - 25%
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Report (2000 words) - 50%
Unit Fee Information
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