School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyIntroduction to Criminology (UWSC)Western Sydney University Unit Code: 700054.1
Discipline: CRIMINOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
101559 - Introduction to Criminology
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled at UWSCollege
About this Unit
In 2014 this unit replaced by 700156.1 Crime, Deviance and Society (UWSC). This unit introduces major approaches within criminology offering explanations of the causes of crime, with consideration of the impact of such other fields as sociology and ethnography. Its scope ranges from the classicism and positivism to the rise of social perspectives in the twentieth century including the Chicago school, strain theory, labelling, Marxism and left realism, feminism, governmentality, risk theory and critical criminology. Final consideration will be given to psychosocial approaches to crime, and the revival of free will and rationality in neo-liberal analyses. These traditions and perspectives will be illustrated by consideration of key research examples