JST321 Government, Civil Society and Justice (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Justice Studies (JUSTU)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Government, Civil Society and Justice develops critical understandings of criminal justice organisations (government and non government) in civil society, their role in criminal justice processes and social policy development. Through a sixty hour placement it familiarises students with the daily workings, concerns and processes of criminal justice agencies and/or non government justice organisations. The placement engages students with one or more criminal justice agencies to inform their transistion from tertiary study to paid work.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: JST321
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Enrolment restrictions:
Only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Science (Criminal Justice)
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of non government organisations in civil society;
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of ideas about and debates surrounding civil society;
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of criminal justice agencies in the provision of justice;
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of non government organisations in the provision of justice; and
- be able to negotiate interactions with government and/or non government organisations concerned with the provision of justice.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The roles of government and criminal justice agencies in the development of criminal justice/social welfare policies.
- Theoretical debates on concepts of civil society and governance in late modernity. In particular concepts of justice and the ways justice is utilised by stakeholders.
- Sixty hour field placement during which students will work in a specific aspect of justice service provision or justice policy development. The placement will introduce students to:
* The daily workings of the organisation.
* The ways justice is utilised by organisations.
* The development of justice priorities for a non government organisation.
* The development of interventions in the delivery of justice.
* The development of policies on justice.
* The interactions between the government and non government organisations in relation to justice.
- Workshop sessions from key agencies on contemporary justice issues and organisational mandates, structures and processes. The key agencies will be drawn from government, international non government sector, national non government sector and local government/non government sector.
Workplace Learning
This subject contains a Compulsory Workplace Learning component of 10 days duration.
This subject requires students to spend 60 hours in a justice-related organisation that is not the NSW Police Force. Students are required to complete a critical refliction journal and satisfactorily complete the placement.
Workplace Learning
This subject contains a Compulsory Workplace Learning component of 10 days duration.
This subject requires students to spend 60 hours in a justice-related organisation that is not the NSW Police Force. Students are required to complete a critical refliction journal and satisfactorily complete the placement.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.