JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare (8)
AbstractThis subject examines law, policy and theory with regard to specific areas where criminal justice agencies and welfare agencies interact, primarily in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Internal | Bathurst Campus | | Internal | Port Macquarie | | Distance | Bathurst Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: JST204
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictions| Not available to students who have completed 24288 Crime Delinquency and Social Welfare |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate an understanding that the category of 'youth' is a relatively modern term and culturally relative
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the historical foundations of the modern system of juvenile justice and child welfare
- be able to provide a general overview of the statutory framework of intervention with respect to juvenile offenders and other children and juveniles deemed in need of 'care' and their families
- be able to critically analyse the institutional frameworks and principal sites of interventions into the lives of children and families, including policing, schooling, child welfare and the children's court
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the effects of, especially the inequalities produced and/or compounded by, this network of agencies and practices
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between 'deviancy', 'delinquency' and criminal behaviour in furthering the understanding of patterns of offending
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of alternatives to judicially processing young offenders, specifically focusing on pre-trial diversion, cautioning schemes, youth conferencing and other community based prevention and control initiatives
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Juvenile justice and child welfare in history
- Children, juveniles and state intervention: the official picture
- Legal grounds for state intervention
- Family interventions
- Policing juveniles
- Schooling and juvenile justice
- Punishment and welfare: the criminalisation process
- Contemporary issues and perspectives |
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The information contained in the 2014 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 13 September 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
