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JST532 Juvenile Justice Perspectives (8)
Abstract| This subject provides a critical perspective on the social, political and legal context of juvenile justice policy and administration. It considers myths and facts about young people and crime, with reference to media and research. Other foci are the historical emergence of competing ideologies of juvenile crime and the continuum of legal, policy and program responses. Australian State/Territory exemplars assist students to critique the roles of key policy and administrative decision-makers, and the extent to which systemic responses address the citizenship rights and responsibilities of young people. |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: JST532
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 | Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security |
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Enrolment restrictions| JST532 is not available to students who have completed JST212 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate the ability to distinguish shifts in ideology in the course of the historical emergence of a separate system of justice for juveniles in western jurisdictions;
- be able to demonstrate the ability to access and critique community perceptions of youth and crime as evidenced, for example in the media;
- be able to demonstrate the ability to access and interpret research that can describe juvenile offending and offenders;
- be able to demonstrate the ability to apply theory grounded in research to explain causes of, and responses to, juvenile offending;
- be able to demonstrate the ability to explain how welfare, justice and republican paradigms are systemically implemented;
- be able to demonstrate the ability to critically examine the contributions of key players in juvenile justice policy to official responses to juvenile crime;
- be able to demonstrate the ability to critically examine the contribution of key players in juvenile justice administration to juvenile justice decisions and outcomes for individual juveniles and their community; and
- be able to demonstrate the ability to identify the contribution of key treaties and laws that aim to influence decision makers in protecting the rights of young people and the community. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- historical emergence of youth as a separate social group and juvenile justice as a separate system of justice
- the media and contemporary social constructions of youth and crime
- sources of research information on juvenile offenders and offending
- criminological theories of social interactionism, social strain and social control
- welfare, justice and republican models of juvenile justice, and the continuum of policy and program responses to juvenile crime
- juvenile justice administration - community, police, courts, corrections, policy
- sources of youth rights and victim rights, international treaties and laws |
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
