Overview

This unit examines the intersection of sex and crime, and the role gender stereotypes play in the operation of the criminal justice system. Key critical criminological, feminist, masculinities and queer theories are used to explore how social norms of femininity and masculinity produce particular sexed understandings of crime and criminality. … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Naomi Pfitzner

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Naomi Pfitzner

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

Determine the need for a critical understanding of the gender, sex and crime in historical and current social perspectives;

2.

Find and generate information and data that can be used to facilitate a critical understanding of how gender is constituted in society and the criminal justice system;

3.

Demonstrate a depth of knowledge and comprehension of methodological and theoretical analyses of gender, sex and crime;

4.

Organise and manage the collection of relevant research materials;

5.

Synthesize, analyse and apply critical understandings of historical and contemporary gender and crime research;

6.

Identify, evidence and communicate examples of how gender must be examined alongside other sites of power such as race, class and age.

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment summary

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment

1 - Reflection
2 - Multimedia
3 - Multimedia

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures
Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Availability in areas of study

Criminology