School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Juvenile Justice
  • Unit Code

    CRI3103
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr James Patrick MCCUE

Description

This unit examines the theoretical explanations of juvenile offending and the justice system policies and practices that aim to respond to it. Upon completion of this unit, students will have an understanding of the psychological and social factors associated with juvenile offending, the institutions of juvenile justice and the challenges encountered in attempting to prevent juvenile offending and when dispensing punishment to juvenile offenders.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 120 credit points

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the principles of sentencing to young people.
  2. Critically discuss the effectiveness of different sentencing strategies.
  3. Critically discuss the theoretical explanations of youth offending.
  4. Critically discuss youth justice policies and practices over time.
  5. Describe the short and long term effects of different types of punishment on young people.
  6. Explain the common features of youth offending such as the distribution and nature of offences.
  7. Explain the social factors commonly associated with youth offending.

Unit Content

  1. Theories of juvenile offending and juvenile justice.
  2. Risk factors for juvenile offending.
  3. Legislative and policy frameworks for juvenile justice.
  4. The nature and extent of juvenile crime.
  5. Juvenile offenders and the police.
  6. Courts and court processes for juvenile offenders.
  7. Diversionary options for juvenile offenders.
  8. Juvenile offenders and detention.
  9. Professional skills for work with juvenile offenders.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students are required to attend a weekly 3-hour seminar. Off-campus students are provided with online lecture recordings.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCase Study Activities 130%
AssignmentCase Study Activities 230%
ReportPre-sentence Children's Court Report40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCase Study Activities 130%
AssignmentCase Study Activities 230%
ReportPre-sentence Children's Court Report40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Cunneen, C., White, R., & Richards, K. (2015). Juvenile justice: Youth and crime in Australia. (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Juvenile Justice
  • Unit Code

    CRI3103
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr James Patrick MCCUE

Description

This unit examines the theoretical explanations of juvenile offending and the justice system policies and practices that aim to respond to it. Upon completion of this unit, students will have an understanding of the psychological and social factors associated with juvenile offending, the institutions of juvenile justice and the challenges encountered in attempting to prevent juvenile offending and when dispensing punishment to juvenile offenders.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 120 credit points

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the principles of sentencing to young people.
  2. Critically discuss the effectiveness of different sentencing strategies.
  3. Critically discuss the theoretical explanations of youth offending.
  4. Critically discuss youth justice policies and practices over time.
  5. Describe the short and long term effects of different types of punishment on young people.
  6. Explain the common features of youth offending such as the distribution and nature of offences.
  7. Explain the social factors commonly associated with youth offending.

Unit Content

  1. Theories of juvenile offending and juvenile justice.
  2. Risk factors for juvenile offending.
  3. Legislative and policy frameworks for juvenile justice.
  4. The nature and extent of juvenile crime.
  5. Juvenile offenders and the police.
  6. Courts and court processes for juvenile offenders.
  7. Diversionary options for juvenile offenders.
  8. Juvenile offenders and detention.
  9. Professional skills for work with juvenile offenders.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students are required to attend a weekly 3-hour seminar. Off-campus students are provided with online lecture recordings.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCase Study Activities 130%
AssignmentCase Study Activities 230%
ReportPre-sentence Children's Court Report40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCase Study Activities 130%
AssignmentCase Study Activities 230%
ReportPre-sentence Children's Court Report40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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