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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Law and Justice

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

    Preparation of Thesis Proposal

  • Unit Code

    CRI5200

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit develops students' research skills by requiring them to complete a research proposal. This process will involve students reviewing research literature within the area of Criminology and Justice and identifying a manageable set of research questions that can be investigated within the time available. Students will be required to design a research project to answer their research questions. This research project will be required to gain ethics approval from the relevant Ethics Committee.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Clearly identify a research methodology based on research questions.
  2. Complete an ethics proposal form.
  3. Design a research project to answer research questions.
  4. Develop plain English writing skills.
  5. Develop the skill of forming research questions and/or hypotheses.
  6. Develop their knowledge of a particular research domain in Criminology and Justice.
  7. Orally present research ideas.
  8. Understand and apply the logic of inquiry.

Unit Content

  1. Applying critical thinking.
  2. Consolidating academic writing and presentation skills.
  3. Formulating the research question/s.
  4. Linking literature review to the question/s, method and proposed analysis.
  5. Reviewing appropriate research methods.
  6. Reviewing literature.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The unit has been allocated 30 credit points to accurately reflect its importance to the Honours research process, because it contains two large important components,being the literature review and the development of the Thesis Proposal, including the ethics application.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
AssignmentResearch Proposal
PresentationProposal Seminar Presentation
AssignmentEthics Proposal Form
ONLINE
TypeDescription
AssignmentResearch Proposal
PresentationProposal Seminar Presentation
AssignmentEthics Proposal Form

Text References

  • Fenna, A. (2004). Australian public policy. French's Forest, NSW: Pearson.
  • Finnane, M. (1997). Punishment in Australian society Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Howlett, M., & Ramesh, M. (2002). Studying public policy: policy cycles and policy sub-systems. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Pakes, F. (2004). Comparative criminal justice. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
  • Roberts, J. V., et al. (2002). Penal populism and public opinion: Lessons from five countries. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Sarre, R., & Tomaino, J. (Eds). (1999). Exploring criminal justice: Contemporary Australian themes. Adelaide: Institute of Justice Studies.
  • Chappell, D., & Wilson, P. (Eds). (2005). Issues in Australian crime and criminal justice. Sydney: LexisNexis/Butterworths.
  • WA Department of Indigenous Affairs. (2005). Aboriginal involvement in the Western Australian criminal justice system.
  • Strang, H. (2001). Restorative justice programs in Australia. Canberra: ANU.
  • Surette, R. (Ed). (2006). Media, crime and criminal justice: Images, realities and policies (3rd ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth.
  • Sarre, R., & Tomaino, J. (Eds). (2004). Key issues in criminal justice. Adelaide: Australian Humanities Press.
  • Ryan, M., Savage, S., & Wall, D. (2001). Policy networks in criminal justice. London: Palgrave.

Journal References

  • Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology
  • Criminal justice policy review
  • Criminology and criminal justice
  • Crime and justice international
  • Current issues in criminal justice
  • Journal of contemporary criminal justice
  • Justice policy journal

Website References

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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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Law and Justice

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

    Preparation of Thesis Proposal

  • Unit Code

    CRI5200

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit develops students' research skills by requiring them to complete a research proposal. This process will involve students reviewing research literature within the area of Criminology and Justice and identifying a manageable set of research questions that can be investigated within the time available. Students will be required to design a research project to answer their research questions. This research project will be required to gain ethics approval from the relevant Ethics Committee.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Clearly identify a research methodology based on research questions.
  2. Complete an ethics proposal form.
  3. Design a research project to answer research questions.
  4. Develop plain English writing skills.
  5. Develop the skill of forming research questions and/or hypotheses.
  6. Develop their knowledge of a particular research domain in Criminology and Justice.
  7. Orally present research ideas.
  8. Understand and apply the logic of inquiry.

Unit Content

  1. Applying critical thinking.
  2. Consolidating academic writing and presentation skills.
  3. Formulating the research question/s.
  4. Linking literature review to the question/s, method and proposed analysis.
  5. Reviewing appropriate research methods.
  6. Reviewing literature.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The unit has been allocated 30 credit points to accurately reflect its importance to the Honours research process, because it contains two large important components,being the literature review and the development of the Thesis Proposal, including the ethics application.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
AssignmentResearch Proposal
PresentationProposal Seminar Presentation
AssignmentEthics Proposal Form
ONLINE
TypeDescription
AssignmentResearch Proposal
PresentationProposal Seminar Presentation
AssignmentEthics Proposal Form

Text References

  • Fenna, A. (2004). Australian public policy. French's Forest, NSW: Pearson.
  • Finnane, M. (1997). Punishment in Australian society Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Howlett, M., & Ramesh, M. (2002). Studying public policy: policy cycles and policy sub-systems. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Pakes, F. (2004). Comparative criminal justice. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
  • Ryan, M., Savage, S., & Wall, D. (2001). Policy networks in criminal justice. London: Palgrave.
  • Sarre, R., & Tomaino, J. (Eds). (2004). Key issues in criminal justice. Adelaide: Australian Humanities Press.
  • Roberts, J. V., et al. (2002). Penal populism and public opinion: Lessons from five countries. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Chappell, D., & Wilson, P. (Eds). (2005). Issues in Australian crime and criminal justice. Sydney: LexisNexis/Butterworths.
  • WA Department of Indigenous Affairs. (2005). Aboriginal involvement in the Western Australian criminal justice system.
  • Strang, H. (2001). Restorative justice programs in Australia. Canberra: ANU.
  • Surette, R. (Ed). (2006). Media, crime and criminal justice: Images, realities and policies (3rd ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth.
  • Sarre, R., & Tomaino, J. (Eds). (1999). Exploring criminal justice: Contemporary Australian themes. Adelaide: Institute of Justice Studies.

Journal References

  • Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology
  • Criminal justice policy review
  • Criminology and criminal justice
  • Crime and justice international
  • Current issues in criminal justice
  • Justice policy journal
  • Journal of contemporary criminal justice

Website References

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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