Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Kurongkurl Katitjin

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• Unit Title

  Indigenous Australians, Cultural Competence and the Criminal Justice System

• Unit Code

  IAS1115

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

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Description

This unit provides students with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills required to engage professionally with Indigenous Australians. Students explore a range of historical, cultural and other factors that contribute to current interactions between Indigenous people and the Criminal Justice System. A key outcome of the unit should be an enhanced ability to empathise, communicate and work with Indigenous Australians.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate cultural competence in engaging professionally with Indigenous Australians.
2. Describe the diversity and continuity of Indigenous cultures within Australia.
3. Describe the relationship between Indigenous people and the Criminal Justice System.
4. Discuss ongoing Indigenous resistance and adaptation.
5. Identify key aspects in the invasion and colonisation of Australia from 1788 to the present.

Unit Content

1. Cultural competence in a professional setting.
2. Indigenous people and the Criminal Justice System.
3. Ongoing Indigenous resistance and adaptation.
4. The diversity and continuity of Indigenous Australian cultures.
5. The invasion, dispossession and colonisation of Indigenous Australia.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, guest lecturers, community engagement.

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.

Text References

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• Broome, R. (2002). Aboriginal responses to white dominance, 1788-2001. Crows Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
• Walsh, M. (1997). Cross cultural communication problems in Aboriginal Australia. Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press.
• Peterson, N., & Sanders, W. (Eds.). (1998). Citizenship and Indigenous Australians: Changing conceptions and possibilities. Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge.
• Moses, A. (Ed.). (2004). Genocide and settler society: Frontier violence and stolen Indigenous children in Australian history. New York, NY: Berghahn Books.
• Cunneen, C. (1995). Indigenous people and the law in Australia. Sydney, NSW: Butterworths.
• Cunneen, C. (2001). Conflict, politics and crime: Aboriginal communities and the police. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• Flood, J. (2006). The original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal people. Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• Harding, R., Broadhurst, R., Ferrante, A., & Loh, N. (1995). Aboriginal contact with the criminal justice system and the impact of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Annandale, NSW: Hawkins Press.
• Hampton, R., & Toombs, M. (2013). (Eds.). Indigenous Australians and health. South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford.
• Healey, J. (Ed.). (2007). Indigenous Australians and the law. Thirroul, NSW: Spinney Press.
• Johnston, E., Hinton, M., & Rigney, D. (Eds.). (1997). Indigenous Australians and the law. Sydney, NSW: Cavendish.

Journal References

• The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
• Aboriginal Law Bulletin
• Indigenous Law Bulletin
• The Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

^ Mandatory reference

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