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Overview

Subject Area: Criminology This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: History; European Studies This course examines the development of important institutions and procedures of criminal justice, and the debates they provoked from the 17th to the 19th century. Using early modern England as a focal point (but … For more content click the Read More button below.

Subject Area: Criminology
This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: History; European Studies

This course examines the development of important institutions and procedures of criminal justice, and the debates they provoked from the 17th to the 19th century. Using early modern England as a focal point (but also referring to criminal justice in Europe), this course will introduce you to the major features of England’s criminal justice system. It asks: Why were so few criminals prosecuted and convicted in the 17th and 18th centuries? Why did punishments in this period – even for apparently minor crimes – seem to be so brutal and bloodthirsty? Why were executions carried out in public? We then consider some of the ways in which “reforms” were introduced during the 18th and 19th centuries: Why was the policy of transportation developed? What were the prison hulks? What changes were implemented in England’s prisons? How could the French Revolution’s famous innovation – the guillotine – be considered humane? Why did it take so long for the British to develop a professional police force?

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisite: 24 units of credit at Level 1

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Course Outline

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$821
Domestic Students	$4470
International Students	$4470

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Additional Information

This course is offered as General Education.

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Study Level
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Undergraduate

Offering Terms
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Term 2, Term 3

Campus

Kensington

Delivery Mode

Partially online

Indicative contact hours
Typically refers to face to face on-campus contact hours per week.

3.5

Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective

CRIM2041

6 Units of Credit