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301240 (v.2) Forensic Sexology 650
Area: | School of Physiotherapy |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Workshop: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Co Requisite(s): | 5947 (v.6) Sexology 650
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Syllabus: | Definitions of anti-social and criminal behaviours. The paraphilias. Culture, society and the law. The physiology of sex and sexuality. The psychosociology of sexual behaviour. Current research in anti-social sexual behaviour. Taking a psychosocial sexual history. Analysing and assessing sexual behaviours. Program planning and evaluation. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated advanced knowledge in the range of human sexual behaviour. Demonstrated advanced knowledge, based on current research, of the physiological and psychological aspects of sexual behaviour. Demonstrated skills in taking a psychosocial sexual history. Demonstrated a foundation understanding of cultural and legal aspects of anti-social sexual behaviour. Demonstrated foundation skills in assessing and analysing sexual behaviour. Demonstrated foundation skills in planning programs appropriate to the student's professional background. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Boswell J.,(1980), Christianity Social Tolerance and Homosexuality, Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Faust B., (1980), Women, Sex and Pornography, Victoria, Penguin Books. McIntosh M., (1991), (ed), Sex Exposed - Sexuality and the Pornography Debate, London, Virago. Money J., (1986), Lovemaps, New York, Irvington Publishers Inc. Pinto S., Scandia A.and Wilson P., Prostitution Laws in Australia, Canberra, Australian Institute of Criminology. Western Australian Government, Law Reform - Decriminalisation of Sodomy - Act 1989, Perth, Government Printers. Western Australian Government, The Criminal Code Act 1913, Perth, Government Printers. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 75%. Project 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 69900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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