307417 (v.1) History 301 - The Cultural Contexts of Crime

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

307414 (v.1) Anthropology 201 - The Cultural Contexts of Crime
307415 (v.1) Anthropology 301 - The Cultural Contexts of Crime
307416 (v.1) History 201 - The Cultural Contexts of Crime

Other Requisite(s):

Completion of second year of course: Any 2nd year Anthropology or History unit.
Completion of second year of course: Any 2nd year Anthropology or History unit.

Syllabus:

The interfaces between anthropology and history to explore a comparative range of historical and contemporary constructions and definitions of 'Crime', 'Criminal Behaviour' and 'The Criminal'. The social processes and environments that produce differing notions of crime, and work through the multivocal narratives of crime and their competing frameworks, official and unofficial.

Unit Outcomes:

On completion of this unit students will have - Developed and extended skills in problem definition and analysis, library and internet research skills, and verbal and written presentation skills (on and offline). Developed and extended the capacity to work with a substanial quanitity and diverse range of research materials.

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:

Arnot, M.l., and Usborne, C., eds.(1999) Gender and Crime in Modern Europe. London, UCL Press. Blok, A., (2000), Honour and Violence. Oxford, Polity Press. Caldeira, T.(2000), City of Walls : Crime Segregation and Citizenship in Sao Paulo. Berkely, University of California Press. Catanzaro, R. (1992), Men of Respect: A Social History of the Scilian Mafia. New York, Free Press. Dean, T. and Lowe, K. J. P. (1994), Crime, Society and the Law in Renaissance Italy. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Emsley, C. and Knafla, L. A., eds. (1996), Crime History and Histories of Crime : Studies in the Histiography of Crime and Criminal Justice. Westport, Greenwood Press. Johnson, E.A., and Monkkonen, E.H., eds. (1996), The Civilisation of Crime : Violence in Town and Country Since the Middle Ages. Urbana, University of Illinois Press. Martin, L.A., (2001), Alcohol, Sex and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. London, Palgrave. Mukherjee, A. (1995), Crime and Public Disorder in Colonial Bengal, 1861 - 1912., K.P. Calcutta, Bagchi and Company. Quninney, R. (2000), The Social Reality of Crime with a New Introduction by A. Javier Trevino. New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers. Robb (1996), Peter, Midnight in Sicily. Sydney, Duffy and Snellgrove.

Unit Texts:

Hobsbawn, E.J., (2001) Bandits, new ed. London, Abacus.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Essay/research project and exercises 60%. Tutorial/workshop and online exercises 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Field of Education:

90305 History

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

Essential

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

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