Understanding the complex causes of crime is essential to developing just and effective responses to offending behaviour. This course introduces you to the main theories of crime developed over the last 250 years. The approach explains the origins of theories according to their social contexts. The course also develops your knowledge of the main critiques of these theories ' focusing on evidence and scientific verification, and the implications of different theories for criminal justice practice.
Course detail
- Semester of offer Subject to change
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- Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
- Moreton Bay: Semester 2
- Online: Semester 2
- Units
- 12.00
- Tuition fee
- 1.4D:Human Society, Society & Culture, Sport & Recreation
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