CRJU101-17S1 (D) Semester One 2017 (Distance)

Introduction to Criminal Justice

This occurrence is not offered in 2017

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

The structure of the Criminal Justice system and the role of government agencies: Investigative and prosecutorial agencies such as Police, Fisheries, Customs, Serious Fraud Office, Crown prosecutors (includes ESR); the criminal courts ( High, District and Youth Courts) jurisdiction and roles); Corrections and related activities (includes Probation, fines enforcement etc, community service etc; CYPS.

When convicted persons get life sentences they seldom spend the rest of their lives in prison. Why is such a commonly-known term like ‘life imprisonment’ so poorly understood? This lack of understanding is common to many topics that make up the discipline of criminal justice. CRJU101 will lift the veil on crime, how it is defined, how laws are made, how they are policed, how the courts work, restorative justice, the history of punishment and prisons, and even the psychological make-up of criminals.

CRJU101 is broken into a number of components that will be taught by many of New Zealand’s leading experts in their respective fields. These components will be woven together to introduce the broad field of criminal justice in New Zealand.

• Introductory Block Course:  There will be a compulsory introductory block course for students taking CRJU101 by distance. This will be held in the Business and Law Building at the University of Canterbury on Thursday 9 February and Friday 10 February.  A detailed timetable will be released later, but the course will start at 9 am on each day, and will finish by 4pm on the Friday. Accommodation will be available in one of the University Halls at a reasonable price.  

The block course will allow students to meet each other and the staff who will be engaged in the course, to receive an overview of the course and to become familiar with learning resources they will use. These include use of the electronic resources in the University Library, study and learning techniques for University level study and familiarity with the computer programmes that will be used for distance lectures and tutorials.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course students will have:

  •  An elementary understanding of the criminal justice system in New Zealand at
    both a theoretical and practical level.

  •  An awareness of different concepts of criminal justice, including those of
    Māori and Pasifika.

  •  An understanding of a range of discrete topics within criminal justice that will
    enable them to move into further study within the discipline.

  •  Increased competency in the areas of critical thinking, comprehension, and
    academic writing skills.

Restrictions

LAWS150

Equivalent Courses

LAWS150

Course Coordinator

For further information see Faculty of Law Head of Department

Assessment

This course may be assessed by way of two essays and a final exam.

The assessment will be confirmed in the first week lectures.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $732.00

International fee $2,975.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 40 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All CRJU101 Occurrences

  • CRJU101-17S1 (D) Semester One 2017 (Distance) - Not Offered
  • CRJU101-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017
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