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This course will examine the approaches, practices and processes, and responsible institutions that make up criminal justice systems both in Aotearoa New Zealand and in other jurisdictions. It will consider the factors involved in the decisions and practices in these systems and their functions and dysfunctions, and will also consider current issues and potential reform in these areas.
This course looks at 4 aspects of the criminal justice system. It begins by looking at the process of making policy related to criminal justice. It then looks at the police and how they enforce that policy. From the section on policing the course moves on to consider the trial and sentencing of those accused of crime before looking broadly at punishment, its philosophical underpinnings and its practical application. The course will challenge students to critically assess many of the fundamental ideas of the criminal justice system to consider alternatives at every stage of the process.
By the end of this course students will have:An understanding of the criminal justice system in New Zealand at both a theoretical and practical level.An understanding of the policy making process in the criminal justice sectorAn awareness of different approaches to understanding aspects of criminal justice, including psychological, legal and sociological approaches.An understanding of alternative approaches to criminal justice; andIncreased competency in the areas of critical policy analysis, and academic writing skills.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Subject to the approval of the Head of Department of Law.
James Mehigan
The assessment will be by 2 essays and an oral presentation.
There are no prescribed textbooks.
Domestic fee $1,905.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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.
For further information see Faculty of Law .