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Unit name Working With Offenders
Unit code HGA232
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Arts, Law and Education
School of Social Sciences
Discipline Sociology and Criminology
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Availability

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Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain the socio-economic and individual factors that contribute to criminal offending, and analyse the potential costs and harms associated with offending.
  2. Apply major criminological offender rehabilitation models, approaches and concepts to practical examples.
  3. Describe and analyse the work contexts and institutional dynamics of the courts, community corrections, prisons and community sector organisations, and how these may shape offender-worker relationships.
  4. Communicate your ideas clearly in written and verbal form.

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

25 points at introductory level in any discipline in any faculty

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

On Campus (Hobart):
1x lecture (1.5 hour)
1x workshop (1.5 hour)

Off Campus:
1x lecture, recorded (1.5 hour)
1x online workshop (1.5 hour)

Assessment

Task 1: In class reflective exercise, 500 words (5%)

Task 2: Short answer assignment, 1500 words (40%)

Task 3: Major essay, 2500 words (45%)

Task 4: Class participation (10%)

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Textbooks

Required

White, R & Graham, H. 2013. Working with Offenders: A guide to concepts and practices, Willan Publishing. https://www.coop.com.au/working-with-offenders/9781843927938

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