CRIM10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jeremy Bentham, Sidney Myer, Cesare Beccaria
29 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Week 1, Lecture 1
Subject Introduction
Staff Overview
Subject Coordinator: Dave McDonald, [email protected], E467 John Medley East Tower
Co-Lecturer: Claire Loughlan, clairebl@unimelb.edu.au
Head Tutor: Mariah Rose, meribah.rose@unimelb.edu.au
Tutor: Nicholas Hill, hill.n@unimelb.edu.au
Lecture Program
Week 1: What is Criminology?
Week 2: Theories of Crime Causation
Week 3: Graffiti Vandalism (Claire Loughnan)
Week 4: Animal Cruelty
Week 5: High Speed Pursuits (Claire Loughnan)
Week 6: Illicit Drug Use and Dealing (Claire Loughnan)
Week 7: Sexual Assault
Week 8: Armed Robbery
Week 9: Hate Crime
Week 10: Homicide (Claire Loughnan)
Week 11: Suicide Terrorism (Claire Loughnan)
Week 12: Making Sense of it All
Lecture Schedule
Lecture 1: Monday 9am (PLT, Old Arts) and Monday 12pm (PLT, Old Arts)
Lecture 2: Tuesday 11am (Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre) and Tuesday
4.15pm (PLT, Old Arts)
Tutorial Program
• Tutorials begin in week 2 and run one week in arrears
• A minimum of 75% attendance is required (8 tutorials)
Assessment
1. 600 words report, due on 21st March worth 15%
2. 2000 word essay, due on 18th April worth 50%
3. 1400 word take-home exam, due on 14th June worth 35%
Subject Introduction
This subject is not only about the study of crime, but also the study of criminology itself. This is
because what we ‘know’ about crime is inseparable from how we ‘study’ crime. Criminology is the
place/space where most (but not all) of the ‘sensible’ ways in which crime can be studied come
together. The subject covers a lot of territory, from the ‘practical’ to the deeply theoretical.
-Crime has little objective meaning: while we have criminal definitions of offences, they are
incredibly narrow and there are arguments that these require expansion.
Introduction to Crime and Criminology
Conversations about crime have existed for centuries:
• Aristotle (384-322 BCE): ‘Poverty engenders crime’
• Cesare Beccaria (1764): ‘The more promptly … punishment follows upon the commission of a
crime, the more just and useful will it be’ This is a statement that was made at the beginning of
the ‘classical reform’ movement, which put in place the foundations of the criminal justice system
as it exists today. One of the most important features of how we respond to crime is timeliness,
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Document Summary
Subject coordinator: dave mcdonald, mcdj@unimelb. edu. au, e467 john medley east tower. Lecture 1: monday 9am (plt, old arts) and monday 12pm (plt, old arts) Lecture 2: tuesday 11am (carrillo gantner theatre, sidney myer asia centre) and tuesday. Tutorial program: tutorials begin in week 2 and run one week in arrears, a minimum of 75% attendance is required (8 tutorials) Assessment: 600 words report, due on 21st march worth 15, 2000 word essay, due on 18th april worth 50, 1400 word take-home exam, due on 14th june worth 35% This subject is not only about the study of crime, but also the study of criminology itself. This is because what we know" about crime is inseparable from how we study" crime. Criminology is the place/space where most (but not all) of the sensible" ways in which crime can be studied come together. The subject covers a lot of territory, from the practical" to the deeply theoretical.
