Introduction to Criminology
Single subject — no qualification is awarded on completion. Credits toward the qualifications listed below.
This subject is FEE-HELP eligible, so eligible students can defer the $2,245 fee as a government loan and pay nothing upfront.
Fees and funding are indicative only. Confirm your eligibility and final costs with the provider.
About this subject
When we think of crime, we often have a tacit, common sense understanding of what it is, who it targets and the practices it seeks to prevent. However, when we look at crime more closely it often eludes us. Crime is flexible and fluid, it changes upon variations of time and space as well as social context of power. As a discipline, criminology continually questions how and why societies define and respond to crime and approaches to punishment, examining in the process the ongoing legacy of colonisation and other forms of exclusion and marginalisation throughout society. This unit introduces the study of criminology, including a broad overview of key developments, theories and practical implications. The intention is to situate criminology, and its various strands, within its particular social, political and intellectual contexts and to outline some of the key approaches associated with the field. The unit does not arrive at a simple understanding of crime. Rather it seeks to locate and understand the reasons for crime within wider power relationships. This is to recognise that the study of crime is the study of power, injustice as well as social, cultural and economic marginalisation.
Introduction to Criminology is a standalone subject at Macquarie University in NSW. Completing it does not award a qualification. Credit may apply toward the qualifications listed on this page.
No qualification credit mapping has been indexed for this subject yet. The provider may still grant credit toward a related award — confirm with Macquarie University before enrolling.
Macquarie University is the awarding provider. Recorded study modes are Online. Typical duration is listed as 13 weeks. The subject is listed at 25 credit points. Eligible students may defer fees through FEE-HELP.
Details on this page are compiled from the provider's published subject information and government registers. Fees, intakes and credit rules can change — confirm current details with Macquarie University before enrolling.
Listing facts
- Type
- Single subject
- National code
- MAQ-CRIX1001
- Field of education
- Information technology
- Provider
- Macquarie University
- Credit points
- 25
- Study mode
- Online
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Qualifications listed
- 0
- FEE-HELP
- Eligible
Prerequisites
Prior study required