This unit will examine the way in which Criminology has dealt with racial and ethnic difference and inequality in crime and criminal justice. Students will be introduced to a range of theoretical paradigms and empirical approaches for identifying and understanding difference and discrimination. In addition the unit will examine: trends and patterns of offending and victimisation; a range of different Criminological approaches to measuring and understanding such patterns; experiences of criminalisation and discrimination in criminal justice systems nationally and internationally for Indigenous and other culturally and linguistically diverse groups; the increasing and disproportionate... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: ATS1281 and ATS1282
