Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities Arts Social Science

School

Social Science School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

General contact hours 3 Hours/ Week

Incompatible

CRIM2029, CRIM7139

Prerequisite

CRIM1000 or CRIM1019, and 2 units of Level 2 CRIM

Assessment methods

Short news article, Group Project, Essay.

Course enquiries

Associate Professor Suzanna Fay

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

Departmental consent is required to enrol in this course - please contact the School of Social Science (student.socsci@uq.edu.au) for permission to enrol. This course examines major advances in criminological theory over the past century. The course extends knowledge provided in introductory criminology theory and considers current theoretical debates as well as the current research standing of core theories in the field of Criminology. The course provides students with an opportunity to understand the dimensions and complexities of original theoretical statements as well as empirical challenges in testing theories of criminal behaviour.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2018 (23/07/2018 - 17/11/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2016 (25/07/2016 - 19/11/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile