CY3012 - Advanced Criminological Research Practice

The key focus of this subject is on field research in collaboration with criminal justice and community agencies in North Queensland. The subject is practice based; student teams spend most of their time conducting field research and reporting major research findings to their collaborative agencies and to JCU staff and students. Because this subject requires that students implement the group research criminology project they designed in the prerequisite subject CY3011, students are expected to enrol in it in the year that they complete CY3011.

Learning Outcomes

• to provide students with advanced theoretical, research and policy knowledge relating to the broad field of criminology;
• to provide students with opportunities to debate the strengths and weaknesses of various criminal justice systems and other public policies relevant to crime, criminal justics and social justice;
• to prepare students with research skills for conducting field work in the discipline of criminology;
• to provide students with an opportunity to undertake research within their local community.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.