School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Correctional Studies - Theory and Practice
  • Unit Code

    CRI2103
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Natalie Jane GATELY

Description

This unit provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the correctional system by examining the history of correctional facilities in Western countries. Students will gain knowledge of the influence and development of corrections from different philosophical and political perspectives. The effectiveness of public and private prisons and the contemporary issues and challenges confronting management, staff, and prisoners in Australia are also examined.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded JUS3375

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the historical, political and philosophical development of modern correctional systems in Australia and internationally.
  2. Analyse the issues facing various correctional populations in Australia and internationally.
  3. Explain the purpose of assessments, treatments, and correctional programs used with offenders.
  4. Explain the factors that affect correctional institutions and their sustainability.

Unit Content

  1. Classification, assessment, sentence planning and case management of prisoners.
  2. Historical understanding of the crisis in prisons.
  3. Historical, theoretical and political development of corrections.
  4. Prison architecture, technology and security.
  5. The development, accountability, management and monitoring of private and public correctional facilities.
  6. The effectiveness and efficacy of corrections and correctional agencies.
  7. The nature of prison populations, examining gender, ethnicity, minority groups and overcrowding issues.
  8. The purpose, challenges and effectiveness of correctional programmes for a variety of offenders.
  9. The role and function of prison officers.
  10. Theories that pertain to punishment.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuizzes20%
EssayEssay40%
AssignmentAssessment 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuizzes20%
EssayEssay40%
AssignmentAssessment40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Correctional Studies - Theory and Practice
  • Unit Code

    CRI2103
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Natalie Jane GATELY

Description

This unit provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the correctional system by examining the history of correctional facilities in Western countries. Students will gain knowledge of the influence and development of corrections from different philosophical and political perspectives. The effectiveness of public and private prisons and the contemporary issues and challenges confronting management, staff, and prisoners in Australia are also examined.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded JUS3375

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the historical, political and philosophical development of modern correctional systems in Australia and internationally.
  2. Analyse the issues facing various correctional populations in Australia and internationally.
  3. Explain the purpose of assessments, treatments, and correctional programs used with offenders.
  4. Explain the factors that affect correctional institutions and their sustainability.

Unit Content

  1. Classification, assessment, sentence planning and case management of prisoners.
  2. Historical understanding of the crisis in prisons.
  3. Historical, theoretical and political development of corrections.
  4. Prison architecture, technology and security.
  5. The development, accountability, management and monitoring of private and public correctional facilities.
  6. The effectiveness and efficacy of corrections and correctional agencies.
  7. The nature of prison populations, examining gender, ethnicity, minority groups and overcrowding issues.
  8. The purpose, challenges and effectiveness of correctional programmes for a variety of offenders.
  9. The role and function of prison officers.
  10. Theories that pertain to punishment.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuiz20%
EssayEssay40%
AssignmentAssessment 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestQuiz20%
EssayEssay40%
AssignmentAssessment40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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