Crime, Deviance, and Conformity

What it covers

This unit will examine various issues of criminality in relation to conceptions of deviance and conformity. Students will undertake a theoretical exploration to the study of crime and deviance with an investigation into the historic and contemporary discourses including the representations of certain groups such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, queer and gender diverse individuals, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities (CALD), and young people as ‘deviant’, the situations and contexts within which crime and deviance is defined and take place, and the explanations put forward for the causes and consequences of deviance in society. The unit encourages students to think critically and practically engage with the key questions that criminologists face, including why and how some behaviours and groups within society are regarded as deviant or criminal and others are not.

Assessment

When and where