Task: Investigating crime in Australia Your task is to research a current crime issue in Australia.
You will use your research to develop an argumentative essay, in class, under exam conditions. What do you need to do?
1) Select ONE crime topic from the three options: Indigenous crime Youth crime Illicit drug use
2) REFINE your context - Select a current crime issue in Australia involving your chosen topic to investigate. For example; youth crime in Alice Springs or illicit drug use in rural areas.
3) RESEARCH your topic: The following statement should guide your research. “Every society has the crime or criminals that it deserves” A specific question about this statement will be provided on the date of the in-class essay.
When preparing, thoroughly research the following:
Sociological theories and explanations for crime
Statistical patterns/trends
An alternative country as a comparison
Crime prevention solutions relevant to your topic (both solutions that are currently used as well as ideas of your own)
Please note: You must use in-text references to support your quotes and references to other's ideas. Bring a typed reference list into the in- class essay in the Harvard format based upon the St Clare’s Referencing Guide. This will assist you when in-text referencing throughout the task.
The Psychology section can be found at 150 and the Social Psychology/Sociology section can be found at 302.
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This video explains the relationship between the media and crime.
It cover the following points and questions:
1. The News Media's portrayal of crime 2. Fictional Media’s portrayal of crime 3. New Values (Stanley Cohen) 4. Does the media create fear of crime? 5. Does the media cause crime? 6. Cultural Criminology; how does culture effect crime?
This podcast focuses on theories of Crime & Deviance.
It gives listeners an introduction to the key points made by functionalists, feminists, Marxists, the New Right, Interactionists and Subcultural Theories in their explanations of crime and deviance in society.
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