1997 QUT Handbook

mum of scheduled lectures and the initiative to choose the
topic and to organise the project must come from the students.
Students choose a research topic related to contemporary law
enforcement issues or activities.
Courses: JS31, JS33, LW41
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
Incompatible with: JSB312
■ JSB401 APPLIED CRIMINOLOGY
This unit examines key and emerging issues in criminological
debate such as the fear of crime, the role of the victim,
criminal careers, white collar crime and crime prevention.
Courses: JS40
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSB402 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 1
This unit is designed to enable students either to extend studies
within an area of professional expertise or to extend their
knowledge, skills and expertise in another area of professional
study. Students may choose from one of the four professional
areas on offer: Law Enforcement; Intelligence and Security;
Corrections and the Community; or Legal and Justice Policy.
Courses: JS40
Prerequisites: Completion of a professional minor, or
equivalent
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSB403 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 2
This unit is designed to enable students to extend studies commenced
in the unit JSB402. This will allow for the completion of
a secondary major or extended study in one of the four professional
areas on offer: Law Enforcement; Intelligence and Security;
Corrections and the Community; or Legal and Justice Policy.
Courses: JS40 Prerequisites: JSB402
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSB404 THESIS
This initial unit will offer students the opportunity to prepare
the groundwork for the 15000 word thesis, which is a major
part of the Honours program. The thesis must reflect the student’s
ability to conceptualise, theorise and implement an
appropriate research project.
Courses: JS40 Prerequisites: JSB091
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSB405 JUSTICE ORGANISATIONS
This unit explores organisational issues which impact on the
separate organisations such as the police, corrective services,
the courts, etc. which comprise the justice system. Specific
topics will be approached from the perspective of the individual,
the groups to which the individual belongs, and the
organisation which is made up of these groups. Among the
topics studied will be individual behaviour, attitudes and values;
group dynamics, communication and leadership; and organisational
structure, culture and change.
Courses: JS40
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSB406 THESIS
Students are required to submit a research thesis of approximately
15 000 words. It is expected that the thesis will be
based upon an empirical study of a particular field related to
the justice professions.
Courses: JS40 Prerequisites: JSB404
Credit Points: 36 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSB407 THESIS
Part-time students are required to submit a research thesis of
approximately 15 000 words. It is expected that the thesis will
be based upon an empirical study of a particular field related
to the justice professions.
Courses: JS40 Prerequisites: JSB404
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSB408 THESIS
Part-time students are required to submit a research thesis of
approximately 15 000 words. It is expected that the thesis will
be based upon an empirical study of a particular field related
to the justice professions.
Courses: JS40 Prerequisites: JSB404
Credit Points: 24 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSN001 THEORIES OF JUSTICE 1
This unit is centrally concerned with clarifying the assumptions
which underpin arguments about what is ‘just’ or ‘unjust’
within various spheres of contemporary Australian society.
The unit provides a framework for evaluating the relative
usefulness of various theories of justice in terms of their theoretical
implications and practical applications. The areas covered
include justice in relation to postmodernism, the environment,
welfare, the law, religion, women and other cultures.
Courses: JS51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSN002 THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY
This unit traces the development of theories of crime from the
Enlightenment to the present day. Special attention is paid to
current theoretical debate and developments.
Courses: JS51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSN003 APPLIED CRIMINOLOGY
This unit examines key and emerging issues in criminological
debate such as the fear of crime, the role of the victim,
criminal careers, white collar crime and crime prevention.
Courses: JS51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSN004 ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
This unit examines the issue of domestic violence from an
interdisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on the criminal
justice system response. It will cover topics such as spousal
abuse; abuse by relatives; dating violence; abuse in Aboriginal
& NESB communities. It will look at the criminal law and
the protection orders in Queensland and in other jurisdictions.
Courses: JS51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSN005 THEORIES OF JUSTICE 2
This unit extends and develops ideas and theories introduced
in Theories of Justice I. It will allow clear and coherent distinctions
to be made about the relative usefulness of competing
claims for legitimacy by various justice theorists. The unit
focuses upon the interface between public/social policy and
the law’s claim to be an instrument of social transformation.
It will consider the ways in which ideas of justice, the law and
social policy are grounded in theoretical and ideological positions,
as well as being reflective of particular ontogenic stages
of moral reasoning.
Courses: JS51 Prerequisites: JSN001
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSN006 INDEPENDENT STUDY 1
This unit is designed to enable students to pursue particular
aspects of their coursework or of professional interest in more
depth. It is an opportunity for students to refine and develop
research skills. Students are required to complete a piece of
research under the guidance of an academic supervisor.
Courses: JS51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSN007 INDEPENDENT STUDY 2
This unit is a continuation of the unit JSN006 – Independent
Study 1 and offers students the opportunity to extend further
aspects of their coursework or of professional interest in more
depth, as well as to continue the process of refining and developing
research skills.
Courses: JS51 Prerequisites: JSN006
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ JSP001 LAW & GOVERNMENT 1
This unit introduces students to institutions of government
and law, with an emphasis on the criminal justice system
and its aims and objectives. Government and legal processes
have recently been subject to increased scrutiny across Australia,
and particularly in Queensland. In response to this,
the unit provides students with an understanding of the rela-
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