Students will be required to complete 15 formative exercises.  Each exercise will consist of a set of questions designed to enable students to develop their legal research and analytical skills, reinforce their knowledge of relevant doctrinal principles, and enhance their contextual understanding of the laws underpinning the administration of criminal justice.

This Task will be submitted and assessed in two parts as set out below. If a student anticipates being unable to submit a part of Task 1 by the relevant due date, and applies for an extension under the University Disruption Policy (via:   ask.mq.edu.au), then they are required to submit their work in progress by the due date. Late submissions (without an approved extension under the disruption policy) will not be graded and will receive a grade of zero.

Due

5:00 pm at the end of Week 7

Exercises may include multimedia content, including pre-recorded lectures or podcasts, and most will require students to carry out independent research.   All tasks will require access to a computer and the Internet in order to carry out online research to answer questions.  On average, students should budget approximately 2hours per Exercise. 

Each exercise is assessed on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis against criteria, and weighted at 2% each. Each question in an exercise must be answered in order to receive a grade of 2%.

Students must submit each of Parts 1 and 2 of Task 2 using the Turnitin submission link on the unit's iLearn page. 

In this Assessment, students will collaborate in small groups to develop, critique and advocate legal policy reform proposals in criminal justice.  The Project will be carried out in three stages with 'mini-deadlines' and weightings as follows: 

15%

assessed

individually

Internal Students: 5:00pm at the end of Week 8

External Students: 5:00pm at the end of Week 9

5%

assessed as a group

Internal Students:  Teaching Weeks 9-13 (in tutorials)

Distance Students:  Day 2 of scheduled On Campus Sessions

P/F - (linked to 2.B.1.)

assessed as a group

The Individual Submission (Part 2.A) must be submitted using the Turnitin link provided on the unit's iLearn page.  The Group Consensus Report (Part 2.B.1) will be submitted using the Assignment Submission Box set up on the unit's iLearn page.  Group Presentations (Part 2.B.2) will take place between weeks 9-13 in a sequence that will be identified prior to the mid-semester break in tutorials.

Note:  Part 2.B.1 is graded as a group - each person will receive the same grade of 0%, 3% or 5%, depending on the quality of the report (in accordance with criteria  provided on the iLearn page). Part 2.B.2 is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Students who: (i) fail to attend their Group Presentation (in the absence of an approved application under the disruption policy); (ii) contribute meaningfully to their Group Presentation (Part 2.B.2); and/or (iii) demonstrably failed to contribute to the production of their Group Consensus Report (Part 2.B.1) will receive a grade of 0% for the portion of the grade for Task 2 corresponding to the Consensus Report (2.B.1). Students who fail to submit their Individual Submissions (Part 2.A) will be precluded from participating in the production of the Group Consensus Report (Part 2.B) and will receive a grade of 0/20 for Task 2.

Students will be challenged to write a Chapter (2,750 - 3,250 words) for their prescribed textbook.

The focus topic will be identified by the Convenor in Week 2 of Semester.

The Task must be submitted via Turnitin by no later than 10:00pm on the Sunday immediately preceding the commencement of the formal Examination Period for the semester.  

Further instructions will be provided on the unit's ilearn page.