Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Emily Cachia
Contact via email
W6
email to arrange
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
A growing body of literature from criminology, psychology, evolutionary psychology, media studies, women's studies and men's studies is coming to focus on men in relation to crime. In particular, they are putting the spotlight on gender and its determinations. How are the social constructions of masculinity, within and across cultures, implicated in the conduct and character of crime? Alternatively (in socio-biology), how are the biological constructions of masculinity, within the body (hormones and genes) and across time (evolution), implicated in crime? The unit explores these central questions across a range of topics. Gender is complicated by other dimensions of difference: race and ethnicity, class, sexuality, generation, and more. Males are considered as both perpetrators and victims of crime. Further complication is found in problematising the perpetrator/victim opposition. Special attention is paid to Australian material, but the displacements of modernity and globalisation (the need to find work, escape conflict etc) are also brought into consideration. Focus is on the 'the naughty boy'; 'the juvenile delinquent'; 'the gang banger'; 'the prisoner'; 'the king of his castle'; the stranger of 'stranger danger'; 'the paedophile' and 'the gay basher'; 'the white collar criminal' and 'the people smuggler'; the 'terrorist', the 'war criminal', the 'veteran', and more.
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Detailed Assessment Guidelines explaining the requirements for each assignment are available on the GEND220 iLearn page in the Assessment Resources section. It is necessary to have read these guidelines in order to successfully complete each task.
All essays are to be submitted electronically through Turnitin on the GEND220 iLearn page.
Essay extensions of less than one week should be requested through the student's tutor. Longer extensions should be submitted through the convenor and Disruption to Studies. Approved extensions will not incur a late penalty.
The late submission of essays (without approved extensions) will be accepted but will incur a penalty of 3% on the first day and 1% per weekday thereafter.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Quizzes | 30% | Weeks 2-12 |
Two summaries | 20% | Week 7 |
Essay | 40% | Week 13 |
Participation | 10% | throughout |
Due: Weeks 2-12
Weighting: 30%
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 20%
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
Due: throughout
Weighting: 10%
Minimum Requirements:
Please see Assessment Guidelines in the Assessment Resources section on iLearn for further details
Day (on-campus) and Online (iLearn).
Lectures commence in Week One (Monday 2-4pm). The live lectures are recorded and made available shortly after delivery through the GEND220 iLearn site using Echo. External (and internal) students require access to reliable broadband internet and a computer.
Forum Participation formally starts for external students in Week Two
This unit has an online presence in iLearn (http://ilearn.mq.edu.au). Students are required to have regular access to a computer and reliable broadband internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
Required readings can be accessed through hyperlinks on iLearn or via MQ Library by searching Unit Readings. These can be read online, printed out by the student and/or downloaded.
Week |
Gender and Crime: Spotlight on Masculinities |
Week 1 |
Masculinities and crime: men as heroes, villains and victims (no tutorials this week) |
Week 2 |
Meet the Villains |
Week 3 |
From amour to armour: warrior subjectivities |
Week 4 |
Men of Substance (use): gendered cultures of drugs & alcohol |
Week 5 |
From Player to Slayer: family murder-suicide |
Week 6 |
Prison masculinities: focus on Indigenous men |
Week 7 |
Study Week (no lecture) |
Week 8 |
The colours of discrimination: bikies and 'ethnic' street gangs |
Week 9 |
The bread winner: 'white collar criminals' |
Week 10 |
Sex, Love and Hate (crime): a focus on transgender cases |
Week 11 |
State Crime & Warrior Subjectivities: the 'war criminal'; 'the terrorist' |
Week 12 |
Film Screening |
Week 13 |
No Lecture |
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
New Assessment Policy in effect from Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html. For more information visit http://students.mq.edu.au/events/2016/07/19/new_assessment_policy_in_place_from_session_2/
Assessment Policy prior to Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy prior to Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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