CRIM12004 - Understanding Violence and Conflict

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will gain a deeper understanding of violence and other forms of conflict that impact on practice in the justice system. You will explore the social history of violence in civil society. You will critically examine different techniques to manage and control violence and the theories of punishment that underpin these responses. You will be required to compare different causes of violence and conflict and discuss how these have shaped broader justice policy and individual practitioner responses to managing difficult situations. You will also evaluate the impact that conflict has on individual and organisational wellbeing by developing personal conflict management techniques.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 1 - 2025

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books 30%
3. Reflective Practice Assignment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 6.25% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE survey
Feedback
Some students struggled with the practical nature of conflict resolution assessment tasks
Recommendation
Alternative conflict resolution options will be provided for students who are overwhelmed by the anxiety of in-class performance.
Action Taken
Alternative assessment topics were provided and completed by most students.
Source: SUTE survey
Feedback
Some students struggled with accessing Google Docs
Recommendation
All documents will be provided as pdfs in the future
Action Taken
This was done
Source: Email, workshops
Feedback
Some students really appreciated the difference of this unit and the opportunity to develop practical conflict management skills that will be useful in future work.
Recommendation
While assessments will provided different alternatives, the original core skills-based options will be retained for those who get benefit from them
Action Taken
Only a minority of students were interested in skills-based learning
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate programs for reducing violence and conflict
  2. Examine conflict resolution and management skills within a justice setting
  3. Interpret conflict via theoretical understandings of violence and power
  4. Outline various causes of violence and conflict in society.

No external accreditation is relevant to this award.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication •
2 - Problem Solving • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
9 - Social Innovation •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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