Overview
This major brings together complementary units from criminology and psychology for students to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of crime and criminal justice issues, structures and procedures of the criminal justice system, designing criminological research, and how psychological knowledge is applied in legal and criminal matters, including understanding comorbidities such as addiction.
Key information
Campus
Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online.
Warrnambool students must enrol in the Online offerings of these units
Waurn Ponds (Geelong) students: some of the units are offered at Waurn Ponds and some at Waterfront. Travel between campuses may be required.
Unit set code
MJ-H000040
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