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CRIM 111 is a broad-based introduction to key criminological concepts, debates and theories. The first half explores a wide range of theoretical explanations for crime/criminality. The second explores the attempts to measure crime, media representati...

This course critically examines criminal offending in Aotearoa New Zealand. The course considers patterns of offending and victimization in relation to historical events, political ideologies and social relations, and highlights processes of criminal...

While providing an overview of the development and implementation of criminal justice, this course critically examines the significant social, political, economic and cultural contexts in which ‘justice’ is undertaken in Aotearoa New Zealand. The cou...

The course will consider issues of current criminological concern, here in New Zealand and globally. Students will be encouraged to think about the full range of crimes and social harms associated with these issues. Human rights will be introduced as...

This course will introduce you to the concept of social harm, moving beyond the idea of 'crime' to consider a broad range of harms that occur throughout society. This is achieved through engagement with key theoretical literature that has laid the fo...

This course explores the harms experienced by people, non-human animals, and ecosystems resulting from human activity with the environment. Engaging with the concept of ecojustice and drawing on a range of perspectives from the field of green crimino...

A critical examination of policing in modern society. Topics will include the history and evolution of the police and policing, and historical and contemporary policing methods and strategies. The course will also include a focus on police organisati...

The study of women's involvement and experiences within the criminal justice system and its social control implications. Topics include women as offenders, women as victims, and women as criminal justice professionals.

An exploration of the range of delinquency theories that account for the formation of gangs in societies. The course explores these traditions through a critical and Pacific criminological lens and identifies key themes that challenge the global nort...

A study of various theories of crime causation and their implications for understanding criminal behaviour.

This course will examine the place of drugs, both legal and illegal, in contemporary society through a critical exploration of the socially constructed boundaries between use and misuse. The course will also critically interrogate the use of drugs in...

The course analyses terrorism and political violence, and challenges conventional distinctions between legitimate war and illegitimate political violence. The course explores the causes of terrorism and political violence by describing and evaluating...

This course critically analyses concepts and theories of Digital Criminology, harm, power, and activism. ‘Digital Criminology’ explores key issues that relate to the study of Digital Criminology, alongside critically examining the harms related to cy...

This course provides a critical examination of the role of gender in criminology, and how gender relates to particular forms of victimisation and offending. The course will evaluate the extent to which a gendered lens should be adopted when consideri...

The aim of this course is to advance a critical understanding of the diverse nature of drug use and drug users in society. This course critically analyses: the divide between legal and illegal drugs; the social construction of drug use and misuse; th...

This course draws on zemiology, along with queer and feminist criminology, to examine gendered forms of injustice, and the regulation of sex and sexuality. It unpacks the relationship between social norms, legislative responses, and the production of...

This course explores the key foundations and propositions of the most influential theories of the causes and social responses to crime. Students will learn about the major theoretical questions that have challenged criminologists and the directions t...

This course provides students with a grounding in the key methodologies and methods of Criminological data collation and analysis. It engages diverse research paradigms, including Māori research tikanga and Pasifika methodologies, and allows student...

MA thesis in Criminology.

MA thesis in Criminology.

PhD course.

This course explores the purposes and processes of, and debates around, social and cultural theorizing. Students will learn about conceptualization and about scholarly discussion of description, explanation, classification, evaluation in social and c...

This course reviews social and cultural research methods and analytical practices. Social and Cultural Studies staff members will draw on their disciplinary backgrounds to share a variety of methodologies and experiences of working with diverse commu...

Approved and supervised voluntary work placement of the student in a public sector agency, private sector establishment, or non-governmental organisation with a focus on any of research, policy or service provision issues.