Crime and the Criminal Process Session 1, 2016: Reading Guide

This guide sets out the required reading for each class. Page references are to Brown et
al, Criminal Laws (6th ed), Federation Press (2015).
Please note that supplementary materials may be provided for some classes and will be
available on Moodle. Students will be advised if supplementary materials are posted on
Moodle and whether these materials are examinable. Aims for each class can be found
on Moodle.
WEEK
(week beginning
Monday)

1
(29 Feb)

2
(7 March)

3
(14
March)

4
(21
March)

Mid-Semester
Break (25 March
3 April)

CLASS

CLASS TITLE

TOPIC

PAGE NOS.

Some Themes

Course introduction; video: So Help

1-4;7-12;17-21;
Me God, Campbelltown Local Court
38-42
(ABC)

Criminalisation (1)

Introduction; Defining Crime; Moral

Panics

46-61; 111-118

Criminalisation (2)

Normative theories; History and

Class

61-82

Criminalisation (3)

Colonialism; Governmentality

82-94; 134-143;
123-127

The Criminal
Process (1)

Introduction; The ubiquity of

discretion; Two tiers

259-286

The Criminal
Process (2)

Discussion of Court Reports:

McBarnet; Contemporary research

286-301

The Criminal
Process (3)

The Adversary System; Guilty Pleas;

333-346; 348Technocratic Justice; the Expansion
357; 375-377
of Summary Jurisdiction

The Criminal
Process (4)

The Process as Punishment;

Elements of a Fair Trial; Remands

301-311; 379380; 391-394

No Classes

No Classes

No Classes

5 (4
April)

6
(11 April)

The Criminal
Process (5)

Bail

10

The Criminal
Process (6)

Miscarriages of Justice; Film: Saving

408-425
Andrew Mallard

11

Police Powers (1)

Introduction: Discretion; Regulation

and Crowd Control

426-437; 554570

12

Police Powers (2)

Powers of arrest

437-453

7 Reading Week
(18-24 April)

311-333

No classes

No Classes

No Classes

No Classes
Mon/Tues Only

No Classes Mon/Tues Only

No Classes
Mon/Tues
Only

8
(25 April)

No
Monday/Tuesday
Classes Public
Holiday

13

Police Powers (3)

Powers to detain and interview

454-467; 474480

Court Report Due Friday 29th April 2016 4pm to Turnitin (link on Moodle)
Consult Tutor as to need for Hard Copy All students MUST submit to Turnitin

9 (2 May)

14

Police Powers (4)

15

Components of
criminal offences
(1)

Search powers and reasonable

force
General Concepts; Legal
Personhood;
Actus Reus

480-499

144-168

10
(9 May)

11
(16 May)

12
(23 May)

13
(30 May)

16

Components (2)

Mens Rea; Interpreting Statutory

Offences: He Kaw Teh

175-183; 188204

17

Components (3)

Strict and Absolute Liability; Burden

of Proof

222-243

18

Drugs (1)

Criminalisation and Harm

Minimisation

1049-1052;
1061-1072;
1075-1078;
1080-1082

19

Drugs (2)

Drugs Offences: NSW Law

1082-1104

20

Public Order (1)

Regulating Public Space;

Offensiveness

509-536

21

Public Order (2)

Racist language; Public

Drunkenness; Graffiti

22

Extending
Criminal
Liability

Criminalising Association

23

Revision Class

541-554; 578 584

1207-1223

Study Period 6 June 9 June

Examinations 10 June 27 June (Consult University Exam Timetable as to exact
date of LAWS1021/JURD7121 exam date released into semester 1)
Mid-Year Break 28 June 24 July