Crime and Deviance and Criminal Justice Social Work
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Description
Problem of defining deviance; Examination of theories of deviance and criminality; Mechanism of
control and punishment and their impact; Labelling and deviant careers; Deviant subcultures.
The correctional system; community safety and social crime prevention strategies; Alternatives to
custody: diversionary measures, bail supervision, community-based sentences (probation order,
community service order, drug detoxification); offender rehabilitation models; prison-based social
work; social reintegration of offenders; multi-agency collaboration; restorative justice.
