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Broader Social Context As A Lens For Learning: Teaching Criminal Law, Alex Steel, Melanie Schwartz
Broader Social Context As A Lens For Learning: Teaching Criminal Law, Alex Steel, Melanie Schwartz
Alex Steel
This chapter considers how best to teach criminal law in broader social contexts and beyond a focus on positivist doctrinal accounts. It provides examples of how broader social science research could be included within a criminal law curriculum.
‘Works Well With Others’: Examining The Different Types Of Small Group Learning Approaches And Their Implications For Law Student Learning Outcomes, Julian Laurens, Alex Steel, Anna Huggins
‘Works Well With Others’: Examining The Different Types Of Small Group Learning Approaches And Their Implications For Law Student Learning Outcomes, Julian Laurens, Alex Steel, Anna Huggins
Alex Steel
In the current regulatory climate, there is increasing expectation that law schools will be able to demonstrate students’ acquisition of learning outcomes regarding collaboration skills. We argue that this is best achieved through a stepped and structured whole-of-curriculum approach to small group learning. ‘Group work’ provides deep learning and opportunities to develop professional skills, but these benefits are not always realised for law students. An issue is that what is meant by ‘group work’ is not always clear, resulting in a learning regime that may not support the attainment of desired outcomes. This paper describes different types of ‘group work’, …
Renovating Or Innovating? The Current Curriculum Reforms At Unsw, Alex Steel
Renovating Or Innovating? The Current Curriculum Reforms At Unsw, Alex Steel
Alex Steel
This conference paper outlines the curriculum review process at UNSW as it was in 2012. The paper reflects on the history of the law school and the success of the review processes.
Imprisoning Rationalities, Eileen Baldry, David Brown, Mark Brown, Chris Cunneen, Melanie Schwartz, Alex Steel
Imprisoning Rationalities, Eileen Baldry, David Brown, Mark Brown, Chris Cunneen, Melanie Schwartz, Alex Steel
Alex Steel
Imprisonment is a growth industry in Australia. Over the past 30-40 years all state and territory jurisdictions have registered massive rises in both the absolute numbers of those imprisoned and the per capita use of imprisonment as a tool of punishment and control. Yet over this period there has been surprisingly little criminological attention to the national picture of imprisonment in Australia and to understanding jurisdictional variation, change and continuity in broader theoretical terms. This article reports initial findings from the Australian Prisons Project, a multi-investigator Australian Research Council funded project intended to trace penal developments in Australia since about …
The True Identity Of Australian Identity Theft Offences: A Measured Response Or An Unjustified Status Offence?, Alex Steel
Alex Steel
New offences to deal with internet based identity crime have been created worldwide in recent years and there has been concern at the breadth of such offences. This article provides a detailed analysis of Australian versions of these offences and compares them to other internet related offences, with a focus on Australian and Canadian approaches to the issues. After defining what is meant by identity theft and identity crime it provides an overview of some of the differences in the nature of digital crime that have led to calls for specific legislation, and some of the problems that face traditional …
Bail In Australia: Legislative Introduction And Amendment Since 1970, Alex Steel
Bail In Australia: Legislative Introduction And Amendment Since 1970, Alex Steel
Alex Steel
This paper examines the rate of amendment of bail laws across Australian jurisdictions since the 1980’s. It examines stated justifications for those changes by Parliamentarians in a number of jurisdictions and seeks to provide insights into the increasing rate of legislative amendment in some states in recent years. The paper analyses whether Australia wide trends exist or whether the reasons for amendment are more locally based.
Consorting In New South Wales: Substantive Offence Or Police Power?, Alex Steel
Consorting In New South Wales: Substantive Offence Or Police Power?, Alex Steel
Alex Steel
Since 1929 it has been an offence in New South Wales to habitually consort with reputed/convicted criminals. This article outlines the fears over so-called razor gangs that led to the offence's introduction and the role of the media in promoting the enactment of the offence. A detailed examination of the scope of the various elements of the offence, as defined by the courts is also provided. The paper also examines the historical and current use of the offence by police, and the degree of discretion involved in enforcement. The breadth of the offence is such that it effectively amounts to …