JSB171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Retributive Justice, Queensland University Of Technology
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Justice and all the concepts that surround it (equality, fairness, rights, freedom, security) Thinking about what justice means in our society and its importance both morally and politically. More specifically we will be interested in the criminal justice system, particularly fairness in the system and how that relates to/reflects the fairness in our society. We will be investigating why our society, given that it is one committed to fairness and equality and that so strongly advocates these values, still remains one that is largely unjust in a number of ways. Qut has a high level of expertise in the area of criminal justice and staff cover an extensive range of knowledge that would be beneficial to students. The better informed a criminal justice professional is, the better the criminal justice practice will be. Helps explain to us why certain groups of people dominate in the criminal justice system i. e. lawyers.
