SXLG6003 Introduction to Forensic Sexology

Year 1, Semester 2 Core

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Code SXLG6003
Credits 25
Graduate Attributes
This unit will assist students to gain an understanding of forensic sexology; the definitions of anti-social and criminal behaviours; the psycho sociology of sexual behaviour; current research in anti-social sexual behaviour; issues of cultural awareness and international importance; defining sexual crimes; profiling the sex offender; punishment of the sex offender; and analysing and assessing sexual behaviours.
Seminar 3 Hours Weekly 

Unit Learning Outcomes

  • 1 investigate and identify risk and protective factors associated with a client’s presentation
  • 2 communicate ideas and concepts appropriate to a forensic sexology audience
  • 3 critically analyse aspects of sexual behaviour with cultural sensitivity
  • 4 identify and apply evidence based practice to develop a professional opinion regarding issues of forensic significance

Course Learning Outcomes

  • 1 . apply sexological and relevant public health knowledge to protect, maintain and restore the health of communities
  • 2 . synthesise and evaluate available evidence to inform decision making in the pursuit of innovative solutions in sexological public health settings
  • 3 . locate, extract, interpret and assess relevant information from a range of sources and use it to support academic debate about and practical solutions to sexological issues
  • 4 . communicate effectively with community members to promote understanding of sexological issues and disseminate sexological research to academic and professional audiences
  • 5 . embrace appropriate technologies to enhance the production and dissemination of sexological knowledge and practice

Assessment Breakdown

Concurrent pre-requisite