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Critical Analysis Assignment
This is an essay that uses academic literature to respond analytically to a media article on one of the topics we have covered between Week 2 and Week 6. The point of this assessment is to complicate assumptions about gender, crime and violence within the media by drawing on the ideas, concepts and sources we have covered both in the lectures and tutorials.
Your essay will respond to the following question:
How does the academic literature on [insert selected topic] complicate the views presented in the media article?
Week 2 Topic: Gendered State Crimes
Article title:
“Gay, Bisexual and Trans Asylum Seekers are ‘Suffering’ on Manus.”
spent fighting for the rights of those on Manus Island and Nauru.
Week 3 Topic: Crimmigration
Article title:
“It's time for the truth to allay, or confirm, our fears about SIEV X.”
By Steve Biddulph
Week 4 Topic: Hate Gendered Crimes
Article title: “Islamophobia is still raising its ugly head in Australia.” July 10, 2017
Author: Mehmet Ozalp
Week 5 Topic: Race, Gender and Crime
Article title: “Generation Cronulla: How the riots shaped who I am.”
By Mohamed Taha
Week 6 Topic: War Crimes
Article title:
“Why the hell should I feel sorry? says girl soldier who abused Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.”