Australian Places of Incarceration

The Australian colonies were largely established to deal with the social problems of over population, under employment and resultant crime, in the way the British ruling classes found most efficient: institutionalisation. We can see the results to this day in the (mostly sandstone) edifices of prison, barracks, hospitals, orphanages, quarantine stations and asylums, all designed to deal with individuals en masse, to transform them from inconveniences to economic benefits - though their success is open to debate.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face / Online

COURSE OUTLINE

• Principles of incarcerating people
• Types of institutions
• Convicts / Criminals
• Children / Mentally ill / Aged
• Aboriginal Australians
• Immigrants

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Identify common architectural features of these institutions
2. Compare varieties of control used in these buildings
3. Develop criteria to assess the success of places of incarceration