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If you are a student in another class, please refer to the instructions below.
CRIME CHARACTERS ACADEMIC SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT – 10 service hours
Crime has been central in shaping the history and society of Australia. This project will make a significant contribution to family, local, social and criminal justice history by revealing untold stories about the lives of people who committed crimes in Australia across time. It aims to discover new perspectives on the types of factors that led to individuals ending up in the prison system. In particular, it is hoped that the research will challenge existing ideas about what the label of 'criminal' has historically meant by revealing the diverse nature of the people who spent time in prison.
Why?
Transcription of these prison records offers unprecedented opportunities to discover how criminal offending fitted into the wider lives of offenders, as well as illuminating the involvement of individuals in a range of criminal activity from the end of the convict period through to the start of the Second World War. The creation of this dataset will thus bridge gaps between historical knowledge of crime and contemporary criminological research by providing insights into the contexts and patterns of offending across a period that saw significant legal and social developments, including mass migrations, changing technologies, war, economic depressions, the emergence of the narcotics traffic, and the evolution of new forms of punishment.
Virtual Learning
Read the Background research, FAQ’s and other pertinent information from project website.
Virtual Service
Pick 3 crime characters and read their backgrounds.
Transcribe 3 full records of crime characters following the directions provided by the site. https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ajpiper/criminal-characters/classify
Virtual Reflection
Write a 1-2 page reflection of your learning.
What did you learn about Criminal Characters through this experience?
What did you find most intriguing about transcribing the criminal profiles?
Given what you learned about the project, describe how you saw the importance of this work?
As a result of this assignment, how can you use this experience to help others?
