Crime and the Justice Sytem

If you are interested in crime and the justice system, this could be the best topic to choose for your dissertation. Maybe these examples will help you narrow down your topic:

Example crime and the justice system dissertation topic 1:

Criminal law: The enforcement of moral thinking upon the wider public.

Is criminal law used to enforce a strict set of morals? This dissertation looks at the tendency of criminal law to enforce the morals of present day society. In ancient Greece homosexuality was openly explored. Accordingly, homosexual acts were not criminalised or repressed through law. However, when homosexuality was deemed to be amoral, laws were passed against participation in homosexual acts. Now, criminal law is used to criminalise those who with HIV/AIDS who have unprotected sex and those who participate in sado-masochistic relationships. Thus, with changing moral attitudes, such as the relatively modern concept of ‘safe sex’, come new interpretations and applications of the criminal law.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Weait, M, ‘Criminal Law and the Sexual Transmission of HIV: R v Dica’ [2005] 68(1) MLR 121
• Dworkin, R, ‘Lord Devlin and the Enforcement of Morals’ [1966] 75(6) YLJ 986
• Andenaes, J, ‘The Moral or Educative Influence of Criminal Law’ [1971] 27(2) JSI 17