ATS1422 · Crime prevention and crime control

Overview

You will develop foundational knowledge of theory and practice of crime control in Australia and internationally. The unit examines the roles of police and other institutions and organisations in controlling and preventing crime. By focusing on crime rather than criminality, the unit emphasises the understanding of the role of criminogenic environments and the way that crime is patterned as powerful tools for analysis and prevention of crime. The unit discusses the strengths and limitations of contemporary policing approaches to crime prevention as well as popular strategies for reducing the incidence and prevalence of crime. In this unit, you will learn to look for crime patterns and seek to explain them in terms of environmental influences with the goal of developing practical crime prevention strategies. The emerging challenges of controlling transnational and organised crime, cybercrime and terrorism are also discussed.

Areas of study: Bachelor of Criminology

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. discuss the roles, functions and powers of police and other institutions and organisations within the criminal justice system as crime controllers;
2. develop theoretical and practical understanding of the relationship between crime and the immediate environment;
3. understand the advantages and limitations of key policing strategies such as problem-oriented policing, intelligence-led policing and evidence-based policing;
4. appraise the strength and limitations of situational, social and developmental crime prevention strategies;
5. understand challenges associated with policing emerging threats such as transnational organised crime, and terrorism and discuss the role of private industry in controlling cybercrime.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.