ATS3004 · Crime, risk and security

Overview

This unit provides a theoretical background to the challenges facing contemporary criminology nationally and internationally, identifying and interrogating the narratives that make up the diverse perceptions of crime, the evolution of 'risk society', ideas of local and global security/insecurity and the impact this has on rights and liberties. It employs an advanced critical analysis of the nature of 'risk society' and, importantly, the responses by various agencies and organisations to 'threats' within and beyond the state. These include theories on violence, legitimacy, governance, securitization and resistance articulated within sociological, political, human rights as well as criminological frameworks. The unit builds and extends on knowledge gained in previous units and applies seminal theoretical scholarship in conjunction with cutting edge research to address some of the most pressing criminological issues facing our contemporary world.

Areas of study: 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. Build a critical understanding of relevant theories on crime, risk and security;
2. Apply these theories to a range of contemporary issues of crime, risk and security;
3. Critically analyse practical and policy responses to contemporary challenges of a risk and security framework nationally and internationally;
4. Develop a research question and apply relevant theoretical frameworks to a case study;
5. Synthesise existing research and communicate key arguments about crime, risk and security.

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.