ATS3081 · Investigation and intelligence

Overview

In this unit, you will explore the practices of criminal investigation and intelligence used in policing, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. The first half explores how eyewitness testimony, investigative interviewing, and physical and digital crime scenes and evidence are used in criminal investigation. The second half will focus on how the intelligence cycle, sources, criminal intelligence, security intelligence and espionage influence decision-making. In doing so, you will critically assess how analysts, investigators and agencies use information to hypothesise, identify persons of interest, formulate suspicion, and generate belief.

Areas of study: Criminology

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

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. identify key criminological issues relating to investigation and intelligence gathering;
2. explain methods of intelligence and evidence collection;
3. critically assess how information, intelligence, and evidence are collected and used;
4. engage actively and effectively in teamwork;
5. demonstrate effective and persuasive written and oral communication skills.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period 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.