ACR210 - Crime, Surveillance and Society

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Offering information:

Final year of offer 2019

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Previously coded as:

ASL225

Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Chris Linke

Trimester 3 Unit Chair:

Danijel Sormaz

Prerequisite:

4 credit points at any level

Corequisite:

 Nil

Incompatible with:

ASL225, ACR310

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

4-5 x 3 hour Seminars per Trimester

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

4-5 x 3 hour online Seminars per Trimester

Content

This unit introduces students to the concept of surveillance as a key and largely overlooked element of modern criminological theory, policy and practice. Surveillance is historically embedded within early criminological theory, but more recently has become a standard policy response that connects intelligence, new technology and rapid information flows to convey an appearance of an efficient and responsive justice system. However, critical surveillance theory also recognises the problems of focusing on technology alone given the broader expansion of ‘governance through crime’ in recent times. Contemporary surveillance policies intersect with many fields, including crime prevention, the management of dangerous spaces and people, the more routine forms of accountability impacting on police and other justice personnel, and the various domestic and international principles of individual rights to privacy. The centrality of these issues in interpreting current developments and driving future research, policy and practice across the justice sector is examined in the context of the growing impact of risk in the criminological landscape.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Class/Online Exercises - 25%

Assessment 2 (Individual) - Presentation (1000 words) - 25%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Report (2000 words) - 50%

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