ACR213 - Crime, Terrorism and Security

Unit details

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Year2018 unit information
Enrolment modes:

Trimester 3 (alternate years 2018, 2020) and Trimester 1 (alternate years 2019, 2021)

Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online)

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Previously coded as:

ASL208, ASL308

Unit chair:

Brandy Cochrane

Prerequisite:

4 credit points at any level

Corequisite:

 Nil

Incompatible with:

ASL208, ASL308, ACR313

Contact hours:

Campus: 4-5 x 3 hour Seminars per Trimester

Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin

Content

This unit examines terrorism and transnational crime as security problems. It examines definitions and forms of terrorism and transnational crime and the administration of security in Australia and internationally in response to terrorism and transnational crime. The unit deals with these issues in relation to the law, risk, intelligence and the nature of security in an age of uncertainty. It also examines important conceptual and practical issues concerning the ways in which we can minimise the risk of terrorism and transnational crime, but asks students to think critically about the different costs and benefits associated with our attempts to increase security.

Assessment

Report, 50%, 2000 words

Presentation, 25%, 1000 words

Class/Online, 25%, Exercises

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