ACR304 - Crime, Surveillance and Society

Unit details

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Year:

2021 unit information

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Last updated: 4 June 2021

Enrolment modes:

Alternate years 2020, 2022
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online)

Alternate years 2021, 2023
Trimester 3: Cloud (online)

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Darren Palmer
Trimester 3: Monique Mann
Prerequisite:

Students must complete 4 credit points at any level

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

ACR210

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

5 x 3-hour seminar per trimester

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

5 x 1-hour class (recordings provided) and 2-hour online seminar per trimester

Content

This unit examines a range of different theoretical approaches to surveillance within criminal justice, law enforcement and intelligence. While much contemporary popular debate and understanding of surveillance encompasses concerns about Big Brother and the power of the state, there are many other aspects of surveillance that are becoming increasingly important to appreciate as we move further into the globalised world of the 21st century. Contemporary theoretical examples such as ‘platform policing’ and ‘surveillance capitalism’ are used in this unit to develop critical thinking and underscore debate around how the concepts and practice of surveillance are being transformed. The unit provides students with opportunities to explore the potential for surveillance to significantly change social relations and human societies more broadly, and to better plan for the consequences of these changes

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Describe and evaluate the ways in which surveillance practices are shaping criminal justice practices

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2

Assess criminological frameworks for understanding and responding to changing surveillance practices, including socio-legal research and policy analysis, and the analysis of detailed case studies

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management
ULO3

Examine the role of surveillance as a means of
ordering social relations and critically analyse the complex interactions between legal, security, and
law enforcement actors in the deployment of surveillance

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4 Critically analyse conceptual and practical issues related to surveillance practices, the reshaping of privacy and civil liberties and the political, legal and social implications of the use of surveillance technologies

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)		 Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Online exercise 1000 words or equivalent 25% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - Online exercise 1000 words or equivalent 25% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 - Essay 2000 words or equivalent 50% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

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