ACR709 - Global Crime, Prevention and Responses
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Mary Iliadis |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 5 x 2-hour online seminar per trimester in weeks TBA. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit examines global crime challenges representative of 21st century policing and security. The unit focuses on emerging trends in terrorism and transnational crime as well as policing responses, both in Australia and globally. It examines definitions, contemporary histories, different forms and methods of terrorism and transnational organised crime. These include a particular focus on the increasing complexity of transnational crimes enabled via networked communications and technologies and consideration of how the ways in which these crime problems have shaped policing and security. The unit deals with these issues in relation to law, perceptions of risk, uses of intelligence and the nature of security in an age of uncertainty. It also examines important conceptual and practical issues concerning how societies can address a broad range of transnational crime risks, but asks students to think critically about the different costs and benefits associated with attempts to prevent and respond to global crime.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically analyse competing perspectives concerning concepts of terrorism, and national and transnational organised crime as well as the relationship between them, and be able to communicate the core features of these concepts to diverse audiences | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Evaluate a broad range of transnational crime problems, including their origins and evolution, and approaches to preventing and controlling such problems using relevant theories and concepts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Review and assess emerging trends in terrorism and transnational crime problems and the strengths and limitations of policing responses, in Australia and globally | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Critically analyse the core debates involving the relationship between security and liberty and the politics of responding to global crime, and be able to propose evidence-based solutions to terrorism and transnational crime problems | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
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: Presentation | 10-minutes | 20% | Week 3 |
| Assessment 2: Report | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Essay | 3000 words or equivalent | 60% | Week 11 |
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.
Learning resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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