ATS1422 Crime prevention and crime control
Faculty of Arts
ATS1422 Crime prevention and crime control is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS1422
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS1422
No unit lists ATS1422 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
You will develop foundational knowledge of theory and practice of crime control in Australia and internationally. The unit examines the roles of police and other institutions and organisations in controlling and preventing crime. By focusing on crime rather than criminality, the unit emphasises the understanding of the role of criminogenic environments and the way that crime is patterned as powerful tools for analysis and prevention of crime. The unit discusses the strengths and limitations of contemporary policing approaches to crime prevention as well as popular strategies for reducing the incidence and prevalence of crime. In this unit, you will learn to look for crime patterns and seek to explain them in terms of environmental influences with the goal of developing practical crime prevention strategies. The emerging challenges of controlling transnational and organised crime, cybercrime and terrorism are also discussed.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Online Quiz 1Other15%
- Online Quiz 2Other15%
- Online Quiz 3Other15%
- Assessment 4: Tutorial presentationsPresentation15%
- Assessment 5: Crime prevention strategyReport40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
discuss the roles, functions and powers of police and other institutions and organisations within the criminal justice system as crime controllers;
- 2
develop theoretical and practical understanding of the relationship between crime and the immediate environment;
- 3
understand the advantages and limitations of key policing strategies such as problem-oriented policing, intelligence-led policing and evidence-based policing;
- 4
appraise the strength and limitations of situational, social and developmental crime prevention strategies;
- 5
understand challenges associated with policing emerging threats such as transnational organised crime, and terrorism and discuss the role of private industry in controlling cybercrime.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester 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.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Zarina Vakhitova
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Zarina Vakhitova
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS1422?
ATS1422 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS1422 offered?
In 2021, ATS1422 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS1422?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS1422 have an exam?
No. ATS1422 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.