ATS3942 Crime and the city
Faculty of Arts
ATS3942 Crime and the city is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2021. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3942
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3942
No unit lists ATS3942 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Twelve credit points of second year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed two gateway units in Criminology.
Overview
This course examines the concentration of crime in cities and urban communities and places the role of context at the centre of inquiry. It focusses on how local environments, geography, physical locations and residents’ perceptions and actions influence and shape crime. Students will learn how cities differ from rural or regional environments in their crime rates and will critically engage with why crime and other social problems concentrate in cities and neighbourhoods, not only in Australia, but globally. The course is broken down into four modules: What is a city and how do cities differ?; How and where do social problems concentrate?; What are the key theories and perspectives that explain the concentration of crime; and How do prevent crime in cities and communities? Seminars, in class activities, field trips and labs will highlight how crime and responses to crime are shaped by spatial inequality, ethnic/racial segregation and diversity, and competing interests in access and use of public spaces
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3942.
Assessment
- Online quizzes25%
- Completion of lab based exercises20%
- Group presentationPresentation20%
- Crime Prevention Plan35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
analyse and describe the relationship between different places, spaces and crime;
- 2
identify and compare theories and methodological approaches to understanding the spatial concentration of crime at different levels of spatial granularity;
- 3
utilise spatial analytic techniques such as ARC GIS and hotspot mapping in the analysis of spatial concentration of crime;
- 4
compare the spatial concentration of crime in the Australian context with that of other countries;
- 5
assess the causal relationships between crime, inequality, segregation and the regulation of public space;
- 6
work collegially in a small team environment.
Workload and teaching
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.
Where it fits
ATS3942 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2021 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Rebecca Wickes
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Rebecca Wickes
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3942?
ATS3942 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3942 offered?
ATS3942 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
How much work is ATS3942?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3942 have an exam?
No. ATS3942 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3942?
ATS3942 is part of Criminology.