LAW5805 Cybercrime
Faculty of Law
LAW5805 Cybercrime is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2025. It needs LAW5800.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for LAW5805. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before LAW5805
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After LAW5805
No unit lists LAW5805 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in a Monash online course.
Overview
This unit provides an overview of the legal issues which arise when electronic and telecommunication devices are used in the commission or facilitation of crime. Such devices allow offences to be committed on an unparalleled scale, sometimes with international ramifications, yet with greatly reduced chance of detection. They therefore present a significant challenge to investigative agencies and to conventional notions of crime and jurisdiction. Topics to be covered include the nature of cybercrime, detection and investigation, application of existing criminal law principles, legislative responses, and jurisdictional issues.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for LAW5805.
Assessment
- Research reflectionAssignment40%
- Research analysisResearch assignment60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of cybercrime and challenges that cybercrime presents to law enforcement and legal regulation.
- 2
Investigate, analyse and synthesise information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to cybercrime.
- 3
Employ legal research principles and methods in order to construct responses to emerging issues in the context of cybercrime and the law.
- 4
Deconstruct, evaluate and provide technically sound commentary on legal examples, ideas and concepts relevant to cybercrime.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachOnline learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period typically comprising a mixture of learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for activities. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Learning resources
Required resources
See the Moodle unit page for prescribed and recommended resources. Prescribed texts are usually available for purchase through the University Bookstore and are sometimes available for short-term loan or as eBooks through the library.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW5805?
You need LAW5800 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is LAW5805 offered?
LAW5805 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is LAW5805?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does LAW5805 have an exam?
No. LAW5805 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.