ACR211 - Crime Prevention and Security

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 3: Mary Iliadis
Cohort rule:Nil
Prerequisite:

Students must complete 4 credit points at any level

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: ACR311
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

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

Content

This unit introduces students to the various ways in which we think about and respond to crime prevention and reduction. The unit examines the key policies and practices that have developed in Australia and internationally to address the 'problem of crime'. Examples include strategies to manipulate physical environments to reduce ‘opportunities’ for crime as well as measures taken to manage so-called ‘at-risk’ populations. In examining these approaches, the unit also develops an appreciation of the political, social, economic and cultural values expressed through crime prevention and reduction policies and programmes.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Critically analyse the core debates shaping the field of crime prevention and security, including the different ways of responding to crime and the broader politics associated with controlling crime, and be able to communicate the content of these debates in a scholarly manner

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Apply the components of social and environmental crime prevention techniques to a range of contemporary crime problems and propose viable solutions for projects

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Evaluate the impact of crime prevention techniques on a variety of different crime problems taking into consideration cultural and social contexts, particularly concerns of inclusion and exclusion

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Recommend certain courses of action to be taken in response to a diverse range of contemporary crime problems and present them in a range of formats suited to scholarly and professional audiences

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Presentation 1000 words
or equivalent
25% Week 5
Assessment 2 - Literature Review 1000 words
or equivalent
25% Week 7
Assessment 3 - Report 2000 words
or equivalent
50% 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.