Crime Prevention, Reduction and Control

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Effective Term: 2025/20
Institute / School :Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Unit Title: Crime Prevention, Reduction and Control
Unit ID: CRJUS2475
Credit Points: 15.00
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Co-requisite(s): Nil
Exclusion(s): (CRJUS3475)
ASCED: 099903
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Brief description of the Unit

Students will study the theoretical and practical aspects of crime prevention and reduction. Students will gain awareness and appreciation of a variety of contemporary crime prevention, control and reduction challenges, practices and controversies in local and international 21st century contexts. This unit will analyse local, regional and transnational crime prevention initiatives and strategies; civilians in uniform or blue armies; the security state; CCTV; public and private surveillance; security in prisons and in marginal communities; evidence based policy and policing; situational crime prevention; political frameworks; environmentally-centred crime prevention; auxiliary justice; social crime prevention; vigilante justice; community safety and personal responsibility; and whole of community approaches.

Grade Scheme: Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF)
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Placement Component: No
Supplementary Assessment:Yes
Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment
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Topics may include:
1. Module One: Crime Prevention and Theory
- Key approaches and frameworks
- Social crime prevention
- Environmental and situational crime prevention
- The security state.
2. Module Two: Crime Prevention, Reduction and Control in Practice
- Crime prevention in public spaces
- Crime prevention in regional, rural and remote communities
- International crime prevention lessons
- Police, government and community partnerships in crime prevention
- Preventing interpersonal violence and hate crime
- Preventing environmental, heritage and wildlife crime
- Preventing white collar, corporate and cyber crime
- Evaluating crime prevention and planning for the future.

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