| 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 |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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