Global Crime
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
Prerequisites
CRI10002 Fundamentals of CriminologyAims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Analyse and evaluate the function, scale and socio-economic impact of global illicit markets, including in people, illicit drugs, arms our counterfeit goods
2. Identify and analyse the systemic enablers of global crime including rapid globalisation and technological change, insufficient oversight and regulatory systems, and corruption within both public and private sectors
3. Analyse and evaluate the nexus between systemic enablers of global crime and key offender groups, including organised crime syndicates, transnational corporations and corrupt government officials
4. Evaluate, formulate and communicate real-world policy solutions to global crime problems including law enforcement and other government responses, both individually and in teams
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
| Hawthorn | |||||
| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week | Optional - Activity Details |
| Face to Face Contact | Lecture | 24 | 12 weeks | 2 | |
| Face to Face Contact | Tutorial | 12 | 12 weeks | 1 | |
| Online Contact | Online Class | 24 | 12 weeks | 2 | Readings |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Independent Learning | 90 | 12 weeks | 7.5 | Independent study, assignment preparation, revision |
| Total Hours: | 150 | Total Hours (per week): | 12.5 | ||
| Swinburne Online | |||||
| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week | Optional - Activity Details |
| Online | Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 36 | 12 weeks | 3 | Online learning activities and DBs |
| Specified Learning Activities | Readings | 24 | 12 weeks | 2 | Readings |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Independent Learning | 90 | 12 weeks | 7.5 | Independent study, assignment preparation, revision |
| Total Hours: | 150 | Total Hours (per week): | 12.5 | ||
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Essay – illicit markets | Individual | 45% | 1, 2, 3 |
| Wiki – ministerial briefing | Individual | 35% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Presentation - ministerial briefing | Group | 20% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
General skills outcomes
• problem solving skills
• analysis skills
• communication skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• ability to work independently
Content
• People smuggling and modern-day slavery
• Transnational environmental crime
• Transnational drug trafficking
• Production and distribution of counterfeit goods
• Sex trafficking
• Money laundering
• Corporate crime
• Global arms trading
• Transnational state crimes
Study resources
- References.
References
Galeotti, M. (2014). Global crime today: the changing face of organised crime. Routledge.
Jakobi, A. P. (2013). Common Goods and Evils?: The formation of global crime governance. OUP Oxford.