Technological Advances in Dealing with Crime
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
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Prerequisites
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75 credit points
OR
Aims and objectives
This unit aims to enable students to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the problems with sentencing decision-making and the role of artificial intelligence in sentencing. Students will acquire a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the role of big data in law enforcement and how the internet is increasingly used as both a tool to commit and detect crime. A key aspect of the unit involves analysing the role that technology can have in developing new criminal sanctions, especially in the context of alternatives to prison and community corrections orders
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Analyse sentencing problems and evaluate the role of technology in sentencing decision-making.
2. Evaluate the use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement activities
3. Explain the application and role of big data in responses to crime
4. Reflect on the role of technology in developing new criminal sanctions
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Assignment (Individual) 40-50%
Final Examination (Individual) 50-60%
Content
• Problems with sentencing decision-making and the role of artificial intelligence in sentencing
• Law enforcement and artificial intelligence
• Technology, crime detection and threats to privacy and other rights
• The internet and the commission of crime
• Big data as an aid in detecting crime
• Crypto networks and crime
• Technology and criminal sanctions
• The internet and prisoner access and usage
• Monitoring offenders using technology
• Technological sanctions as a substitute to incarceration
• Law enforcement and artificial intelligence
• Technology, crime detection and threats to privacy and other rights
• The internet and the commission of crime
• Big data as an aid in detecting crime
• Crypto networks and crime
• Technology and criminal sanctions
• The internet and prisoner access and usage
• Monitoring offenders using technology
• Technological sanctions as a substitute to incarceration
Study resources
- Recommended reading.
Recommended reading
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.