Graduate Diploma of Crime Prevention
GradDipCrimePrevent
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Fees apply
This course aims to
provide an integrated program which combines the learning needs of specific
professions (which will, in the long run, be interacting with each other) with
best practice models of professional collaboration and co-operation. The
program considers a broad spectrum of prevention issues encompassing
traditional police paradigms as well as those of local government, architects,
landscape designers, transport authorities, traffic engineers, businesses and
the general community. The course is designed to ensure that crime prevention
initiatives take full account of the complexities involved in intervening
social environments. As such, the course extends students’ understanding of
social science disciplines which underpin good practice. In addition, the
course aims to bridge existing gaps between the various players in the field of
crime prevention and community safety, and to increase the likely positive
impact of crime prevention initiatives, by allowing for the development of a
shared knowledge, skills and attitude base.
Enrolment through
Manly Campus
Study mode
Distance education
Normal course duration
Part-time 2 years (4
sessions)
Admission criteria
Applicants for the Graduate Diploma should be working within the area of crime prevention, or have a demonstrated interest in it. Applicants will be evaluated as to their suitability by a number of criteria, including:
• work experience, both duration and type; and
• prior academic qualifications.
Generally, students
will be expected to possess a degree level qualification.
Applicants must have
access to the internet to undertake this course. The core subject, JST481 Partnerships in
Crime Prevention, requires such access as an integral component of the learning
process.
Credit
Credit may be awarded
for prior tertiary study, or on the basis of approved training courses combined
with certain levels of experience in the crime prevention field. Completion of
the NSW ‘Safer By Design’ course and one year’s experience as a Crime
Prevention or Community Safety Officer will attract 8 points of credit.
Graduation requirements
To graduate, students
must satisfactorily complete 64 points (normally eight 8 point subjects).
Admission to Master of Arts
Students who have
satisfactorily completed the Graduate Diploma requirements with a credit
average are eligible to apply for admission to the Master of Arts, which offers
specialisations in areas of policing. Upon admission to the Master degree
course, students are awarded credit for the Graduate Diploma and upon
completion of the dissertation requirements for the Master degree course (a
further 32 points), students graduate with the award Master of Arts (Crime Prevention).
Enrolment pattern
Session 1 (Autumn)
JST444 Deviance and Control (students employed
in local government, non-government organisations, etc. only)
or
[ ] Elective (students employed in policing only)
[ ] Elective
Session 2 (Spring)
JST482 Theories of Crime Prevention
PPP501 Strategic Issues in Policing a Diverse
Society (students employed in policing only)
or
[ ] Elective (students employed in local government, non-government organisations, etc. only)
Session 3 (Autumn)
JST481 Partnerships in Crime Prevention
[ ] Elective
Session 4 (Spring)
[ ] Elective
[ ] Elective
Restricted electives
The five restricted electives may be drawn from the following:
JST305 Environmental Aspects of Public Safety (16 points)*
JST412 Fraud Prevention
JST413 Risk Management
JST458 Organisational Behaviour and Change Management
JST474 Crime Prevention and Young People
JST478 Crime Mapping
JST483 Evaluating Crime Prevention Initiatives
MGT553 Project Management
PKM461 Recreation Management
PPP504 Pathways to Crime: The Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol and its Implications for High Volume Crime
SOC308 Community Analysis
TRM516 The Management of Tourism Events
*If JST305 is undertaken, the
student is required to complete only three, not four, other restricted
electives.
Note: those students intending to continue their studies to Master level, and who have not previously undertaken a research methodology subject, may also select one of the following electives:
JST437 Scope, Content and Method of Criminological Research or
JST508 Researching Crime and Deviance or
SRM500 Social Research Methods
Inquiries
Course Coordinator
Associate Professor Catherine Layton
School of Policing Studies
Telephone: (02) 4823 2860
Facsimile: (02) 4823 2786
Email:
clayton@csu.edu.au