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POL303 Organised Crime (8)

Abstract

This is the fourth subject in a politics and policy sequence designed for the B.Soc.Sc. (Criminal Justice). It deals with: the problems of defining organised crime; with the history, both overseas and in Australia, of traditional forms of organising crime in the vice industry; corporate crime and public sector corruption; policy implications of contemporary debates for police agencies.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 1
DistanceManly Campus
Session 2
DistanceManly Campus
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Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLAustralian Graduate School of Policing and Security

Enrolment restrictions

This subject is only available to participants in the following courses:- Bachelor of Social Science (Criminal Justice)
Bachelor of Policing
Bachelor of Policing (Investigations)
 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to define organised crime
- be able to demonstrate a basic knowledge of organised crime history
- be able to analyse the wider problem of corporate crime and public sector corruption
- be able to demonstrate the relationship between organised crime and terrorism
- contribute to debate on policy to control organised crime

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
Defining organised crime
Histories of traditional organised crime in North America, Europe, South East Asia, Australia
Recent developments in organised crime in Australia
Other forms of organised crime
The corruption debate
Policy implications

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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.