GPM516 Transnational Organised Crime (8)

This subject examines the evolution of transnational organised crime from academic, policy-making, intelligence, and law enforcement perspectives. The subject seeks to analyse and understand the evolution of transnational organised crime, and its social and political contexts and dynamics. The subject focuses on key organisational case studies, key illicit commodities, and the manner in which transnational organised crime poses a threat to law and order, national security, and to social cohesion, at the local, regional, and international level.

Availability

Session 3 (90)
Online
Manly Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: GPM516. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to demonstrate advanced knowledge of transnational organised crime in a range professional, academic and security contexts;
  • be able to apply specialist knowledge of historical and contemporary antecedents in the transnational organised crime nexus, in light of socio-political contexts, to emerging developments and threats;
  • be able to demonstrate a knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to the analysis of transnational organised crime, and the methods deployed to counter it;
  • be able to investigate the interchange of these issues at an operational, tactical, and strategic levels, using varied regional and international perspectives; and
  • be able to demonstrate mastery of concepts and theories regarding transnational organised crime in a variety of professional, academic, and security contents.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Globalisation and crime
  • Transnational security threats
  • Globalisation and transnational organised crime
  • Understanding transnational criminal networks
  • Social and political contexts of transnational crime
  • Commodities and markets
  • Cartels, networks, mafias and organisations
  • Regional perspectives
  • Global perspectives

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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