Overview

This unit provides students with a detailed understanding of global crime problems that are inherently transnational in nature. Students will learn about the extent, growth and impact of different types of global crimes as well as their systemic enablers, and how to assess and formulate real-world policy solutions

Requisites

Prerequisites
CRI10002 Fundamentals of Criminology

Rules

Pre-requisite
CRI10002 Fundamentals of Criminology

Anti-requisite
CRI10003 Crime in a Globalised World

 

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Teaching Period 3
Location
Online
Start and end dates
04-November-2024
09-February-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-November-2024
Census date
29-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
27-December-2024
Results released date
04-March-2025
Teaching Period 2
Location
Online
Start and end dates
07-July-2025
05-October-2025
Last self-enrolment date
20-July-2025
Census date
01-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
22-August-2025
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Analyse and evaluate the function, scale and socio-economic impact of global illicit markets, including in people, illicit drugs, arms our counterfeit goods
  • 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
  • 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
  • Evaluate, formulate and communicate real-world policy solutions to global crime problems including law enforcement and other government responses, both individually and in teams

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Learning activities		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Various		7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		3.00 12 weeks 36
Online
Learning activities		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
EssayIndividual 45% 1,2,3 
Online Question ResponseIndividual 35% 1,2,3,4 
PresentationGroup 20% 1,2,3,4 
EssayIndividual 45% 1,2,3 
Online Question ResponseIndividual 35% 1,2,3,4 
PresentationGroup 20% 1,2,3,4 

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

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.