16.7 3rd and 4th years Dr A Sutton. 3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours. First semester A 1-hour class and a 2-hour seminar. Students completing this subject should have:

• a broad understanding of crime problems facing Australia and other Western countries, and of the need for crime prevention;
• an appreciation of the philosophies and techniques of situational, social and developmental crime prevention;
• a critical perspective on crime prevention programs and philosophies in Australia and selected other Western countries;
• a broad capacity to apply crime prevention philosophies and techniques in specific contexts, and to review the effectiveness of programs;
• an understanding of social and political factors which can affect the development an application of crime prevention policy.

Analyses of techniques for social and environmental prevention; issues in program development, implementation and evaluation. Up to 5,000 words of written work at 3rd year level and 6,000 words at 4th year level, including contribution to a team fieldwork exercise. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.