Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 42)
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191-317/417 "Corporate and White-collar Crime" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Criminology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p42) : Next:191-318 | Prev:191-319
Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th years
Coordinator: Dr K Polk.
Prerequisite: 3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- have an understanding of the problems of definition of the various forms of business, occupation or corporate criminality.
- have an appreciation of the importance of corporate criminality in the context of social life of the community.
- have an understanding of the forms of individual business or occupational crime, including such forms of financial crime as insider trading.
- have learned some of the problems which concern the regulation of white collar crime, including the features of law which cause particular problems in the control of corporate misconduct.
Content:
Individual and organisational forms of white collar or corporate crime found in both the public and private sectors.
Assessment:
Up to 5,000 words of written work at 3rd year level and 6,000 words at 4th year level. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.
1. Criminology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p42) : Next:191-318 | Prev:191-319
2. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p168) : Next:191-322 | Prev:191-315
Credit points: 16.7 3rd year
Coordinator: Dr K Polk.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first-year Sociology.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 90-minute seminar.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- have an understanding of the problems of definition of the various forms of business, occupation or corporate criminality; p
- have an appreciation of the importance of corporate criminality in the context of social life of the community;
- have an understanding of the forms of individual business or occupational crime, including such forms of financial crime as insider trading;
- have learned some of the problems which concern the regulation of white collar crime, including the features of law which cause particular problems in the control of corporate misconduct.
Content:
Individual and organisational forms of white collar or corporate crime found in both the public and private sectors.
Assessment:
Up to 5,000 words of written work. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PREREQUISITES differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p168) : Next:191-322 | Prev:191-315
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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