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Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th years
Coordinator: Dr A Sutton.
Prerequisite: 3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours.
Contact: A 1-hour class and a 2-hour seminar.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
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.
Content:
Analyses of techniques for social and environmental prevention; issues in program development, implementation and evaluation.
Assessment:
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.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 43)
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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