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 191-019 Contemporary Crime Prevention

Note

Formerly available as 191-321/421. Students who have completed 191-321/421 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

3rd and 4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr A Sutton

Prerequisites

37.5 points of 2nd/3rd-year Criminology subjects for 3rd-year students. Admission to Criminology Honours for 4th-year students.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject provides summaries and critical perspectives on crime prevention philosophies and techniques, and analyses current developments in Victoria, other parts of Australia and overseas. Specific topics covered include concepts of crime prevention; situational crime prevention; crime prevention through environmental design; Australian and international experience; social crime prevention; crime prevention and public housing; preventing violence and crime prevention and the business sector. The subject has a strong practical component, with students divided into fieldwork teams to identify, analyse and propose solutions for crime problems in metropolitan Melbourne. Issues tackled by teams in recent years include vandalism and graffiti at a suburban shopping centre; reducing thefts from vehicles in a major city car park; addressing maintenance and order problems in relation to suburban public toilets and improving student safety on campus.

Assessment

An essay of 2500 words, and contribution to a fieldwork team report equivalent to 2500 words. Fieldwork team reports will also be marked, and 20% of each student's final mark will derive from the grade awarded for their team's report.

Prescribed Texts
  • P O'Malley & A Sutton, Crime Prevention in Australia: Issues in Policy and Research. The Federation Press 1997.
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