Crime in a Globalised World

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Total of 170 hours

Criminology at Levels 1 & 2

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Crime in a Globalised World examines crime and deviance from global and comparative perspectives and on a global scale. A new area of criminological research, this subject focuses on crime problems that have typically gone below the criminological radar. The subject will ask students to think about the problem of crime outside the traditional parameters of criminological study. This will include crimes that cross national borders, new forms of organised crime, crimes committed by nation states and new, trans-national, definitions of criminal conduct. In this subject students will encounter case studies of crimes from a variety of global and comparative locations and will engage with up to the minute criminological research and theorising that attempts to understand and explain this new phenomenon of global crime. On completion of the subject, students should have an understanding of how 21st century crime challenges traditional ways of thinking about crime, defining and penalising criminal conduct and establishing a global notion of 'justice'.

On completion of this subject students should:

• Understand the relationship between globalisation and new forms of harm

• Understand the key contours of criminological research and debate on global issues relating to crime, justice and punishment;

• Understand how criminology's theoretical and analytical tools have been applied to the study of crime in the global context;

• Be able to demonstrate this understanding during discussion in tutorials and in written assessment tasks.

• An essay of 2000 words (50%) due mid-semester.
• A 2000 word take-home exam (50%) due during the examination period.

Hurdle Requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. Regular participation in tutorials is required.

Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.

Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of semester.

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Available as a Breadth subject to non-Bachelor of Arts students

Graduate students who have previously completed this subject or CRIM30009 Comparative Criminology in their undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne are not permitted to enrol in this subject.