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Gain the knowledge to explore the nature and causes of crime, examine the function of the criminal justice system and develop skills for researching crime and crime-related issues. Learn about current crime intervention and prevention strategies through the criminal justice system and external agencies, and benefit from opportunities to engage with professionals working within the criminal justice sector and associated agencies. In preparation for your career, obtain industry experience and develop work-ready skills in areas such as crime scene investigation, research design, policy development, critical analysis, communications, and working with vulnerable populations.

Learn about the Australian criminal justice sector. You’ll cover crime investigation, policing and more. Explore justice for groups like youth and minorities. Build professional skills. Think about criminals and victims.

Associate Degree of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Australia and Cyber Intelligence

Cyber Crime and Cyber Policing

Policing Investigations and Intelligence

Understanding Victims and Offenders

Applied Cyber Security

Homicide

Fraud and Cybercrime

Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice

Fundamentals in Forensic Science

Risk Assessment and Management in Forensic Mental Health

This subject introduces students to the disciplines of criminology and criminal justice. It begins with an examination of the nature of crime and how it is defined and measured in contemporary society. The subject then provides an overview of the impact of criminological theories on our understanding of crime problems and the implications for criminal justice responses.

Examine crime and the ways it’s defined and explained in contemporary society. Study the relationship between crime and class, youth and crime (and the response), gender and crime, and the over-representation of Indigenous people.

This subject provides an overview of the various areas within the criminal justice system in which frontline workers come across people with mental disorders. It examines the way in which the criminal justice system (including police, court, and correctional staff) deals with individuals with mental disorders. In particular, the subject focuses on the identification and treatment of individuals with mental disorders; relevant processes and decision-making in different elements of the criminal justice system; examining contemporary approaches to definitions, diagnostic tools, notions of criminal responsibility and fitness to stand trial; and the use of psychological knowledge, theory, and research to guide reflective practice and build personal, professional resilience.

Investigate how police, courts, and corrections interact with people with mental disorders. You’ll use psychological theory to explore mental health issues that youth, Indigenous people, and women face in the system. Learn the symptoms. Build resilience.

Mental Health, Psychology and the Criminal Justice System

This subject introduces students to law, politics, and criminal justice in Australia. It explores how laws are made, the influence of politics on law reform, the role of the media, human rights protections, and criminal responsibility. It considers the historical treatment of First Nations peoples in Australia&#39;s legal system and the role that law plays in promoting justice and accountability. This knowledge provides a foundation for further study on criminal law and justice systems.

Study the ideas and institutions that contribute to law and its production. You’ll examine the relationship between rules, morality, and justice. Consider the rule of law and the role of judges. Zoom in on First Nations Peoples and the law.

Law, Crime and Justice

This subject explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), other emerging technologies and the evolving landscape of crime and justice.You will critically examine how cutting-edge technologies like AI, machine learning, blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) are reshaping both criminal activity and the methods used by the criminal justice system to combat crime. Through examining topics and themes such as cybercrime, the ethical challenges of AI in justice and the societal impacts of these technologies, you will gain an understanding of the evolving landscape of crime prevention on both local and global levels.A core component of this subject is the hands-on use of real-world AI tools and crime datasets. You will apply these tools to identify crime trends and explore how emerging technologies can be leveraged to address complex crime issues. This practical engagement will bridge theory and practice, equipping you with skills directly applicable to real-world scenarios.Over the course of this subject , you&#39;ll develop a comprehensive understanding of how emerging technology is transforming criminal behaviour and the technology-orientated strategies used to combat crime.

Digital Futures: Crime, AI and Emerging Technologies

This unit covers the social, moral and political relationships that underpin &#39;justice&#39; and &#39;punishment&#39;. Students will explore the purpose, aims and operation of criminal justice in New South Wales. The &#39;cycle of justice&#39; is unpacked, including: concepts of justice; the politics of justice; what happens in court; how people are punished and what we expect to happen afterwards. Students re-examine the socially constructed nature of both justice and punishment, questioning the purpose of law, the rule of law and the social contract. Students will analyse the role of these concepts in maintaining, or disrupting, established notions of justice. Students will observe justice in action and report back on their findings.

Introduction to Justice and Punishment

The spread of transnational crime is one of the most significant challenges facing governments around the world today. For all its benefits, globalisation has opened new avenues for criminal enterprise to expand across traditional domestic borders, creating new challenges for global security, risk governance and crime control. Traditionally crime has tended to be - and largely still is - viewed as a security concern within nation states. By contrast, this unit examines how crime has evolved through the globalising process, creating global and regional instability. Moreover, many state responses to crime, such as illicit drugs, wholly fail to address to systemic, global networks that underpin the trade. Across this unit, students will evaluate a variety of transnational criminal issues, from drug trafficking to people smuggling, money laundering to counterfeiting, and will examine the regional implications of for national and transnational security. In many instances, as students will discover, underpinning civil conflict and terrorist organisations are crime networks. Engaging with these debates will enable students to think beyond traditional, state-based crime, and better understand the global challenges and preventative strategies required to combat transnational crime.

Transnational Crime

What is the role of the police and policing in the 21st Century? Who gives the police legitimacy for their use of force and detention? How do the police respond to societal and political challenges of our time? Drawing on these questions, this unit offers an analytical look at policing, from police behaviour and organisation to its operations and historical perspectives. Focusing on the relationship between the police, society and the community, the unit examines how policing has changed over time, drawing on important theoretical foundations, examine the changing function of the police and policing. Through this unit, students will be introduced to the societal position of policing, which prioritises the careful scrutiny of the role and function police practice. In doing so, the unit examines the police as an institution as well as police practice, focusing on police legitimacy, the use of force, police culture, corruption, policing strategies and challenges to the police in the contemporary world. In undertaking this unit, students will be guided through the criminological study of policing, understanding how the police are a key institution across social democracies as well as their systemic failings and challenges. Taken together, students will be better able to understand and critically analyse the wider challenges, impact and development of the police in Australia.

Policing and Crime

This subject introduces you to a range of areas where psychological research has shaped criminal law and procedure, such as the rules relating to expert evidence in criminal trials, and how the psychological literature informs criminal justice responses to particular groups of people. This includes exploring factors that may contribute to miscarriages of justice, such as: the psychology of interrogations and false confessions; the psychological dimensions of juror decision-making; and what the psychological research on memory, perception and recall suggests for the limitations of eyewitness identification. The subject also critically examines the laws and procedures relevant to the criminal prosecution of people with mental illness and/or cognitive impairment, including fitness to stand trial and the defence of mental impairment. Drawing on a range of case studies, the subject examines how the criminal justice system has developed to take into account developments in our understanding of human behaviour.

Introduction to Forensic Psychology and the Law

It is argued that we live in a risk-based society where the focus on crime has moved from capture and punishment to management and prevention. Drawing on key theories from criminology, sociology, psychology, behavioural economics, and public health the individual, community, police, politicians, media, and policymakers’ roles in crime prevention will be explored and critiqued. Specifically, through innovative real-world practical applications of situational crime prevention, developmental crime prevention, individual crime prevention, community crime prevention, and economic disruption, the importance of implementing evidenced-based crime prevention policies will be understood. By reviewing the process of having to carefully design, plan, implement, and evaluate crime prevention strategies, the ethical considerations, and the practical challenges of needing to collaborate with partners from community and government to prevent crime are examined.

Crime Prevention and Policy

The practice of case management is a common approach used to respond to both offenders and victims in the criminal justice system, as well as people who are accessing services or support from Families and Community service providers. Globally, case management is used in relation to a broad range of people. For example, case managers may work specifically with youth at risk, sexual offenders, victims of family violence, people with addiction, homeless people, released prisoners etc. You will learn about the different risk-assessment, decision-making, referral tools that are used in case management and apply these tools to assessment tasks whilst being guided by the theory, principles, legislation and policies that are employed for case management in Victoria. Additionally, you will gain important skills in relation to communication, client assessment and the creation of case management plans in alignment with best practices.

Justice and Community Case Management

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