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Undergraduate | GRF-CCJ318-2023

Crime Analysis and Investigation

Previously GRF-CCJ38

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Study method

100% online

Assessments

100% online

Entry requirements

No ATAR needed

No prior study

Duration

13 weeks

Start dates

  • 27 Feb 2023, 
  • 28 Aug 2023

Price from

$1,892

Upfront cost

$0

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

About this subject

What you'll learn

After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:

  1. Recall in depth concepts relating to theories of crime, crime analysis, hypothesis generation and testing, situational crime prevention and their inter-connections.
  2. Critique a crime prevention initiative drawing on crime theories and models of crime analysis.
  3. Examine crime patterns in crime data and choose appropriate action for crime prevention.

    • Introduction to Crime Analysis and Investigation and Problem Oriented Policing
    • Environmental Criminology
    • Analysing crime problems
    • Responding to crime problems: Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
    • Evaluation for crime analysts
    • Crime patterns: Hot spots and hot times
    • Crime patterns: Repeat offending and victimization
    • Practice Datasets
    • The future of crime prevention

  • On completion, students will be conversant with the dominant theories explaining the relationship between crime and place, understand the main types of logical reasoning and be able to apply a systematic framework for analysis to crime problems. The second half of the course deals with specific topics, such as victim-, place-, offender-oriented analyses and how these inform tactical decisions and intervention work. While conceptual in parts, the objective of the course is pragmatic. Students do not need high level mathematical ability to do well in this course, only systematic and clear thinking.

    • Discussion Board Participation (15%)
    • Final Exam (25%)
    • Critique of Analysis (30%)
    • Analysis Exercise (30%)

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Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • GRF-CCJ38-Crime Analysis and Investigation (no longer available)

Others

This is not an introductory subject, it is a Level 3 subject. You should complete other Level 1 or 2 criminology subjects before starting this subject. Students who have completed more than 2 OUA units (GPA 4.0+) and are planning on completing the Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice are strongly encouraged to enrol in the degree. Part of this process will involve registering your study plan with Griffith University, which will help to ensure that you are studying the required units.

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