Developmental Crime Prevention
PostgraduateGRF-CCJ7232026
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Understand the relationship between policy objectives and crime prevention programs to be able to apply criminological theories to research outcomes. You’ll design a prevention program within resource, funding and methodological limitations.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 5 July 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $3,562
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Developmental Crime Prevention
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Have the ability to find and review developmental crime prevention literature
- Be able to apply developmental theories to explain how early-in-life problems relate to crime and offending
- Be able to understand and apply developmental theories in relation to research designs and outcomes
- Be able to articulate the ways in which individual, family, school and community factors may increase or decrease the likelihood of offending
- Have skills in selecting and designing a developmental prevention program with consideration towards evidence, methodological limitations, and process and outcome evaluations
- Be able to communicate developmental crime prevention policy.
- The Life-Course Perspective
- Overview of developmental prevention
- Developmental crime prevention theories
- Risk and protective factors
- Developmental prevention in infancy
- Family-based prevention
- Preschool and school-based prevention
- Prevention of violence and offending for adolescents
- Assessing needs, building partnerships
- Evaluating initiatives, implications for policy
This subject focuses on developmental prevention to construct a framework for thinking about the prevention of crime and associated problems at the individual, family and local level. The challenges of implementing a package of evidence-based programs for disadvantaged communities in a way that influences multiple risk and protective factors as well as empowering the local residents and changing developmentally relevant institutions and social policies are discussed in this course. Assessment will include developing a proposal for a relevant crime prevention project as well as demonstrating evidence of knowledge of relevant theory, methods for intervening in developmental pathways, and implementing and evaluating projects.
- Case study application (50%)
- Online exam (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- GRF-FMH-MAS-2026 - Master of Forensic Mental Health
Elective
- GRF-MCJ-MAS-2026 - Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Forensic Mental Health
PostgraduateGRF-FMH-MAS
Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
PostgraduateGRF-MCJ-MAS