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Undergraduate | GRF-CCJ218 | 2023
White Collar Crime
Formulate a conceptual understanding of how and why white collar crimes occur and their impact. Alongside the police, examine the pivotal role of regulatory agencies who are largely responsible for detection and prevention
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
Start dates
- 27 Feb 2023,
- 28 Aug 2023
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Identify and discuss white collar crime behaviours that are criminal, and/or unethical or harmful.
- Analyse the significant financial, social, political and environmental harm that results from white collar crime.
- Apply criminological theories to understand why and how white collar crime occurs.
- Develop basic strategies for the prevention of white collar crime.
- Describe the role, functions and powers of Australia's primary regulatory agencies.
- Demonstrate familiarity with a wide range of regulatory enforcement strategies and tools.
- Demonstrate sound analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Introduction to White Collar Crime
- Scale & Impact of White Collar Crime
- Theories of white collar crime
- Government & Globalisation Crime
- Organised Crime
- Corporate Crime
- Occupational Crime
- Regulatory Theory (Part 1)
- Regulatory Theory (Part 2)
- Enforcement of Regulation
- Self-regulation and Compliance
- Applying Regulation, Compliance, and Enforcement
This subject was previously known as CCJ31.
This subject introduces students to the broad concept of white collar crime, examining in detail some of the most harmful categories of this type of offending. In addition to providing students with an understanding of the definition, scope and impact of this type of crime the degree focuses on explaining and preventing white collar crime. Drawing upon psychological, sociological, organisational and integrated theories of offending and victimisation, students will develop a conceptual framework for understanding how and why white collar crimes occur and its impact. Recognising, in addition to police, the pivotal role of regulatory agencies who are largely responsible for detecting and preventing white collar crime, students will examine the regulatory agency system, their role within the broader criminal justice system and the theoretical basis for how they operate. Incompatible: 3011CCJ Regulation and White Collar Crime; CCJ31 Regulation and White Collar Crime.
- Online Quiz (10%)
- Final Exam (45%)
- Case Study (45%)
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- 19
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2023:
- 12
Entry requirements
Others
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Student feedback
8 student respondents between: 21 Nov - 07 Dec 2022.
62%of students felt the study load was manageable
87%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following degrees
UndergraduateGRF-CCJ-DEG
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