Crime Prevention in Practice
PostgraduateMAQ-PICX80892026
Previously MAQ-PICX889
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
Drawing on your knowledge of Australian and international criminal justice practices and policies, formulate solutions to real-world crime problems. With a focus on police, courts and corrective services, evaluate current crime reduction strategies.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $4,320
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Crime Prevention in Practice
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:
- Identify and critically analyse a variety of evidence which is relevant to practice.
- Apply material related to public policies to a specific real-world problem.
- Formulate appropriate policy solutions that considers a range of factors.
- Identify and respond to ethical factors which are significant in a specific practice context.
- Communicate practical, evidence-based recommendations, effectively and appropriately to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics will be provided in the study materials.
The subject was formerly known as PICX889 Applied Criminology Practice and Policy
This unit analyses the effectiveness of contemporary criminal justice practice. Students will critically evaluate crime reduction and prevention strategies employed in Australia and internationally as well as formulate practical and effective solutions to contemporary crime problems. Students will be able to critically understand the structure and functioning of the criminal justice system, evaluate criminal justice policies and practice, develop crime prevention and reduction strategies, as well as evaluate the efficacy and possibilities of a range of approaches to both crime prevention and incarceration. The unit examines the historical development of crime policy, key concepts such as the ‘policy cycle’, the barriers in changing criminal justice, why some approaches are successful and others are not, as well as the role the design and implementation of criminal justice practice and policy. Doing so, students will be able to develop a criminological understanding of the operation of various facets of the criminal justice system, particularly police, courts and corrective services and their limitations.
- Media Presenetation (20%)
- Policy analysis (30%)
- Policy report (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
- MAQ-CRI-MAS-2026 - Master of Criminology
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:
MAQ-PICX889 (Not currently available)
Others
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICT889, PICX889
Pre-requisite Admission to MCrim or MSecStrategicStudMCrim or MIntellMCrim or MCyberSecMCrim or MCTerrorismMCrim
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.
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
PostgraduateMAQ-CRI-MAS