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Postgraduate MAQ-PICX8062-2021

The Crimes of the Powerful

Previously MAQ-PICX862-2020

Gaze back at some of the most powerful and criminal individuals and institutions. Categorise types of crime, such as white collar and state crime. Study notorious offenders and criminal acts, including the BHP oil spill and Nazi death camps.

From

$3,650 $3,900

Your upfront cost: $0

International student?

Duration

18 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 26 Jul 2021
Macquarie University - Logo

This research-intensive university in north-western Sydney offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. With over 30,000 current students, Macquarie has a strong reputation for welcoming international students and embracing flexible and convenient study options, including its partnership with Open Universities Australia.

QS RANKING 2021

12

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

12

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to;

  1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the problems of definition of the various forms of business, corporate, and State criminality.
  2. Evaluate the role of corporate and State criminality in the context of the social and political life.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the forms of individual business or corporate and/or State crime, including such forms of financial crime, fraud, genocide and corruption.
  4. Outline the challenges involved in regulating, prosecuting and punishing these crimes from a global and local perspective.
  5. Communicate effectively in oral and written formats.
Topics covered
    • A week-by-week guide to the topics in this subject will be provided in the study materials..
Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

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

  • MAQ-PICX841-Organised Crime
  • MAQ-PICX862-The Crimes of the Powerful

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICX841, PICT862, PICX862 Pre-requisite Admission to MSecStrategicStud or MIntell or MCrim or MCyberSec or MCTerrorism or GradCertSecStudCr or GradDipSecStudCr or MPICT or GradDipPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud or MIntRel or GradDipIntRel or MIntBusMIntRel or MTransInterMIntRel or MCPICT or MCPICTMISS or GradDipCPICT or GradCertCPICT or GradCertISS or MSecStrategicStudMCrim or MSecStrategicStudMIntell or MSecStrategicStudMCyberSec or MSecStrategicStudMCTerrorism or MIntellMCrim or MIntellMCyberSec or MIntellMCTerrorism or MCyberSecMCTerrorism or MCyberSecMCrim or MCTerrorismMCrim or Master of Cyber Security Analysis or (10cps at 6000 level or 10cps 8000 level)

Special requirements

  • OtherDetails -
    • Broadband access

    Note:

    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.

Description

The subject was formerly known as PICX862 The Crimes of the Powerful

This subject examines crimes committed by powerful individuals and institutions: white collar crimes, corporate crimes and state crimes. From the Nazi death camps of WWII, to the Bhopal and BHP Gulf oil spill environmental disasters of more recent decades, the most harmful crimes are not those committed by offenders on the 'street', but rather by individuals and organisations occupying the most influential and privileged positions in our societies. This unit reorients the criminological gaze upwards, away from traditional street offenders and towards the most powerful criminals who occupy corporate boardrooms, parliaments and military organisations. Students will explore contemporary examples of each of these types of offence, examine the characteristics of powerful offenders, and address why crimes of this magnitude often go unaddressed by both contemporary criminologists and our systems of criminal justice.

Assessments

  • Final essay (60%)
  • Mid semester quiz (15%)
  • End of semester quiz (15%)
  • Participation (10%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Related degrees

Postgraduate MAQ-CRM-MAS-2021

Master of Criminology

Postgraduate MAQ-MCT-MAS-2021

Master of Counter Terrorism

Postgraduate MAQ-CYB-MAS-2021

Master of Cyber Security Analysis

Postgraduate MAQ-INT-MAS-2021

Master of Intelligence

Postgraduate MAQ-SEC-MAS-2021

Master of Security and Strategic Studies

Postgraduate MAQ-SSC-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate of Security Studies and Criminology

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