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Locating Crime in Urban, Regional and Rural Contexts
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CRJUS2472 - Locating Crime in Urban, Regional and Rural Contexts
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<p>This unit examines the complex relationship between crime and violence. Students analyse stereotypes and dominant understandings of crime in Australia, with particular attention to regional and rural contexts. The unit challenges the assumption that crime in the modern world is primarily an urban phenomenon. The impacts of crime on local communities—both acquisitive and interpersonal—are explored, alongside the complexity of contemporary crime and the responses it generates from community members and the formal criminal justice system. The role of law-and-order campaigns in managing shifts in crime and violence patterns is examined, as are regional and rural crime prevention programs situated within the growing field of rural criminology. The unit also considers the role of remoteness—geographical, social, and political—in cycles of violence and in shaping criminal justice responses.</p>
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<p><strong>Topics may include:</strong></p><ul><li>Crime in urban & rural communities</li><li>History of crime in rural Australia</li><li>Theories of crime and violence</li><li>Rural and remote crime: Farm crime and arson</li><li>Justice and Indigenous communities</li><li>Alcohol abuse and drug crime in rural Australia</li><li>Policing rural and remote Australia</li><li>Crime prevention and responses</li><li>Punishment, courts and alternative justice</li></ul>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>This unit examines the complex relationship between crime and violence. Students analyse stereotypes and dominant understandings of crime in Australia, with particular attention to regional and rural contexts. The unit challenges the assumption that crime in the modern world is primarily an urban phenomenon. The impacts of crime on local communities—both acquisitive and interpersonal—are explored, alongside the complexity of contemporary crime and the responses it generates from community members and the formal criminal justice system. The role of law-and-order campaigns in managing shifts in crime and violence patterns is examined, as are regional and rural crime prevention programs situated within the growing field of rural criminology. The unit also considers the role of remoteness—geographical, social, and political—in cycles of violence and in shaping criminal justice responses.</p>
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<p><strong>Topics may include:</strong></p><ul><li>Crime in urban & rural communities</li><li>History of crime in rural Australia</li><li>Theories of crime and violence</li><li>Rural and remote crime: Farm crime and arson</li><li>Justice and Indigenous communities</li><li>Alcohol abuse and drug crime in rural Australia</li><li>Policing rural and remote Australia</li><li>Crime prevention and responses</li><li>Punishment, courts and alternative justice</li></ul>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
099903 - Criminology
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/crjus2472">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed all of CRJUS1284/CRJUS1283 OR must have completed all of <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=CRJUS1285" target="_blank">CRJUS1285</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=CRJUS1287" target="_blank">CRJUS1287</a> OR must have completed all of ATSGC1284/ATSGC1283</p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed CRJUS3472</p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Identify and critically examine the dominant stereotypes and understandings of crime in Australia, especially as they relate to regional and rural environments.</p>
K2
<p>Explain the impact of crime upon regional and rural communities, especially violent crime, and critique the key policy responses to those crimes.</p>
K3
<p>Evaluate the assumption that crime in the modern world is primarily an urban phenomenon.</p>
S1
<p>Critically assess rural crime prevention strategies and programmes.</p>
S2
<p>Apply diverse theories of crime causation to the phenomenon of crime with a particular emphasis on rural and regional Australia.</p>
S3
<p>Identify and critically compare law and order campaigns and methods employed to manage crime and violence in urban, rural and regional communities.</p>
A1
<p>Apply critical thinking to key debates concerning criminal behaviours in different geographic settings with a view to critically assess the appropriateness and efficacy of key policy responses arising from those debates.</p>
A2
<p>Explain the role of remoteness (geographical, social and political) in cycles of violence and the responses of the criminal justice institutions.</p>
A3
<p>Identify and analyse the responses of criminal justice institutions to rural crime challenges and to identify dominant reasons for differences in urban and rural institutional responses.</p>
A4
<p>Apply socio-criminological concepts and knowledge to diverse social and geographical contexts with a particular emphasis on rural and regional experiences of crime and violence.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Analyse crime data pertaining to rural, regional and urban locations</p>
<p>Report (Data Analysis)</p>
<p>15-25%</p>
K1, K3
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<p>Response to a hypothetical scenario</p>
<p>Written Piece (Briefing Paper)</p>
<p>30-40%</p>
K1, S2, S3, A1, A2, A3
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<p>Prepare a report for a specified audience that demonstrates a clear understanding of crime and criminal justice responses in urban, rural, or regional contexts.</p>
<p>Written Piece (Justice Report)</p>
<p>40-50%</p>
K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2, A3, A4
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
099903 - Criminology
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/crjus2472">View unit fees</a>
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