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ANU Centre for Social Research Methods · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Whilst traditional criminological theories focus on how deviance and crime is constructed, crime science offers a new way of understanding and responding to crime and security problems. This course outlines the distinctive nature of the crime science approach to understanding, preventing, detecting and investigating crime problems. This course presents the key theories that explain the temporal and spatial patterning of crime events, and introduces the associated strategies for disrupting these patterns. This course also emphasises the need for a multidisciplinary approach to address crime and security problems.
Online Quizzes (Week 6 & 11) (10% each for a total of 20%)
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Written Assignment, 4000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Exam, 3 hours (held during examination period)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorial and tutorial-like activities; or 36 hours of contact taught intensively; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Wortley, R., & Townsley, M. (2017). Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (2nd Ed.) Abingdon, England: Routledge.