SOC5073 - Organised Crime

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module aims to explore how police, partner agencies and government bodies combat the complex world of Transnational and Corporate Crime that transcend regional, national and international boundaries. The prevention and detection of these often-clandestine crimes challenge law enforcement and government bodies and require effective cooperation, partnership working and co-operative strategic and tactical planning.

The exchange of illicit goods such as weapons, drugs, and stolen property will be explored as will unlawful services based around the exploitation of people such as Human trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. The infiltration of governments and businesses through fraud, corruption and money laundering will be scrutinised. These Transnational Crimes often exploit the sophisticated use of technology and the internet to facilitate their activities and these relationships will be deliberated.

Corporate crimes vary in complexity and scope and these issues will be examined, as will the challenges faced with tackling these types of corruption. Crimes such as fraud, tax evasion, insider trading and manipulation of accounts will be deliberated as will issues such as breaches of environmental and Health and Safety legislation.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 30
Intended Group Size:100

Seminars/Workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 100

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
Formative assessment will take place in taught sessions and Seminars through the use of summary questions to check the development of understanding as well as groups tasks and discussions using online tools and traditional methods such as flip charts and informal presentations. Assessments will take place through a combination of methods that will include; presentations on a predefined topic, online quiz and a written report on a case study using a historical investigation or incident. There will also be a review of a critical incident that can be completed during both semesters on a current policing issue and students can use various formats such as journal or blog formats.

Assessment:

001 Group presentation; 10 minutes; mid semester 1 20%
002 Online quiz; 30 minutes; end of semester 1 20%
003 Written report; 2,000 words; mid semester 2 40%
004 Critical incident account journal/blog; 1,000 words; end of semester 2 20%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Robert Hornsby
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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