Crime, Power & Human Rights: Transnational Organised Crime & State Crime - CRIM2018

   
   
 
Course Outline: Contact School
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CRIM1001 or CRIM1010 and 18 units of credit overall
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Many governments and the United Nations now regard combating transnational organised crime as an important national and international security issue, requiring exceptional policing measures which often override standard criminal justice procedures and human rights norms. Examines how criminological theory can be applied to the complex and often contradictory relationship between crime, human rights and the state by providing an overview of the debates regarding transnational and state crime. Topics include globalisation and crime; the war on drugs; the war on human smuggling/trafficking; the war on terror; the dispossession of indigenous communities; genocide; refugees; arbitrary detention and torture.