Criminal Networks and Organised Crime - CRIM2040
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Social Sciences
Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1 including CRIM1010 or CRIM1011
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: Criminology
This course examines organised crime and criminal networks across a number of contexts inclusing drug trafficking, terrorism, and the trade in illicit commodities. During the course we examine critical issues in the field including the debate about whether criminal groups are marked by structure/hierarchy or by flexibility/loose connections. We will also examine the use of Social Network Analysis by law enforcement agencies and researchers to better understand and respond to criminal networks. We will explore the utility of a "networked" perspective within criminology more generally (e.g., to explain trends in neighbourhood crime rates, gang crime). During the course, you will have the opportunity to conduct a case study on a criminal network.