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SOCY490 Crime in Rural Communities

Updated: 20 January 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions SOCY390
Notes None
Combined Units SOCY390 - Crime in Rural Communities
Coordinator(s) Elaine Barclay (ebarclay@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides students with a conceptual and empirical overview of the nature and incidence of crime and violence in rural and regional communities. Specific areas explored include: the racialisation of crime in indigenous communities; crime prevention in rural communities; family violence; sexual and homophobic violence; farm crime and law and order politics in rural contexts. The subject also provides an overview of a small but growing body of international research into rural crime.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Policing the Rural Crisis
ISBN: 9781862875814
Hogg, R. and Carrington, K., The Federation Press 2006
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Crime prevention plan 40% 2500
Assessment Notes
Community crime prevention plan
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA:1-4 and 6
Essay 40% 3000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-4 and 6
Mandatory Online Quiz 1 10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1, 3, 6 and 7
Mandatory Online Quiz 2 10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1, 3, 6 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate a comprehension of the historical and theoretical reasons for the urban-centric bias of criminological and sociological research into crime and violence;
  2. demonstrate an ability to critically analyse and deconstruct law and order policies;
  3. develop a broad understanding of the diverse nature and statistical incidence of crime in rural communities;
  4. demonstrate an understanding of how crime and violence impacts specifically on indigenous communities;
  5. apply knowledge from the unit in their design of a local community crime prevention plan, and demonstrate an ability to apply a range of sociological and criminological forms of inquiry to the study and analysis of crime and violence in rural communities;
  6. prove a high level of analytical understanding of the nature, incidence and patterns of crime in rural communities, including indigenous rural communities.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will have a conceptual and empirical overview of the nature and incidence of crime and violence in rural and regional communities. They will demonstrate knowledge of the discipline through practical application. It will be assessed in their assessments. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practice their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks (written through essays). 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students will be taught criminology as a global discipline without national boundaries. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be taught, and directed, to relevant criminological and sociological literature and how to assess its validity. Students will be assessed (through the essay) on their ability to identify relevant literature, and on their ability to critically analyse the literature. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Through completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary lifelong skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline, and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments (written skills; analytical skills). 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be assessed on their ability to deconstruct the essay question and to integrate theory and literature into their answer. Students will need to work out how to address the question and where the most appropriate material is to answer the question. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will be taught about their professional responsibilities as a researcher to provide balanced and accurate research. In addition, students will be taught that they have a social responsibility to question and challenge some ?facts?. 		True
   

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