Postgraduate coursework

LAWS6893 - Environmental Criminology

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Objectives

Examine traditions of criminological theorising, research and public intervention that focus on the socio-spatial context(s) and determinants of crime and its governance.
Explore the principal sources of data collection, the methodologies and theoretical underpinnings concerned with the spatial and social ecological dispersion of crime and deviance.
Investigate the relationship of public safety and crime prevention to public policy/interventions in areas such as urban and regional planning, housing, local government and community services.

Content

Criminological theorising, research and public intervention; socio-spatial contexts; determinants of crime and its governance; spatial and social ecological dispersion of crime and deviance; public safety, crime prevention and public policy for urban regional planning, housing, local government and community services.

Session

Semester 2 2009
Tuesday Evenings, 6-8pm

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

Class Projects (10%)
1 x 4,500 Word Research Paper (50%)
1 x Photo Essay (40%)

Courses this unit is available in

Sydney Law School