Whilst traditional criminological theories focus on how deviance and crime is constructed, crime science offers a new way of understanding and responding to crime and security problems. This course outlines the distinctive nature of the crime science approach to understanding, preventing, detecting and investigating crime problems. This course presents the key theories that explain the temporal and spatial patterning of crime events, and introduces the associated strategies for disrupting these patterns. This course also emphasises the need for a multidisciplinary approach to address crime and security problems.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. demonstrate an understanding of the principles and theories of crime science;
2. source relevant research publications on crime science and environmental criminology, and interpret that information correctly;
3. critique the value of key theories in explaining criminal behaviour;
4. use theory and understandings to critically analyse crime prevention approaches; and
5. critically evaluate operational crime prevention approaches.

Required Resources

The required reading for this course is:

Wortley, Richard & Townsley, Michael. (2017). Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• written comments
• verbal comments
• feedback to whole class, groups, individuals, focus group etc

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). The feedback given in these surveys is anonymous and provides the Colleges, University Education Committee and Academic Board with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement. The Surveys and Evaluation website provides more information on student surveys at ANU and reports on the feedback provided on ANU courses.

Other Information

Please note, that written assessments which are 10% over/under the word count are penalised by 10% of the possible marks available (i.e. literature review submissions which are below 1350 and above 1650 words and crime script analysis submissions which are below 2700 and above 3300 words will incur a 10% penalty).

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	What is Crime Science? Course Structure Academic Integrity Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis	This week's content will be split over two sessions. Session 1 will be an introductory Echo released on the 28th February. Session 2 will be held in tutorials in Week 2. Readings for Week 1: Wortley, R., & Townsley, M. (2017). Chapter 1: Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis: Situating the Theory, Analytic Approach, and Application. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 1-25), Routledge, London. Laycock, G. (2005). Defining Crime Science. In M. J. Smith & N. Tilley (Eds.). Crime science: New approaches to preventing and detecting crime (pp. 3-26), Routledge, London.
2	The Offender. The Continuum of Criminality Routine Activities Rational Choice Situational Precipitators	Readings for Week 2: Cornish, D. B., & Clarke, R. V. (2017). Chapter 2: The Rational Choice Perspective. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 29-61), Routledge, London. Wortley, R. (2017). Chapter 3: Situational Precipitators. In Wortley & Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 62-86), Routledge, London.
3	The Victim. This week, Dr Helen Taylor will be giving the lecture. Routine Activities Rational Choice Repeat Victimisation	Readings for Week 3: Felson, M. (2017). Chapter 4: The Routine Activity Approach. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 87-97), Routledge, London. Pease, K., & Farrell, G. (2017). Chapter 9: Repeat Victimisation. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 180-198), Routledge, London.
4	The Environment. The Urban Backcloth Journey to Crime Spatial Choice Geographic Profiling Broken Windows	Readings for Week 4: Townsley, M. (2017). Chapter 7: Offender Mobility. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 142-161), Routledge, London. Rossmo, D. K., & Rombouts, S. (2017). Chapter 8: Geographic Profiling. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 162-179), Routledge, London.
5	Crime Patterns. Routine Activities Geometry of Crime Crime Pattern Theory Rational Choice	Readings for Week 5: Brantingham, P. J., Brantingham, P. L., & Andresen, M. A. (2017). Chapter 5: The Geometry of Crime and Crime Pattern Theory. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 98-115), Routledge, London. Eck, J., & Weisburd, D. L. (2015). Crime Places in Crime Theory. Crime and Place: Crime Prevention Studies, 4, 1-33.
6	Crime Pattern Analysis. Crime Pattern Theory Geometry of Crime Crime Scripting Spatial Analysis	Online Quiz 1 runs this week. This quiz opens 1st April, and closes on 7th April. Readings for Week 6: Leclerc, B. (2017). Chapter 6: Crime Scripts. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 119-141), Routledge, London. Johnson, S. (2017). Chapter 10: Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 199-223), Routledge, London.
7	No Lecture this week due to Anzac Day (25th April)	Tutorials will run as normal on the 23rd April.
8	Enforcement. This week Dr Kelly Hine, an expert in policing will be giving a lecture on the importance of policing in Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis.	The written assignment is due on the 29th April. Readings for Week 8: Scott, M. S., Eck, J. E., Knutsson, J., & Goldstein, H. (2017). Chapter 11: Problem Oriented Policing. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 227-258), Routledge, London. Wagers, M., Sousa, W., & Kelling, G. (2017). Chapter 15: Broken Windows. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 334-350), Routledge, London.
9	Situational Crime Prevention. Rational Choice Situational Prevention Broken Windows Defensible Space CPTED	Readings for Week 9: Clarke, R. V. (2017). Chapter 13: Situational Crime Prevention. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 286-303), Routledge, London. Guerette, R. T., & Bowers, K. J. (2009). Assessing the Extent of Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits: A Review of Situational Crime Prevention Evaluations. Criminology, 47(4), 1331-1368.
10	Design Against Crime. Rational Choice Broken Windows Defensible Space CPTED Design Against Crime	Readings for Week 10: Armitage, R. (2017). Chapter 12: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 259-285), Routledge, London. Ekblom, P. (2017). Chapter 14: Designing Products Against Crime. In R. Wortley & M. Townsley (Eds.) Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 304-333), Routledge, London.
11	Crime Prevention in Australia. This week, Dr Helen Taylor will be giving the lecture.	Online Quiz 2 runs this week. This quiz opens 20th May, and closes on 26th May. Readings for Week 11: Cherney, A., & Sutton, A. (2007). Crime Prevention in Australia: Beyond 'What Works?' The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 40(1), 65-81. Indermaur, D. (1999). Situational Prevention of Violent Crime: Theory and Practice in Australia. Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention, 8(1), 71-87.
12	Conclusion and Course Review. Course Review. Exam Preparation.	Tutorials this week will be a revision session.

Tutorial Registration

Please register for tutorials on the Wattle page

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Online Quiz 1 (10%)	10 %	07/04/2019	07/04/2019	1,2
Online Quiz 2 (10%)	10 %	26/05/2019	26/05/2019	1,2
Written Assignment (40%)	40 %	29/04/2019	24/05/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Final Exam (40%)	40 %	31/05/2019	04/07/2019	1,2,3,4,5

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

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ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines, which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Misconduct Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:

• Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure
• Special Assessment Consideration Policy and General Information 
• Student Surveys and Evaluations
• Deferred Examinations
• Student Complaint Resolution Policy and Procedure

Assessment Requirements

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Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Examination(s)

The final exam comprises an unseen examination paper lasting 3 hours and 15 minutes (inclusive of reading time). 

The exam will run in the final exam period (Date TBC).

Assessment Task 1

Online Quiz 1 (10%)

Online Quiz

This is the first of two online quizzes during the semester, the questions will be centred around the crime and security analyses introduced in Weeks 1-4. The questions are equally weighted across lecture material and required readings.

The quiz is not timed, you will have between 00:01 on the 1st April and 23:59 on the 7th April to complete the quiz and submit your answers.

You are only able to make one attemptat the quiz. You cannot retake the quiz.

When you have completed the quiz, you will need to make sure to press ‘submit’ to record your answers. Otherwise your answers will not be recorded and will receive no mark.

Feedback will be provided on return of results.

Assessment Task 2

Online Quiz 2 (10%)

Online Quiz

This is the second of two online quizzes during the semester, the questions will be centred around the responding to crime and security problems introduced in Weeks 7-10. The questions are equally weighted across lecture material and required readings.

The quiz is not timed, you will have between 00:01 on the 20th May and 23:59 on the 26th May to complete the quiz and submit your answers.

You are only able to make one attemptat the quiz. You cannot retake the quiz.

When you have completed the quiz, you will need to make sure to press ‘submit’ to record your answers. Otherwise your answers will not be recorded and will receive no mark.

Feedback will be provided on return of results.

Assessment Task 3

Written Assignment (40%)

Written Assignment

Assessment Task 4 will require students to write a literature review (1500 words) on offender decision making processes and offender modus operandi for a specific crime type, and complete a crime script analysis of a related crime event (3000 words).

This assignment will require students to demonstrate their knowledge of theories within crime science and environmental criminology, and explain theoretical approaches to implementation of effective prevention techniques. 

Literature Review

Select one of the following crimes and write a 1500-word literature review on the type of crime.

The literature review use ECCA to explain the occurrence of the case study under scrutiny.

You should use a variety of sources to back up your argument.

• Sexual Offences
• Organised Crime
• Lone Actor Terrorism

Crime Script Analysis

Using the crime type you chose for your literature review, find a real life case study of an incidence of this crime type.

You are to use your chosen case study to build a crime script of the offence, including a brief timeline (500 words) of the case.  

Alongside the crime script, you are to also include a critical analyses of the potential intervention points for prevention.

Please note, that written assessments which are 10% over/under the word count are penalised by 10% of the possible marks available (i.e. literature review submissions which are below 1350 and above 1650 words and crime script analysis submissions which are below 2700 and above 3300 words will incur a 10% penalty).

Rubric

Assessment Element	High Distinction	Distinction	Credit	Pass	Fail
Literature Review - Theory	Demonstrated ability to understand all aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	Demonstrated ability to understand most aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	Demonstrated ability to understand some aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	Demonstrated ability to understand minimal aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	No demonstrated ability to understand aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.
Literature Review - Sources	Ability to locate a wide range of appropriate sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	Ability to locate a range of appropriate sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	Ability to locate a narrow range of appropriate sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	Ability to locate one or two appropriate sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	No ability to locate appropriate sources, identify or connect theory to case under scrutiny.
Literature Review - Evaluation	Identifies and comprehensively critically evaluates strengths and limitations of the case specific prevention approach along with the effectiveness of its implications to the relevant case.	Identifies and critically evaluates strengths and limitations of the case specific prevention approach along with the effectiveness of its implications to the relevant case.	Identifies strengths and limitations of the case specific prevention approach along with the effectiveness of its implications to the relevant case.	Identifies strengths and limitations of the case specific prevention approach.	Fails to identify or evaluate strengths and limitations of the case specific prevention approach along with the effectiveness of its implications to the relevant case.
Literature Review - Argument	Review draws from multiple high quality sources of information to demonstrate the breadth and strength of research, synthesises the relevant literature to mount a coherent and logical argument.	Review draws from multiple quality sources of information to demonstrate the breadth and strength of research, synthesises the relevant literature to mount a coherent and logical argument.	Review draws from multiple sources of information to demonstrate the breadth and strength of research, synthesises the relevant literature to mount a coherent and logical argument.	Review draws from few sources of information to demonstrate the breadth and strength of research, synthesises the relevant literature to mount a coherent and logical argument.	Review does not draw from sources of information to demonstrate the breadth and strength of research, synthesises the relevant literature to mount a coherent and logical argument.
Literature Review - Presentation	The chosen format for the presentation of information is easy to follow and well organised.  Clear and readable in terms of written expression; uses an objective and professional tone; avoids overuse of quotes. Fully adheres to APA formatting with appropriate in- text referencing and reference list.	The chosen format for the presentation of information is easy to follow and well organised.  Clear and readable in terms of written expression; uses an objective and professional tone; avoids overuse of quotes. Minor issues with APA formatting.	The chosen format for the presentation of information is easy to follow.  Readable in terms of written expression; avoids overuse of quotes. Some issues with APA formatting.	Mid-range in terms of written expression. Major issues with APA formatting.	Poor written presentation. Difficult to follow and does not use professional tone. Over-use of quotes. Does not adhere to APA formatting with appropriate in- text referencing and reference list.
Crime Script - Theory	Demonstrated ability to understand all aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	Demonstrated ability to understand most aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	Demonstrated ability to understand some aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	Demonstrated ability to understand minimal aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.	No demonstrated ability to understand aspects of the topic, key concepts, and theory.
Crime Script - Sources	Ability to locate a wide range of appropriate quality sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	Ability to locate a range of appropriate sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	Ability to locate a narrow range of appropriate sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	Ability to locate one or two appropriate sources, identify and connect theory to case under scrutiny.	No ability to locate appropriate sources, identify or connect theory to case under scrutiny.
Crime Script - Script Development	Coherent and logical depiction of crime script.	Minor formatting issues in crime script.	Missing information within script that was available in case study.	Basic depiction of crime script, lack of information that was available in case study.	Major errors within crime script.
Crime Script - Argument	Mounts a critical argument which demonstrates a clear understanding of the potential intervention points for prevention.	Mounts a critical argument which demonstrates a basic understanding of the potential intervention points for prevention.	Offers a demonstration an understanding of the potential intervention points for prevention.	Poor demonstration of an understanding of the potential intervention points for prevention.	No demonstration of an understanding of the potential intervention points for prevention.
Crime Script - Presentation	The chosen format for the presentation of information is easy to follow and well organised.  Clear and readable in terms of written expression; uses an objective and professional tone; avoids overuse of quotes. Adheres to APA formatting with appropriate in- text referencing and reference list.	The chosen format for the presentation of information is easy to follow and well organised.  Clear and readable in terms of written expression; uses an objective and professional tone; avoids overuse of quotes. Minor issues with APA formatting.	The chosen format for the presentation of information is easy to follow.  Readable in terms of written expression; avoids overuse of quotes. Some issues with APA formatting.	Mid-range in terms of written expression. Major issues with APA formatting.	Poor written presentation. Difficult to follow and does not use professional tone. Over-use of quotes. Does not adhere to APA formatting with appropriate in- text referencing and reference list.

Assessment Task 4

Final Exam (40%)

Exam

The final exam comprises an unseen examination paper lasting 3 hours and 15 minutes (inclusive of reading time). 

The exam will run in the final exam period (Date TBC).

The exam is designed to assess students understanding of knowledge, critical thinking, and application of theory as introduced in this course.

Students will be provided with two exam questions per lecture in Weeks 2-11 (18 questions).

The exam will consist of 10 of these questions.

Student will have to answer 6 of the 10 questions.

The following includes a list of examination rules:

No electronic aids (e.g. laptops, smartphones, Internet-enabled devices, etc.) are permitted in the exam.

No materials (e.g. books, notes, etc.) are permitted.

Use of an unannotated paper-based dictionary is permitted for candidates with prior written approval from the Convenor. 

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Assignments will be returned on the dates indicated. Delays may occur in exceptional circumstances.

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Resubmission of Assignments

Not Applicable

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