Transnational Policing - JURD7713

 
Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  School of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 9230, 5740, 9211 or 5211
 
 
Excluded: LAWS8013
 
 
Fee Band:   (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This course critically analyses recent developments in the policing of transnational organised crime. It examines the evolution of the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the continuum of state sponsored 'wars' of enforcement against drug trafficking; human smuggling and trafficking; and terrorism. The many human rights dimensions of transnational policing, highlighted by issues such as the death penalty and indefinite detention, are considered in the context of a changing global political economy. The subject matter of this course is the focus of growing research by criminologists and should be of interest to students from a wide range of disciplines and professional backgrounds.


Recommended Prior Knowledge


None

Course Objectives


  • Critically analyse the growth of transnational policing
  • Develop an understanding of how concepts of human rights might be relevant to criminology
  • Contribute to inter-disciplinary research into an expanding area of policing
  • Contribute to the development of critical criminological perspectives in areas such as risk, national security, victims and state crime

Main Topics


  • What is transnational organized crime?
  • The policing of transnational organized crime
  • The War on Drugs
  • The War on Human Smuggling/Trafficking
  • The War on Terror
  • Criminological Perspectives

Assessment


Research essay 5,000 words 100%
 

Course Texts


Prescribed
There is no text that provides a suitable overview of the subject matter. The course therefore will be taught using prepared materials.

Recommended

  • Newman, G (ed) (1999) Global Report on Crime and Justice, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, Oxford University Press, New York
  • Passas, N (ed) Transnational Crime, Dartmouth Publishing and Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot
  • Williams, P and Vlassis, D (eds) Combating Transnational Crime: Concepts, Activities and Responses, Frank Cass, London

Resources


Refer to Course Outline provided by lecturer at the beginning of session.