CRIM11002 - Criminal Justice Procedure and Analysis

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit introduces you to the investigation of crime within the framework of Australian law. The social role of policing and the structure of police services are examined in depth, particularly in the context of ethics and oversight mechanisms. The historical transformations of police services are explored in order to understand the evolving nature of policing as social demands and relevant technologies also change. The scope of the power of investigation, the discretion whether or not to prosecute and the criminal adjudicatory process are considered. This unit also introduces the tools used to analyse crime and how such analysis informs decisions and interventions in the criminal justice system.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2023

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Written Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 90.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 24.71% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student evaluation survey
Feedback
Students felt that the UC should have given slightly more thought to time management in lecture sessions.
Recommendation
The UC will be more mindful about the time allocated to each challenge activity such that students have more time for discussions and reflection. The UC will add more content to the flippled, preparatory part of the materials, so that there will be more in-class time.
Action Taken
Mini-lecture during the live session has been changed into pre-lecture weekly videos, allowing the UC to allocate more time for the challenge activities during the live session.
Source: Student evaluation survey
Feedback
Students were not satisfied with the learning logs requirements because the word count is too small and there was no choice of the tasks.
Recommendation
The learning logs assignment will be revised accordingly. The word count for each task will be 300 words.
Action Taken
The task for the learning logs assignment has been revised. Students were satisfied with it.
Source: Student email
Feedback
Students liked the way the UC delivered the lecture sessions.
Recommendation
Given this unit is a mandatory unit for the first-year students, these will be fine-tuned for the next offering.
Action Taken
More teaching materials have been added.
Source: ALC coordinator
Feedback
Students appreciate my straightforward and structured approach to organising and delivering the content.
Recommendation
Given this unit is a mandatory unit for the first-year students, these will be fine-tuned for the next offering.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students were satisfied with the ALC drop-in sessions.
Recommendation
The UC will seek a way of keeping the ALC drop-in sessions for this unit.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students were confused with the difference between the learning logs assignment in this unit and the workbook/reflective portfolio assignments in other units.
Recommendation
Solving this problem requires a discipline-wide approach. The criminology team is developing a working plan to address this issue as part of the student retention strategy.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Email
Feedback
Students were satisfied with the assignment grade and feedback.
Recommendation
The UC will keep offering personalised feedback.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse police organisations and practice in order to critique how the law governs the procedures for investigation of crime
  2. Explain how the criminal law balances the rights of the individual and the State
  3. Discuss the links between criminal theories and models of criminal analysis
  4. Identify patterns in criminal data and the appropriate response for crime prevention.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment •
3 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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