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LAWS6358: Digital Criminology: Tech and Crime
2025 unit information
New digital technologies are rapidly emerging as conduits for criminality as well as tools of policing and criminal procedure, and in the infrastructure of punishment. In this unit of study, students will learn about the impacts of technologies on crime and justice: in the commission of new crimes, in law enforcement and regulatory challenges, national security, and digital transformations in court procedure and court space, algorithmic risk assessments, corrections, and in the supervision of offenders. This unit of study draws from socio-legal literature and the emerging field of Digital Criminology to understand the profound shifts occurring in the move from terrestrial to digital environments, and from human 'reality' to augmented, virtual and artificial platforms in the criminal justice system. Refer to the Sydney Law School timetable - https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable
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Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate critical knowledge of new forms of crime and victimisation
- LO2. demonstrate critical knowledge of responses and initiatives from police, government regulators, prosecutors, the courts, and corrections
- LO3. demonstrate skills in critical analysis and application of theoretical and regulatory frameworks to understand the social and legal implications of digital transformations in offending, detection, prosecution, and punishment
- LO4. demonstrate skills in evaluating prospects for regulation and law reform.
- LO5. demonstrate skills in independent research
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Intensive September - October 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive October - November 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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