DIGI212

Crime, Justice and Digital Society

15 points

Not offered 2024, offered in 2022

For further information see Humanities

Description

From cybercrime to ‘big data’ policing, digital technologies are reshaping crime and criminal justice practice. This course will: Introduce students to key concepts related to the intersection of crime and justice with data, quantification and digital society; Engage students with debates related to digital technologies and criminal justice through case studies of surveillance, online extremism and predictive policing; Introduce key statistics used in criminal justice policy-making, law enforcement, incarceration and rehabilitation in New Zealand and explain how these statistics are created, used and sometimes abused; Introduce data and digital literacy skills; Embed an understanding of indigenous data sovereignty; Relate theory to emerging practice by engaging students with professionals at the leading edge of digital technologies and criminal justice.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100-level in CRJU, LAWS. DATA or DIGI; or any 60 points at 100-level from Schedule V of the BA.

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