DIGI212-22S2 (C) Semester Two 2022

Crime, Justice and Digital Society

This occurrence is not offered in 2022

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

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.

Learning Outcomes

  • Evaluate data and technologies used in criminal justice in relation to issues like bias and power.
  • Situate data practices and digital technologies used in criminal justice in relation to their historical development, local/global applications and socio-political contexts.
  • Explain and analyse technological developments in criminal justice, including new types of crime, new approaches to investigation and enforcement, and new kinds of organisation and activism.
  • Engage with specialists/practitioners and case studies on emerging issues in the use of digital technologies and data in criminal justice, including indigenous data sovereignty.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

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.

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

Christopher Thomson

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $799.00

International fee $3,600.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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