CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
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ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND RECORDS OFFICE
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Information on Courses
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Course Title (English): Policing and Crime Prevention
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Course Code : SS3120
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Course Aims & Objectives:
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Aims
The course will help students grasp a basic understanding of the concepts
of policing and the significance of crime prevention, especially two broad
areas of prevention: community crime prevention and employee crime
prevention, and as such, students will also learn two related approaches to
explain crime and its causations: environmental criminology and white
collar crimes.
3.2
Objectives
The course will enable students to:
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understand the purposes and concepts of crime prevention;
understand the concepts underlying environmental criminology and
the theories associated with this school of thought;
understand the theoretical concepts and various forms of while collar
crimes;
understand different models of policing and crime prevention
strategies; and
understand corruption prevention and control strategies in Hong
Kong;
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Units: 3
5.
Level: B3
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Keyword Syllabus:
Environmental Criminology
 Defensible Space
 Rational Choice Theory
 Routine Activity Theory
 Social ecology and crime
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Opportunity Theory
 Broken Windows
White Collar Crimes
 White collar crimes
 Corruption
Policing and Crime Prevention
 Primary, secondary and tertiary levels of crime prevention
 Situational crime prevention and social crime prevention
 Risk and security management
 Zero tolerance policing
 Community policing and the multi-agency approach
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Corruption prevention: The role of the ICAC
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Teaching pattern:
Duration of course: 1 semester
Suggested lecture/tutorial/laboratory mix: 3 hrs workshop
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Assessment pattern:
Examination duration: nil
Percentage of coursework, examination, etc.: 30% CW, 70% EXAM
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Pre-requisites:
Nil
10.
Pre-cursor: (please quote course code & title)
Nil
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Equivalent Courses: (please quote course code & title)
Nil
(please quote course code & title)
Returned by:
Name:
Extension:
Dr Lo Tit Wing
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Department:
Date:
SS
30 September 2004