School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Misconduct and Corruption Prevention
  • Unit Code

    CRI3206
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Piero MORARO

Description

In this unit, students examine the nature and causes of misconduct and corruption in police, courts and corrections. Students also consider the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies adopted across each arm of justice. This unit encourages students to consider a shift in emphasis from being held accountable to being accountable for their conduct.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed a minimum of 120 credit points.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the individual and organisational factors that contribute to misconduct and corruption with police, courts and corrections in order to explain behaviour.
  2. Design evidence-based solutions to contemporary misconduct and corruption issues relevant to police, courts and corrections.
  3. Develop well-reasoned, evidence-based arguments regarding contemporary issues relevant to misconduct and corruption prevention.
  4. Apply knowledge of misconduct and corruption prevention strategies in order to recommend solutions to misconduct and corruption issues.

Unit Content

  1. The public service ethos.
  2. Ethical frameworks.
  3. Types of misconduct in police courts and corrections.
  4. Causes of misconduct in police, courts and corrections.
  5. Types of corruption in police courts and corrections.
  6. Causes of corruption in police, courts and corrections.
  7. Corruption prevention.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is conducted in both the on-campus and online modes. On-campus students attend a three hour seminar each week. Seminars are used to introduce the central concepts and literature relevant to Australia's policing bodies and their operations. The activities provide students with the opportunity to discuss critical aspects of the content in greater detail and develop their communication and teamwork skills. The assessments allow students to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and develop their written communication skills. Online students are provided with an electronic version of the on-campus seminar. All information is delivered to online students via LMS. Regular online activities, delivered via the online modules and the discussion board, provide students with the opportunity to discuss critical aspects of the content in greater detail. Online tutorials using Adobe Connect Pro allow students to develop their communication and teamwork skills. The assessments allow students to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and develop their written communication skills. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseBriefing Paper & Presentation 30%
EssayInvestigative Essay30%
ExerciseApplication of content 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseBriefing Paper & Presentation 30%
EssayInvestigative Essay30%
ExerciseApplication of content 40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Misconduct and Corruption Prevention
  • Unit Code

    CRI3206
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Piero MORARO

Description

In this unit, students examine the nature and causes of misconduct and corruption in police, courts and corrections. Students also consider the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies adopted across each arm of justice. This unit encourages students to consider a shift in emphasis from being held accountable to being accountable for their conduct.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed a minimum of 120 credit points.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the individual and organisational factors that contribute to misconduct and corruption with police, courts and corrections in order to explain behaviour.
  2. Design evidence-based solutions to contemporary misconduct and corruption issues relevant to police, courts and corrections.
  3. Develop well-reasoned, evidence-based arguments regarding contemporary issues relevant to misconduct and corruption prevention.
  4. Apply knowledge of misconduct and corruption prevention strategies in order to recommend solutions to misconduct and corruption issues.

Unit Content

  1. The public service ethos.
  2. Ethical frameworks.
  3. Types of misconduct in police courts and corrections.
  4. Causes of misconduct in police, courts and corrections.
  5. Types of corruption in police courts and corrections.
  6. Causes of corruption in police, courts and corrections.
  7. Corruption prevention.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is conducted in both the on-campus and online modes. On-campus students attend a three hour seminar each week. Seminars are used to introduce the central concepts and literature relevant to Australia's policing bodies and their operations. The activities provide students with the opportunity to discuss critical aspects of the content in greater detail and develop their communication and teamwork skills. The assessments allow students to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and develop their written communication skills. Online students are provided with an electronic version of the on-campus seminar. All information is delivered to online students via LMS. Regular online activities, delivered via the online modules and the discussion board, provide students with the opportunity to discuss critical aspects of the content in greater detail. Online tutorials using Adobe Connect Pro allow students to develop their communication and teamwork skills. The assessments allow students to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and develop their written communication skills. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseBriefing Paper & Presentation 30%
EssayInvestigative Essay30%
ExerciseApplication of content 40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseBriefing Paper & Presentation 30%
EssayInvestigative Essay30%
ExerciseApplication of content 40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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