CRIM 710 : Cybercrime

Arts

2020 Semester One (1203) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Exploration of cybercrime and its economic and social impact. The course aims to encourage critical thinking, exploring a range of key theoretical perspectives in criminal justice and their application to cybercrime. It analyses how the Internet may promote criminal behaviour and contribute to the globalisation of crime. It also outlines the challenges of policing cybercrime, evaluating current approaches.

Course Overview

This course provides an exploration of cybercrime and cyber-harm, using examples such as hacking, cyber-obscenity and cyberterrorism to illustrate the economic and social impacts. The course aims to encourage critical thinking, considering a range of key theoretical perspectives in criminal justice and their application to cybercrime. We analyse how the internet may promote criminal behaviour and contribute to the globalisation of crime. Finally, we examine the challenges of policing cybercrime, evaluating current approaches and discuss recommendations.

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate knowledge of various types of cybercrime and the consequences (Capability 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3)
  2. Develop a critical understanding of motivations to commit cybercrime (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3)
  3. Understand criminal justice responses to cybercrime and how they impact society (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 and 3.2)
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of the key issues in contemporary policing evidenced by criminological theory (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 and 3.2)
  5. Write and present assessments related to cybercrime, combining academic research and critical analysis (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Case Studies 20% Individual Coursework
Presentation 20% Individual Coursework
Magazine article 20% Individual Coursework
Research essay 40% Individual Coursework

Module

  1. Unpacking cybercrime
  2. Hacktavism and cyber-terror
  3. Cyber-love
  4. Cyber-hate
  5. Cyber-obscenity
  6. Cyber-stalking
  7. Anzac Day - no class
  8. Cyber-trafficking
  9. Cyber-theft
  10. Cyber-policing
  11. Cyber-futures
  12. Queen's Birthday - no class

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 30 point course and students are expected to spend 20 hours per week involved in each 30 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 3 workshop hours per week and 15-20 hours of reading, preparation and work on assignments per week.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page (https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894), which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

SUBMITTING WORK LATE

Please try your hardest to meet coursework deadlines. Extensions are possible if, for example, you or a family member falls ill, or some other circumstance beyond your control prevents you from completing your work. 
 
You can apply for an extension by contacting me via email (c.meehan@auckland.ac.nz) or during office hours (Thursdays 1-2pm). You may need to provide supporting information, like a doctor's or counsellor's certificate, but the important thing is to get in contact.
 
Late submission of coursework is possible without an extension, so long as you are ready to accept a penalty by losing marks. Late penalties help ensure fairness, otherwise some students would have more time to complete work than others.
 
The penalties for submitting work late when you do not have an extension are 2% per day, with no coursework being accepted if more than 7 days late.
 
Everyone confronts difficulties at some point. So please talk to or email me if you are experiencing troubles finishing or submitting coursework. I will work with you wherever possible and, of course, it is better to get an assignment in than not at all (even if it is incomplete).
WHERE TO GO FOR HELP
 
Your wellbeing comes first and, if you need advice or support, you are welcome to talk to me. Moreover, the University has a range of support services for students that can be accessed here:
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/on-campus/student-support/personal-support/student-health-counselling.html
The university provides ongoing support for students with visible and invisible impairments. Information about that support is available here:
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/on-campus/student-support/personal-support/students-with-disabilities.html
If you need to apply for an aegrotat or compassionate consideration for a test, the relevant information can be found here:
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration/compassionate-consideration-for-written-tests.html
 
If you need to apply for an aegrotat or compassionate consideration for an exam, the relevant information can be found here:
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 05/02/2020 10:51 a.m.