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LAWS13-568: White Collar Crime and Serious Fraud

Description

White Collar Crime and Serious Fraud is an elective subject in undergraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Law. This subject covers the main theories of criminology, the sociology of deviance and white collar crime and the types of fraud and serious fraud, including investigation, prosecution and sentencing from a law professional perspective. It also includes a comparison of the handling of serious fraud in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the role of the Australian Crime Commission, Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the United Kingdom and New Zealand Serious Fraud Offices. Teaching in this subject will include research and discussion of case studies.

Subject details

Type: Undergraduate Subject
Code: LAWS13-568
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Semesters offered:
  • January 2024 [Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Law
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2024: $4,260.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $4,460.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,730.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $5,990.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of criminology and white collar crime.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of fraud and other corporate crimes.
  3. Reflect critically on the limits of the Australian approach to white collar crime.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Students must be admitted into an approved Bachelor Law degree OR Bachelor of Laws combined degree OR Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology OR be an approved Law Study Abroad OR Law Exchange student.

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Subject dates

  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
    Semester start: 15/01/2024
    Subject start: 15/01/2024
    Cancellation 1: 29/01/2024
    Cancellation 2: 05/02/2024
    Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024
    Teaching census: 09/02/2024
Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
Semester start: 15/01/2024
Subject start: 15/01/2024
Cancellation 1: 29/01/2024
Cancellation 2: 05/02/2024
Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024
Teaching census: 09/02/2024