CODE | CRI3013 | ||||||||
TITLE | Terrestrial Domains and Crime | ||||||||
UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||||
DESCRIPTION | Crime exists in a spatial construct that serves as both its cause and effect. The pressures put on society by the environmental and planning scenarios enhance the duality of offender and offence realities. Thus the need for a process aimed at investigating the process of designing out crime through the introduction of proactive, interactive and reactive elements. This study-unit aims to investigate the different enforcement domains and their legislative and operational aspects within a terrestrial scenario that covers land use and environmental issues. Enforcement agencies are reviewed for their potential in integrating operational aspects with the need to identify strategies for effecting change. Relationships and overlaps between the entities are identified and students are led to identify a holistic approach to enforcement. Study-unit Aims: i) to familiarise students with the impacts of offences in the various terrestrial thematic domains; ii) to give a fieldwork opportunity to assess specific enforcement tools employed and to familiarise themselves with the processes employed in enforcement; iii) to familiarise students with the issues of inter-thematic overlaps and collaboration; iv) to empower students to review and debate strategic approaches; v) to enable students to view the impacts of offending in fields other than the Police Act; vi) to enable students to source cases of excellence in the diverse domains aiming for a holistic approach. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i) map out how the different terrestrial themes are effected by and cause offending; ii) be knowledgeable of the legislative and enforcement practices employed; iii) appreciate the requirements entailed of the enforcement units; iv) appreciate the realities faced by enforcement officers in dealing with offenders; v) appreciate how entities employ technologies or processes to monitor and enforce offending; vi) demonstrate knowledge of strategic approaches to integration of enforcement entities. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i) carry out reviews of legislation and policies governing enforcement; ii) differentiate between different offence types; iii) draft a basic outline of a high-level strategy; iv) debate the potential outcomes of enforcement agencies integration. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Andenas, M., Hess, B. and Oberhammer, P., (Eds), (2005), Enforcment Agency Practice in Europe, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. - Borg, S. and Farrugia, L., 2010, Environmental Law in Malta, Kluwer Law International Commission of the European Communities, 2008, Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Towards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) {SEC(2008) 111} {SEC(2008) 112}. - Formosa S., (2010), Maltese Criminological Landscapes: A Spatio-Temporal Case Where Physical and Social Worlds Meet IN Buhmann/Pietsch/Kretzler (Eds.): Peer Reviewed Proceedings of Digital Landscape Architecture 2010, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Wichmann Verlag Heidelberg, Mai 2010. - Official Journal of the European Union, (28 January 2003a): Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC, L 041, 14/02/2003.Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003. - Official Journal of the European Union, (26 May 2003b): Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC - Statement by the Commission, L 156 , 25/06/2003.Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003. - Official Journal of the European Union, (17 November 2003c): Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the re-use of public sector information, L 345 , 31/12/2003.Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003. - Official Journal of the European Union, (25 April 2007): Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE), L108, Volume 50Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003. - USDOJ, (2009), Guide to Equitable Sharing for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, USA. |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Fieldwork, Lectures & Project | ||||||||
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LECTURER/S | Ian Borg |
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