The Crimes of the Powerful

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to;

  1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the problems of definition of the various forms of business, corporate, and State criminality.
  2. Evaluate the role of corporate and State criminality in the context of the social and political life.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the forms of individual business or corporate and/or State crime, including such forms of financial crime, fraud, genocide and corruption.
  4. Outline the challenges involved in regulating, prosecuting and punishing these crimes from a global and local perspective.
  5. Communicate effectively in oral and written formats.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• MAQ-CRM-MAS-2025 - Master of Criminology

Elective

• MAQ-SSC-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate of Security Studies and Criminology
• MAQ-MCT-MAS-2025 - Master of Counter Terrorism
• MAQ-CYB-MAS-2025 - Master of Cyber Security Analysis
• MAQ-INT-MAS-2025 - Master of Intelligence
• MAQ-SEC-MAS-2025 - Master of Security and Strategic Studies

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-PICX841 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-PICX862 (Not currently available)

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICX841, PICT862, PICX862, PICT711
Pre-requisite Admission to MSecStrategicStud or MIntell or MCrim or MCyberSec or MCTerrorism or GradCertSecStudCr or GradDipSecStudCr or MPICT or GradDipPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud or MIntRel or GradDipIntRel or MIntBusMIntRel or MTransInterMIntRel or MCPICT or MCPICTMISS or GradDipCPICT or GradCertCPICT or GradCertISS or MSecStrategicStudMCrim or MSecStrategicStudMIntell or MSecStrategicStudMCyberSec or MSecStrategicStudMCTerrorism or MIntellMCrim or MIntellMCyberSec or MIntellMCTerrorism or MCyberSecMCTerrorism or MCyberSecMCrim or MCTerrorismMCrim or Master of Cyber Security Analysis or (10cps at 6000 level or 10cps 8000 level)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -
  • Broadband access

  Note:

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.