I sent you the assessment brief: Organised Crime speech task in 3 steps
Step 1:
Choose one theme and corresponding objective from the list (or confirm with Anna your own theme)
What is Organised Crime (OC)?
Developing a new understanding of OC, moving away from traditional view
The effects of OC
The focus is on the way different communities suffer from OC, victimisation
The best response to OC
Identifying best examples of prevention OC
Why should we study corporate crime?
Defining corporate criminality and addressing the issue of prosecuting corporate crime
Environmental crimes
main perpetrators and how to police better
Illegal drug trade
Support further criminalisation
Or promote decriminalisation
Corruption
Defining Corruption in the UK
Or
Addressing the causes of corruption in a particular country
Policing OC
What are the practicalities of policing OC?
Step 2. You have three speeches to write:
Speech 1: To address an international professional audience (The UN, Interpol, Europol, Eurojust, etc.) 650 words. Use a minimum of 5 references;
Identify the main issue, what are the problems, proposed changes, acknowledge the references
Speech 2: to address annual undergraduate Criminology Conference at ARU (650 words), Use 3 references. What do the academic studies show? What further research is necessary?
Speech 3: You are an invited presenter at the local community group (identify your city and country). 650 words. People in your audience are not criminal justice professional or students but they are interested in the subject. 2 references. Identify the problem, what are the three points the audience should know? Do we need to change certain attitude and perceptions, the idea of glocal (global crime starts locally).
Step 3. Your submission should include the following:
Title: Main theme for the speeches
Speech 1 (650 w): Addressing ….
Speech 2 (650 w): Addressing ARU conference …
Speech 3 (650 w): Addressing local….
Reference list: a joint reference list (not counted to the final word count). In total 5 references minimum for all 3 speeches.
