JSQ212 Integrity Driven Investigations
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| Unit code: | JSQ212 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,480 |
Unit Outline: Session 1 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | JSQ212 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Investigations are social events involving human interaction. Consequently, issues will arise involving ethics, cultural awareness, and other sensitivities of personal interaction. This unit will cover strategies for addressing these issues with awareness and integrity. It will also consider approaches to risk management to ensure fair and objective investigations, and the wellbeing and safety of those involved.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Design risk management plans to ensure the efficiency and integrity of the investigation.
- Critically discuss professional and ethical issues that impact on the fairness and reliability of investigations.
- Evaluate professional interviews for their ability to produce reliable, thorough and clear investigative data.
- Identify and plan for investigative strategies to ensure professional, ethical, cultural and victim sensitivity, and causes of bias are addressed.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- planning for and managing risks to the integrity of investigations and personal wellbeing and safety
- ethical considerations for investigators
- working in culturally diverse situations
- trauma-informed approaches
- interviewing skills and practices
Learning Approaches
This unit will be offered online in the form of self-contained modules that introduce you to new concepts, provide opportunities for you to apply your knowledge to real world scenarios and to work collaboratively to practice your skills.
The unit adopts reflective and collaborative learning approaches which allow you to work within a community of practice to build your knowledge and practice your skills in conducting professional and ethical investigations.
Your participation in the unit includes:
- Independently working through the learning modules
- Discussing and collaborating with your peers to apply your knowledge to real world scenarios
- Practicing the skills in collaboration with your teams
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The following types of feedback will assist you to develop the knowledge and skills in this unit:
- Self-feedback in the form of reflective activities
- Peer feedback in the form of group discussion and online collaborative sessions
- Adaptive feedback in the form of online interactive learning activities and quizzes
- Teacher feedback in the online collaborative sessions, discussion boards, and written feedback on assessment
Assessment
Overview
The summative assessment for this unit is constructed around real-world documents and tasks. The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that you have both the necessary theoretical understanding and the practical skills required of an effective and proactive employee. Collaborative practice activities will serve as formative assessment, which will provide you with early feedback to assist you with building your knowledge and skills prior to the summative assessment items.
There are two summative tasks:
1. Risk Management Plan - This task connects risk management and ethical considerations of investigations to plan ways to manage risks and ensure the integrity of investigations in real world scenarios.
2. Interview Technique Critique - This task builds on ethical considerations to consider cultural and victim sensitivities that may impact on interviewing subjects.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Risk Management Plan
You will create a risk management plan for a complex and sensitive investigation. You will need to discuss professional and ethical issues that would impact on the fairness and integrity of the investigation.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Investigation Review
You will evaluate an investigation package, which includes interview transcripts and/or videos. Make recommendations to the investigator on investigative strategies to address professional, ethical, cultural and victim sensitivities and causes of bias.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
This unit will draw from real world documentation and additional readings and resources provided throughout the modules.
Risk Assessment Statement
Students are advised that some content in justice units may be confronting. If you are concerned that the content of a unit may impact your completion of the course, please see the unit coordinator. You can also access free student counselling through QUT Counselling via the QUT Student Homepage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.JQ20 Graduate Certificate in Investigations and Intelligence
- Evaluate complex and sensitive investigations to recommend fair and evidence-based resolutions.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, ULO4, Risk Management Plan, Investigation Review - Employ and evaluate professional communication for reliability, thoroughness and clarity.
Relates to: ULO3, Investigation Review - Critically reflect on ethics and causes of bias in investigations and intelligence to continuously improve fairness and reliability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Risk Management Plan, Investigation Review
Unit Outline: Session 3 2024, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | JSQ212 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Investigations are social events involving human interaction. Consequently, issues will arise involving ethics, cultural awareness, and other sensitivities of personal interaction. This unit will cover strategies for addressing these issues with awareness and integrity. It will also consider approaches to risk management to ensure fair and objective investigations, and the wellbeing and safety of those involved.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Design risk management plans to ensure the efficiency and integrity of the investigation.
- Critically discuss professional and ethical issues that impact on the fairness and reliability of investigations.
- Evaluate professional interviews for their ability to produce reliable, thorough and clear investigative data.
- Identify and plan for investigative strategies to ensure professional, ethical, cultural and victim sensitivity, and causes of bias are addressed.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- planning for and managing risks to the integrity of investigations and personal wellbeing and safety
- ethical considerations for investigators
- working in culturally diverse situations
- trauma-informed approaches
- interviewing skills and practices
Learning Approaches
This unit will be offered online in the form of self-contained modules that introduce you to new concepts, provide opportunities for you to apply your knowledge to real world scenarios and to work collaboratively to practice your skills.
The unit adopts reflective and collaborative learning approaches which allow you to work within a community of practice to build your knowledge and practice your skills in conducting professional and ethical investigations.
Your participation in the unit includes:
- Independently working through the learning modules
- Discussing and collaborating with your peers to apply your knowledge to real world scenarios
- Practicing the skills in collaboration with your teams
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The following types of feedback will assist you to develop the knowledge and skills in this unit:
- Self-feedback in the form of reflective activities
- Peer feedback in the form of group discussion and online collaborative sessions
- Adaptive feedback in the form of online interactive learning activities and quizzes
- Teacher feedback in the online collaborative sessions, discussion boards, and written feedback on assessment
Assessment
Overview
The summative assessment for this unit is constructed around real-world documents and tasks. The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that you have both the necessary theoretical understanding and the practical skills required of an effective and proactive employee. Collaborative practice activities will serve as formative assessment, which will provide you with early feedback to assist you with building your knowledge and skills prior to the summative assessment items.
There are two summative tasks:
1. Risk Management Plan - This task connects risk management and ethical considerations of investigations to plan ways to manage risks and ensure the integrity of investigations in real world scenarios.
2. Interview Technique Critique - This task builds on ethical considerations to consider cultural and victim sensitivities that may impact on interviewing subjects.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Risk Management Plan
You will create a risk management plan for a complex and sensitive investigation. You will need to discuss professional and ethical issues that would impact on the fairness and integrity of the investigation.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Investigation Review
You will evaluate an investigation package, which includes interview transcripts and/or videos. Make recommendations to the investigator on investigative strategies to address professional, ethical, cultural and victim sensitivities and causes of bias.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
This unit will draw from real world documentation and additional readings and resources provided throughout the modules.
Risk Assessment Statement
Students are advised that some content in justice units may be confronting. If you are concerned that the content of a unit may impact your completion of the course, please see the unit coordinator. You can also access free student counselling through QUT Counselling via the QUT Student Homepage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.JQ20 Graduate Certificate in Investigations and Intelligence
- Evaluate complex and sensitive investigations to recommend fair and evidence-based resolutions.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, ULO4, Risk Management Plan, Investigation Review - Employ and evaluate professional communication for reliability, thoroughness and clarity.
Relates to: ULO3, Investigation Review - Critically reflect on ethics and causes of bias in investigations and intelligence to continuously improve fairness and reliability.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Risk Management Plan, Investigation Review