Policing - LAWS3789
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: Crime & Criminal Process (LAWS1021/JURD7121) & Criminal Laws (LAWS1022/JURD7122) OR Crim. Law 1 (LAWS1001/JURD7101) & Crim. Law 2 (LAWS1011/JURD7111). Co-requisite: Litigation 1 [LAWS2311/ JURD7211] OR Res. Civil Disp. (LAWS2371/JURD7271)
Equivalent: JURD7506, LAWS8106
Excluded: CRIM2014, JURD7789, LAWX1789
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Course Objectives
- To introduce students to the inter-disciplinary field of policing studies
- To encourage critical examination of policing in Australia, within and beyond the public police
- To develop inter-disciplinary study in criminology and socio-legal areas
Main Topics
- histories of policing
- police culture
- the policing of social divisions
- police corruption and deviance
- the policing of public order
- the policing of young people
- drug policing
- fictional representations of policing
- developments in community
- private, hybrid and international policing
- the limits and possibilities of police reform in the wake of the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service
Assessment
| Class Participation | 10% | |
| Seminar Paper and Presentation | 20% | |
| Research Essay (4,000 words) | 70% |
Course Texts
The course is based on materials to be provided. Order from the UNSW bookshop.
Students wishing to have an introduction to the issues covered by the course should consult:
- Newburn, T (ed.) (2003) Handbook of Policing (Cullompton, UK: Willan)
- Newburn, T (ed.) (2005) Policing: Key Readings (Cullompton, UK: Willan)
Study Levels
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