This unit critically analyses contemporary developments in policing both by and beyond the state. Australian and international examples are utilized to explore major issues related to the history, development and implementation of policing and security. Topics are explored through the prism of human rights, civil liberties, social control, crime control, crime prevention, accountability and the role of the state. Issues covered include the significance of police training and recruitment, police culture, brutality and corruption, private policing, paramilitary policing, undercover policing, policing diverse communities, policing post-conflict societies and transnational policing. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Peta Malins
Prerequisites: CJC1001 or ATS1281 Understanding Crime CJC1002 or ATS1282 Criminal Justice in Action: Police, Courts and Corrections These units are prerequisites only if students wish to undertake a Criminology major. The unit can be taken as an elective with any Arts s
