CRI3015 - Police and Society

Leader: Dean Wilson

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Students analyse the evolution of policing.Various Australian and comparative histories, theories,evidence and issues related to the role of police and policing are explored. Topics are explored through the prism of human rights, civil liberties, social control, crime control, crime prevention, accountability and the role of the state. Paramilitary and transnationalpolicing are investigated along with the impact of policing models and strategies on conflict and the differential impact of policing on diverse communities. Contemporary and comparative issues include the impact of new technologies, neo-liberalism, and globalisation.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of the subject students will have developed:

1. a critical awareness of the origins of policing in Australia and early policing histories
2. a critical awareness of development of policing and its contemporary trends
3. an understanding of the various theories and models of policing and the police role in society
4. the skills to critically analyse debates about the role and nature of policing in society throughout history and in contemporary times
5. an ability to present a fluid and logical argument about the role of police and policing in society
6. the ability to formulate ideas about the role and nature of policing in different societies, countries and over time, based on evidence and theory
7. an understanding of the factors influencing the different models and forms of policing
8. third year students will develop a greater critical awareness and intellectual synthesis of all the topics and issues under consideration

Assessment

Tutorial contribution:10%, Essay 2500 words: 40%,
Exam 2000 words: 50%

Contact hours

1 one hour lecture and a one hour tutorial per week

Prerequisites

CJC1001 Understanding Crime CJC1002 Criminal Justice in Action: Police, Courts and Corrections These subjects are prerequisites only if students wish to undertake a Criminal Justice and Criminology major. The subject can be taken as an elective without prerequisites.

Prohibitions

CJC2015