Head: Dr. Arthur Veno
The Centre for Police and Justice Studies offers opportunities for postgraduate research in the following main areas: community-based corrections; police accountability; police ethics; police- government relations; policing of industrial relations; prisons; crime prevention.
David Baker Policing of industrial relations, history of Australian policing.
Scott Beattie Community justice, law and justice, criminology.
Barry Ellem Prisons, community-based corrections, privatisation of prisons, management and drugs in prisons.
Colleen Lewis Police accountability, police ethics and police-government relations.
Arthur Veno Crime prevention strategies and victimology.
Course code: 0017
Course fee: local students HECS; international students (FT) $A12,000 pa
Coordinator: To be advised
Candidates for the MA in police and justice studies should normally have obtained an honours degree in police studies second class honours division A, or an equivalent course in a related discipline, with at least second class honours division A.
The MA in police and justice studies may be taken by the submission of a thesis (the normal length is 40,000-60,000 words) on a topic approved by the head of the department, at the end of a period of supervised study and research (between twelve and twenty-four months for full-time candidates, or between twenty-four and forty-eight months for part-time candidates).