JST309 Indigenous Issues In Policing (8)

CSU Discipline Area: Justice Studies (JUSTU)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

The subject provides a historical context to the policing of communities of Indigenous Australians. The subject focuses on a number of issues impacting on contemporary relations between police and Indigenous Australians, with a view to understanding relevant causal factors and identifying relevant responses. Attention will be paid to the historical relations between police and Indigenous Australians, and the role of government in structuring relations between Indigenous Australians and police. Current policing policies and initiatives will also be considered. Specific points of focus include the policing of Indigenous women, the criminalisation of Indigenous Australians, institutional and personal racism, and police culture and decision-making.

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Session 1
Distance	Bathurst

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Assumed Knowledge:

JST108 JST1XX

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to analyse the impact of colonisation on contemporary police/Indigenous Australian relations
be able to critique key contemporary debates about the policing of Indigenous Australian people
be able to evaluate current police policies which focus on Indigenous Australian people
be able to reflect and critically analyse the ways in which government responses to Indigenous Australian people affect the policing of those people
the ability to demonstrate reflexivity in one's own worldview and the world view of others, and link this to professional practice

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

The effect of colonisation on contemporary policing of Indigenous Australians
Institutional and personal racism
Over policing and zero tolerance in relation to Indigenous Australians
Worldview in relation to police culture and practice
Policing Indigenous women
Policing public space
Contemporary Indigenous initiatives in policing
Policing, Indigenous Australian people and the criminal justice system - police ethics and discretion
Contemporary Issues and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Violence in Indigenous communities - street disorder, riots and violence
Individual and collective rights in the liberal democracy

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