PPP103 Criminal Justice & Society 1 (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Policing, law enforcement & emergency management (POLEM)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject has two elements: Firstly, it examines the nature and structure of the criminal justice system and the institutions, which constitute it. It focuses upon the nature of criminal law, criminal prosecutions and corrections. These issues are placed within an historical and comparative framework with the aim of understanding the evolution and status of the police role within the criminal justice system. Secondly, the subject explores the social and legislative contexts in which general duties policing occurs. It reviews the evolution to professional policing with its focus on investigative and problem-solving practices.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Term 1 | |
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| Distance * | Goulburn | Term 2 |
| Distance * | Goulburn | Term 3 |
| Distance * | Goulburn |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PPP103
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Available to students in Associate Degree in Policing Practice - students will require internet access
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe and explain the frameworks of the criminal justice system and the institutions which inform it.
- Describe the legislative foundations of modern policing.
- Explain the relationship between the practices and function of the criminal law and the police role.
- Explain the historical development of policing and the current organisational structures and roles of the New South Wales Police.
- Explain the notion of professional police work.
- Articulate basic principles underpinning contemporary theories on the concept of the police culture.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Introduction to the nature of law within the common law system Criminal Justice System: functions and interrelationships of the courts, police and prisons (including sentencing, punishment and corrections) The general role of police within the criminal justice system Interpreting the law: The aims and functions of criminal law, including sources and influences on the criminal law Development of the court system and the courts in action The trial and the roles of the judiciary, prosecution and defence in lower and higher court criminal proceedings The evolution of policing in New South Wales Professionalism, policing and the scope of the police role Structures, systems and technologies of the NSW Police Contemporary theories of the police culture Power, police, the State and bureaucracy Police as investigators and problem-solvers (including aspects of the law of investigation)
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory .5 day residential school.
The duration of the residential school is 4 hours to be held in conjunction with the residential periods for other concurrent subjects.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.