PPP114 Criminal Justice and Policing (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Policing, law enforcement & emergency management (POLEM)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject 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.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Term 1 | |
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| Internal | Goulburn | Term 2 |
| Internal | Goulburn | Term 3 |
| Internal | Goulburn |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PPP114
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Available only to students in the Associate Degree in Policing Practice. Students will require access to a computer and to the NSW Police Intranet. Both are available at Charles Sturt University's Goulburn campus/NSW Police College.
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
- be able to describe the legislative foundations of modern policing
- be abel to explain the relationship between the practices and function of the criminal law and the police role
- be able to explain and apply police powers with respect to investigations of crime and traffic offences, and the detention and interrogation of suspected persons
- be able to explain and apply the concept of police discretion within the investigation of common criminal and social problems confronting general duties police
- be able to work effectively in teams and demonstrate the use of reflective practice to improve performance
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
. the general role of police within the criminal justice system
. sentencing, punishment and corrections
. interpreting the law
. the aims and functions of criminal law
. sources and influences on the criminal law
. aspects of the law of investigation
. development of the court system
. courts in action
. the trial and the roles of the judiciary, prosecution and defence in lower and higher court criminal proceedings
. police discretion in pre-trial investigation practices – the doctrine of original authority and the operational autonomy of police in investigation and interrogation practices
. alternatives to arrest and the Young Offenders Act
. specific powers of police in relation to entry, search and seizure as well as arrest, detention and interrogation of suspected persons
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.