PPP115 Police, Crime and Society 1 (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Policing, law enforcement & emergency management (POLEM)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This 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. In particular the subject examines the more common criminal offences and the diverse social factors that underpin the involvement of people as victims and offenders.
+ 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: PPP115
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 Internet access.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to explain the historical development of policing and the current organisational structures and roles of the New South Wales Police
- be able to explain the notion of professional police work
- be able to articulate basic principles underpinning contemporary theories on the concept of the police culture
- be able to explain the concepts of crime and deviance in the context of policing
- be able to illustrate stratification and various dimensions of social inequality within Australian society and their impact on policing, including: gender, education, employment, family, youth, ethnic and indigenous perspectives
- be able to explain how power imbalances impact upon policing in the community
- be able to explain how social inequality impacts on professional objectivity
- be able to articulate and apply legislation to common criminal offences, including: summary offences, drug offences, larceny, goods in custody, receiving, accessories, malicious damage and assaults
- be able to articulate key issues related to the police role in victim care
- 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:
. 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
. crime, deviance and policing
. policing indigenous people
. social inequality, summary offences and social behaviour
. persons at risk
. youth
. use of public places
. noise control
. social inequality and offences against property
. larceny
. offences akin to larceny
. goods in custody, receiving and accessories
. damage/destroy property
. break enter and commit serious indictable offence
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.