JST309 Indigenous Issues In Policing (8)
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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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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Distance | Bathurst Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: JST309
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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JST1xx This subject follows from the first year JST1xx
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Learning OutcomesUpon 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
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SyllabusThe 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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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
