PPP138 Investigative Practice 1A (4)
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This subject develops students for the role of police investigators. At an introductory level, this subject explores how police prepare for and undertake investigations ethically and professionally. It prepares students to carry out minor investigations and to conduct interviews. The subject also focuses on the recognition, collection and preservation of evidence taking into account legal, ethical and practical considerations. It reviews the evolution to professional policing with its focus on investigative and problem-solving practices. This Session 1A subject addresses this learning through introductions to key principles and some extension of these through ongoing application. This scaffolds students towards the Session 1B PPP142 Investigative Practice subject in which such understanding and application is extended and deepened. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Term 2 | | Distance* | Goulburn Campus | Term 3 | | Distance* | Goulburn Campus |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PPP138
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 term | HD/FL | School of Policing Studies |
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Enrolment restrictions|
Available only to students in the Associate Degree in Policing Practice. Students will require internet access. |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to describe the investigative process from attendance at a crime scene to the initiation of a prosecution.
- be able to explain the significance of an investigative methodology and describe how it enables police to determine the truth regarding a crime or incident.
- be able to prepare to carry out a minor investigation and to conduct interviews.
- be able to recognise, collect and preserve evidence taking into account legal, ethical and practical considerations.
- be able to recognise and use various sources of information.
- be able to describe the key principles within each relevant (ADPP Session 1A) subject
- be able to apply these key principles through ongoing integrated classroom and practical policing scenarios
- be able to improve performance through evaluation and critical reflection
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to the learning strategies involved when using scenarios
- Using evaluation and analysis to facilitate the learning and the development of practice
- Introduction to police as ethical investigators
- Model of investigation
- Planning for interviewing
- Sources of information
- Crime and incident scenes
- Overview of the PEACE model of Investigative Interviewing
- Cognitive Interviewing (willing subjects)
- Intelligence
- Critical reflection
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Residential School| This subject contains a compulsory 8 day residential school.
Lectures, tutorials, pratical simulations & role plays to provide practice and application opportunity.
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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.
