Hobart
Introduction
This unit provides students with an understanding of the complex contexts of diversity that can inform policing practice in productive and unproductive ways. This unit follows on from HSP108 Introduction to Policing. It provides knowledge around contemporary ways of doing policing work and partnerships and critical discussion of the impact of elements of policing work on victims/offenders.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Policing in Diverse Contexts |
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| Unit code | HSP109 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education School of Social Sciences |
| Discipline | Policing and Emergency Management |
| Coordinator | Jeanette Boland |
| Level | Introductory |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate critical engagement with the impact that policing can have on victims/offenders.
- Practice and develop professional writing conventions and demonstrate the skill of critical analysis in written text.
- Demonstrate introductory skills with conducting and reporting on social observation of how policing and security processes and systems are organised/structured in public spaces.
Fees
Requisites
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
HSP107
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Off Campus only: On-line weekly learning modules; on-line weekly discussion forum; no tutorials. |
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| Assessment | Task 1: Multiple Choice Quizzes, 2x 20 question quizzes (40%) Task 2: Event Brief 1,500 words (40%) Task 3: Weekly Discussion Board Participation, 200 words weekly (20%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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