Hobart
Introduction
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Unit name | Policing Practices in Context |
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Unit code | HSP314 |
Credit points | 12.5 |
Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education School of Social Sciences |
Discipline | Policing and Emergency Management |
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Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge about social, cultural, historical, and ethical factors impacting on policing practices and understanding transformation movements and trends in policing.
- Critically analyse policing practices in terms of complex social, cultural, historical, and ethical concerns for police, victims, and offenders.
- Undertake secondary research using information literacy skills related to the subject matter.
- Communicate knowledge and research results related to the subject matter in the form of essays and online discussion.
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
100 points of Arts introductory or intermediate level electives
Co-requisites
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
Teaching
Teaching Pattern | Off Campus: web-based delivery of 13 lectures, 1 online tutorial discussion weekly. |
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Assessment | Task 1: Alternative policing response case study (30%) Task 2: Discussion Forum participation (20%) Task 3: Major essay (50%) |
Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
Required | Information about any textbook requirements will be available from mid November. |
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Recommended |
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