ATS3945 · Contemporary issues in policing practice

Overview

In this unit you will build on the critical and analytical skills acquired throughout your degree and apply them to some of the current issues in contemporary policing. You will explore key challenges that police encounter in your daily practice such as family and domestic violence, those suffering acute mental distress, and other vulnerable populations. You will also engage with the latest research pertaining to those groups that tend to be over-represented throughout the criminal justice system.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. critically reflect on the key issues facing contemporary policing to build professional understanding and insight;
2. develop evidence-based solutions to a range of social issues using relevant critical and analytical skills;
3. apply research skills to a range of policing challenges.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.