Policing: Systems and Practice
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2022 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online
| Teaching Period 1 | Teaching Period 3 | |
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
After successfully completing this unit, students should be able to:
2. Describe and analyse practices, processes and procedures of police forces in relation training and strategies of law enforcement
3. Evaluate different approaches, both applied and theoretical, to policing crime
4. Analyse policing systems for effectiveness and responsiveness across a diverse Australian community
Courses with unit
BA-ART3 Bachelor of Arts
BB-ARTBUS1 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
BB-ARTSC Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
BB-EDSART1 Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts
BB-LAWART Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts
NOTE: This unit is in many Major unit sequences including Criminology, Behavioural Studies and Human Services Practice.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
| Type (On-campus) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial | 2 1 | 12 12 | 24 12 |
| Online Contact | N/A | ||
| Specified Learning Activities Readings | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, assignment preparation, revision |
90 | ||
| TOTAL | 150 hours/ 12.5 credit points |
| Type (SOL) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Online Contact Online seminar | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| Specified Learning Activities Readings | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, assignment preparation, revision | 90 | ||
| TOTAL | 150 hours/ 12.5 credit points |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Quizzes (2) | Individual | 30% | 2, 3 |
| Project Report | Individual / Group | 30% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Essay | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4,5 |
General skills outcomes
• Teamwork Skills.
• Analysis Skills.
• Problem Solving Skills.
• Communication Skills.
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems.
• Ability to work independently.
Content
• The organisational structure and systems of policing.
• Policing, the law, and the constitution.
• The role of policing in modern society.
• Policing issues in Australia.
• Policing training and performance.
• Police, crime and statistics.
• Professional standard and ethics.
• Current issues and debates in policing.
• The future of policing in Australia.
Study resources
- Reading materials.