Australia's Approach to Law Enforcement

• • Week 1 Introduction - Unit overview and Objectives.
  • Week 2 Birth of Policing in Colonial Australia.
  • Week 3 International Policing Systems.
  • Week 4 Customs/Border Protection
  • Week 5 Policing in Weak Nation States.
  • Week 6 Public/Private Spaces:
  • Week 7 The Partnership Process. The ‘State’ Police and Private Policing.
  • Week 8 The Role of Government:
  • Week 9 Counter Terrorism:
  • Week 10 Public Agency Involvement.
  • Week 11 Major Events:
  • Week 12 The Liquor Industry:

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
    • Online assignment submission
    • Podcasting/Lecture capture
    • Streaming Multimedia
    • Web links

  • Online materials

    • Resources and Links

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-PICT842
• MAQ-PICX842-Australia's Approach to Law Enforcement

Special requirements

• OtherDetails -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This subject was previously known as PICX842 Australia's Approach to Law Enforcement

Historically, the police, policing and law enforcement has been a localised function reflecting the customs, practices and traditions of an identifiable community, in this case Australia. The fact there are less than 10 policing organisations in the western world with more than 10,000 police (NSW Police Force being one) that police a population in the millions,  is rare. Modern policing in Australia now addresses multiple crime types and government policy perspectives. This subject provides students with the opportunity to critically reflect upon the role of the police, how policing and law enforcement exist and how it is influenced by in social systems, legal systems, economic development, conflict and globalisation of crime. As part of that understanding, State based policing, national policing and their relationship to international policing and policy will be explored.  
 

• Minor assignment (2000 words) (30%)
• Major assignment (2500 words) (50%)
• on prescribed readings (20%)