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Policing, Intelligence and Counterterrorism

Undergraduate | MUR-POL335 | 2020

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Focus on radicalisation and how intelligence and pre-emptive policing could deal with the problem. See how individuals and groups are radicalised and carry out attacks, then examine how raw intelligence is analysed and used by police.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
Subject may require attendance
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
-

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Policing, Intelligence and Counterterrorism

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject, students will have knowledge of the following questions:

    1. What is radicalisation?
    2. How and where are individuals and groups radicalised?
    3. How do radicalised individuals/groups plot and carry out terrorist attacks?
    4. What is intelligence and what forms does it take?
    5. From where and how does police gather intelligence regarding radicalisation?
    6. How is this ‘raw’ intelligence analysed and operationalized by the police?
    7. What pre-emptive techniques does the police use to prevent terrorist attacks?
    8. How does the police de-radicalise individual and groups who have been radicalised?

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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