Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Vincent Hurley
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MPICT or MCPICT or GradDipPICT or GradDipCPICT or PGCertPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MCPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud or MSecStrategicStudMCrim or MIntellMCrim or MCyberSecMCrim or MCTerrorismMCrim or admission to BSecStudMCrim
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
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 unit 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.
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Late Assessment Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted.
Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Minor Assignment | 30% | No | 11.55pm Sunday 4th September |
Major Assignment | 50% | No | 11.55pm Sunday 9th October |
Quiz | 20% | No | Between 10am 23rd - 10pm 30th October |
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 11.55pm Sunday 4th September
Weighting: 30%
2,000 word Essay.
You will be required to research and critical engagement with the literature on the historical evolution of Peelian policing and how it is relevant to contemporary policing with a national setting. You will be drawing upon academic texts, lectures and produce a logical and coherent argument in response to the question
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: 11.55pm Sunday 9th October
Weighting: 50%
2500 words
You will be required to research and critical engagement with the literature on austerity, through Global Financial Crisis and its impact on policing in austerity. You will be drawing upon academic texts, lectures and produce a logical and coherent argument in response to the question in answering the 'how' police are going to reduce crime within the framework of austerity
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 8 hours
Due: Between 10am 23rd - 10pm 30th October
Weighting: 20%
Online quiz
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook