School Of Social SciencesFoundations of Australian PolicingWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400289.1
Discipline: POLICE STUDIES
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
This unit introduces students to the historical and continuing influences that have informed policing policy and practice and shaped police institutions. Content reflects the emergence of policing in Britain and North America; contrasting these developments with the history of policing in Australia since colonisation. The unit covers alternative models of policing practice which emerged following the 'contemporary crisis' in policing since the 1960s, and considers new trends such as privatisation, globalisation and technological developments which continue to transform police institutions.