School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyTraffic: Safety, Crime and ManagementWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400291.2
Discipline: POLICE STUDIES
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Prerequisite
400289 Foundations of Australian Policing OR 400290 Introduction to Policing Practice
About this Unit
The management of traffic law and the prosecution of traffic crime has evolved as an interrelated activity of policing involving the community, road users and a range of statutory authorities. Policing in this context has often been considered mundane or simplistic. This unit challenges that assumption, examining some of the issues that have led to current policies and practices in relation to traffic policing. The unit critiques and explores the success of community education and driver education programs in meeting the objectives of effective traffic management. It also explores issues in relation to vehicle crime, including the theft and illegal trade of vehicles and their parts and the impact of that theft on the unlawful registration and use of vehicles. Traffic safety is a key theme throughout the unit, for example in relation to drink driving countermeasures and speed control.