Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

School

Social Science School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Flexible Delivery

Class hours

3C x 4 weeks and online

Prerequisite

#2 first level CRIM courses

Recommended prerequisite

Assessment methods

In-class verified assessment, group work, individual problem-based exercises and multiple-choice test

Course enquiries

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) St Lucia External Profile unavailable

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Course description

This course is organised around key emerging issues in the study of policing, such as police legitimacy, police roles and functions, police behaviour, misconduct and accountability, police use of force, gender issues in policing, police-minority relations, measuring police performance and organisational change and the emergence of new forms of police practices (e.g. third-party, community policing and problem oriented policing). It examines factors that shape the development, organisation and operational practice of modern policing such as police legitimacy and public confidence in the police.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile