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MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2026-2026
MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2028-2028
MURDOCH-S1-ONLINEFLEX-2026-2026
MURDOCH-S1-ONLINEFLEX-2028-2028

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Learning outcomes

1.

Compare, contrast and analyse different and competing ideologies of policing.

2.

Explain and analyse the broader political and social context in which policing regimes, institutions and their agencies operate.

3.

Assess and critically evaluate different strategies to police terrorism.

4.

Effectively and persuasively communicate complex information, concepts and problems with respect to policing terrorism through clear and accurate written work.

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Additional information

Unit content:

This unit consists of the following eleven topics:

1. What is policing? Theories of policing Part 1

2. What is policing? Theories of policing Part 2

3. How did we get to now? The emergence of the modern police

4. Transformations in policing

5. Preventing and Policing Terror: Counterterrorism regimes in the comparative perspective

6. Who polices? The institutional politics of counterterrorism

7. Accountability in Counterterrorism

8. Policing Counterterrorism Transnationally

9. Australia’s regional counterterrorism strategy (AFP guest lecture)

10. Privatised Counterterror

11. The Future of Policing