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CRIM 204 : Critical Studies in Policing

Undergraduate course

Project description

Explores policing in New Zealand and beyond, including its legal and theoretical underpinnings. Critically examine media representations of the police, policing and inequality; police culture, power and accountability; the effects of human rights claims on policing methods and emerging threats to policing both locally and globally.

Year 2020

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

This aim of this paper is to give you an overview of policing in NZ and beyond, both historically, and up to the present day. We will explore lots of things that you may have encountered such as media representations of the police, policing and inequality and new threats such as cybercrime. I will endeavour to make the paper as practical and enjoyable as possible. This paper will give you a good working knowledge which you will be able to slot into the programme of Criminology here at the University of Auckland

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Develop an understanding of police and policing, and the impact on society (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)