Not available to students who have completed POL101

This subject will develop an understanding of the relationship between government and policing, with particular emphasis on policing in liberal democracies. While the main focus will be on Australian police organisations and Australian governments, there will be some comparative analysis, including the relationship between policing and government in the USA and the UK.

School of Social Work and Arts

Division of Students

Centre of Islamic Studies and Civilisation

School of Rural Medicine

School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

Centre for Law & Justice

School of Information and Communication Studies

School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences

School of Education

School of Policing Studies

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering

Division of Learning and Teaching

Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences

Faculty of Science and Health

School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Charles Sturt University Engineering

Centre for Customs and Excise Studies

School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Australian Graduate School of Policing Security

School of Psychology

Faculty of Arts and Education

Centre of Veterinary Sciences

Division of Student Success

School of Business

School of Theology

Centre of Rural Dentistry and Oral Health

POL106 - Government and Police

Government and Police

be able to demonstrate an understanding of the sources of legitimacy of the police officer's role

be able to demonstrate an understanding of the Police Commissioner's role

be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between liberal democratic government and policing

be able to explain modern Australian policing in its institutional context