SPECIAL NOTE: Enrolment in this unit is
restrictedto current Tasmania Police recruits only and is taught at the Police Academy, Rokeby.
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION This unit provides an introduction to the ethics of policing. It will present a conceptual framework for thinking about the ethical context of police work based on the implicit ethical commitments that arise from participation in a human community. The unit will focus on the practical context of police ethics, critical thinking and decision-making, drawing on case studies and the actual experience of officers.
WEIGHT: 12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2,500 word essay (40%) plus 2 hour examination (60%)
TEACHING PATTERN: 39 hours delivered face-to-face at Police Academy
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle, P Beauty Point. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, K, Q and Y click here for more information.
