Skip to main content
Unit of study_

LAWS6197: Policing: Crime, Control and Security

2025 unit information

This unit critically examines the power relations that are policing (public and private). It recognizes and builds upon the essential and often problematic role of policing in crime control and security. Major aspects of police work and the discretion on which it depends, are analysed in order to understand the dynamics of social control in an age of risk and security. Please refer to the Sydney Law School timetable for class dates https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Sydney Law School

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Law
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
? 
None
Corequisites:
? 
None
Prohibitions:
? 
None
Assumed knowledge:
? 
None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. critically examine the practices and institutions of policing within a social and political context
  • LO2. critically examine debates about the nature of policing
  • LO3. critically examine the particular character of policing in Australia
  • LO4. critically examine the inter-relationships between policing and other mechanisms of regulation
  • LO5. critically examine the impact of criminal law and its enforcement on different social groups, paying particular attention to race, gender and class and their intersection
  • LO6. critically examine prospects for the reform of policing.

Unit availability

This section lists the session, attendance modes and locations the unit is available in. There is a unit outline for each of the unit availabilities, which gives you information about the unit including assessment details and a schedule of weekly activities.

The outline is published 2 weeks before the first day of teaching. You can look at previous outlines for a guide to the details of a unit.

There are no availabilities for this year.
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Intensive June 2025
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Intensive March 2020
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Intensive October 2022
Block mode Remote

Find your current year census dates

Modes of attendance (MoA)

This refers to the Mode of attendance (MoA) for the unit as it appears when you’re selecting your units in Sydney Student. Find more information about modes of attendance on our website.