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Transnational Policing and Human Rights - JURD7713

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.

Excluded: JURD7506, LAWS8013, LAWS8106

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course critically analyses recent developments in the policing of transnational organised crime. It examines the evolution of the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the continuum of state sponsored 'wars' of enforcement against drug trafficking; human smuggling and trafficking; and terrorism. The many human rights dimensions of transnational policing, highlighted by issues such as the death penalty and indefinite detention, are considered in the context of a changing global political economy. The subject matter of this course is the focus of growing research by criminologists and should be of interest to students from a wide range of disciplines and professional backgrounds.

Course Objectives

Critically analyse the growth of transnational policing
Develop an understanding of how concepts of human rights might be relevant to criminology
Contribute to inter-disciplinary research into an expanding area of policing
Contribute to the development of critical criminological perspectives in areas such as risk, national security, victims and state crime

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