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dc.contributor.authorPrenzler, T
dc.contributor.authorMartin, K
dc.contributor.authorSarre, R
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:46:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:46:50Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2010-09-28T06:52:18Z
dc.identifier.issn1871-0131
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11417-009-9074-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/34226
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on the current status of police and security education in Australian universities and technical colleges. The study was undertaken in the context of calls for greater professionalisation of policing and security along with a variety of conduct scandals that have driven reform agendas for both sectors. The study found that police studies had a significant profile in universities with a wide range of courses available, but virtually no profile in technical and further education (TAFE) colleges. Conversely, protective security offerings were proportionately more prominent in the TAFE sector than in universities. Courses in information and communication technology security were more common across universities and TAFE. The research also found that, of the 39 Australian universities, 9 have research centres related generally to policing and security. These also appeared to favour policing over security. We argue that these findings should be of concern, given the fact that private and public sector security services have eclipsed police, in numbers at least, in many jurisdictions. Security should, we argue, be counted as an equal partner with police in crime prevention services. In addition, we argue that those engaged in security management should be given greater opportunities for study at the university level. Moreover, security studies should have an expanded research focus.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent82754 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto10
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAsian Journal of Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolice administration, procedures and practice
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440211
dc.titleTertiary Education in Security and Policing in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Springer Netherlands. This is an electronic version of an article published in Asian Journal of Criminology Volume 5, Issue 1, 1-10, 2010. Asian Journal of Criminology is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ with the open URL of your article.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorPrenzler, Timothy J.
gro.griffith.authorMartin, Kirsty L.


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