Police education in Australia

Colin Rogers, Emma Wintle

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Abstract

The type and quality of police officers a society requires often reflects the relationship between the state and its citizens, and this process invariably begins with the education and training of those police officers. This chapter will critically evaluate current police education and training at the state and federal level in Australia. It will consider the way police officers are currently educated in a fast-moving and changing society, and examine whether this is enough for the needs of the community. It will also critically examine future challenges for the police and discuss how prepared police education and training is to meet these at this moment in time. As Dolling (2003 points out, policing does not exist in a vacuum. It is impacted daily and in the long term by changes in the social, political, economic, technological, environmental, and legal structures, in whatever country it is practised. It therefore follows that the education of police officers should be shaped by the future changes within these and other activities.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAustralian Policing: Critical Issues in 21st Century Police Practice
EditorsPhilip Birch, Michael Kennedy, Erin Kruger
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages7-22
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781003028918
ISBN (Print)9780367464660
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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