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Module POLICING AND THE STATE: CRITICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

Module code: LW362
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Department: LAW
International: Yes
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This module examines a number of key issues in contemporary policing, with a particular emphasis on the role of policing in, and its relationship to, the State. The module is mostly concerned with approaches to policing in so-called ‘advanced democracies’: specifically, states which proclaim ‘policing by consent’ as a foundational normative basis for their police service/s. The module critically examines some of the distinct coercive characteristics of ‘democratic’ models of policing, and how modern police forces seek to build and maintain legitimacy for their use of coercive force over diverse and pluralistic populations.
Some of the topics in this module will include:
• the relationship between policing and newsmedia (looking at the examples of the ongoing Disclosures Tribunal in Ireland, and the Leveson Inquiry in England);
• police culture, and its responses to oversight, accountability, and reform;
• alternative approaches and strategies to police accountability and reform;
• the policing of protest; and,
• the role of policing in the governance of vulnerable populations.

While this module is thematically international in focus, it uses examples from Ireland to explore many of the topics. Critical issues of race, gender, class and the nature of power will form the analytical core of this course, and will be returned to as we examine each topic.

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