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5 Asian J. Criminology 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/asjrcrm5 and id is 1 raw text is: Asian Criminology (2010) 5:1-10 DOI 10.1007/s11417-009-9074-7 Tertiary Education in Security and Policing in Australia Tim Prenzler - Kirsty Martin - Rick Sarre Received: 25 June 2009 /Accepted: 1 September 2009 / Published online: 23 September 2009 © Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract This 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. Keywords Security education - Police education - Professionalisation Trends in Policing and Security Since the nineteenth century, public sector police have been seen as the primary organisation through which law enforcement and crime prevention services are provided T. Prenzler (E) - K. Martin Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4122, Australia e-mail: t.prenzler@griffith.edu.au R. Sarre Division of Business, School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia 4Z Springer

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