POLICING AND THE POLICE - 2023/4

Module Overview

This module examines the history, role and function of the police service. We consider the nature of the policing task, the contemporary organisation of the service and a range of issues to do with accountability, efficiency and effectiveness. We will also consider styles of policing, how they have changed over time and the investigation and detection of crime. We look also at some areas which have proved difficult for the service to police which include rape, domestic violence, drugs and organised crime and terrorism.

Module provider

Sociology

Module Leader

BULLOCK Karen (Sociology)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 5

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

N/A

Module content

Indicative content includes:

Plural policing;
Models of policing;
Police powers and mechanisms of accountability;
Police culture;
The Police service and diversity;
Crime prevention;
The investigation of crime;
The investigation of murder;
The investigation of sexual violence;
The investigation of organised crime and terrorism.

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate that they have met the learning outcomes through critical engagement with a wide range of scholarly material.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of 1 essay worth 50% and 1 seen exam worth 50%.

Formative assessment and feedback: feedback in class; written feedback on esay one will shape the preapretion of the seen exam.

Module aims

• To introduce the foundations and principles of modern policing
• To examine how contemporary policing is conducted
• Consider contemporary debates which shape policing and police practice

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to introduce students to the foundations and principles of contemporary policing, the ways that policing is performed in practice and the nature of contemporary policing and police practice.

The learning and teaching methods include lectures/seminars/class discussion/independent reading and preparation of essays.

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: SOC2096

Other information

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Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.