Not available in 2020/21
SP172 Half Unit
Policing and Security
This information is for the 2020/21 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Tim Newburn OLD.2.40a
Availability
This course is available on the BSc in Criminology, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
Course content
This course will introduce students to the flourishing sub-discipline of ‘police studies’, enabling students to understand the development and functioning of police organisations as well as providing them with an understanding of some of the key issues and debates affecting contemporary policing. Putative outline:
1. Understanding policing and security
2. The role of the police
3. Police cultures
4. Police accountability
5. Police legitimacy
6. Police conduct and misconduct
7. Police, race and ethnicity
8. Police, gender and inequality
9. Police and the media
10. Public policing and private security
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of classes in the ST.
Formative coursework
Students will be expected to produce 1 exercise in the LT.
Indicative reading
Jones, T., Newburn, T. and Reiner, R. (2017) ‘Policing and the Police’ in Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology 6th Ed., Oxford University Press
Newburn, T. (2008) (ed) Handbook of Policing, 2nd ed, Cullompton: Willan
Newburn, T. (2005) (ed) Policing: Key Readings, Cullompton: Willan
Reiner, R. (1981) Keystone to Kojak: The Hollywood cop, in P. Davies and B. Neve (eds) Politics, Society and Cinema in America, Manchester: Manchester University Press
Reiner, R. (2010) The Politics of the Police, 4th ed, Oxford: OUP
Assessment
Project (80%, 2500 words) and presentation (20%) in the LT.
Important information in response to COVID-19
Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.
Key facts
Department: Social Policy
Total students 2019/20: Unavailable
Average class size 2019/20: Unavailable
Capped 2019/20: No
Value: Half Unit
Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Application of information skills
- Communication
