📖Program Curriculum
Year 1
Core Modules
Credits
Introduction to Professional Policing
20.00
This module will provide a thorough introduction to key aspects of professional policing and the police constable role. You’ll learn about the National Decision model and identify the appropriate use of police powers alongside the importance of the professional use of discretion. You’ll be supported in applying for placement and community voluntee...
Criminal Justice Legislation
20.00
This module offers an introduction to the legislative and procedural processes that form professional policing. You’ll understand the role of the police within the criminal justice system. You will be able to develop your understanding of the core legislation and principles of policing that will enable you to understand the police constable role. ...
Professional Policing Standards
20.00
This module will enable you to consider professional ethics equality diversity and human rights as key functions of professional policing. You’ll develop your knowledge relating to the professional performance of the police constable role. You’ll be supported in considering how your post graduate career aspirations can be realised.
Pluralised Policing
20.00
This module will provide an introduction to developments and considerations concerning the rise of plural policing and how broader policing integrates with the contemporary public police. The ethics and values of professional policing underpin this module with professional integrity and partnership working at its core.
Policing Processes
20.00
Policing Concepts
20.00
Learn key theories of counter terror facilitated crime and develop your understanding of the legal and professional responsibilities of policing as a profession. You’ll explore and learn how to apply criminology and crime prevention to protect and support the victims and witnesses of contemporary crime and to understand why offenders offend.
Year 2
Core Modules
Credits
Professional Standards and Community Policing
20.00
This module explores the constitutional role of the police with a critical focus upon professional standards requirements in providing a service to the public. The importance of partnership work to maintaining community cohesion is studied. This enables you to develop your knowledge relating to professional performance of the police constable role...
Public Protection
20.00
This module explores the constitutional role of the police with a critical focus upon public protection and victimology. You will also study topics such as vulnerability and risk that will further enable you to develop your knowledge relating to professional performance of the police constable role.
Operational Decisions Risk & Crime
20.00
You’ll develop your understanding of how policing related decisions are made. You’ll learn about ethical decision making with evaluation of the National Decision Model alongside risk aversion and risk avoidance considerations. Specific considerations around various crime types will be examined alongside specific intelligence gathering issues.
Operational Policing Priorities Performance and Delivery
20.00
This module will enable you to critically discuss why and how Chief Constables set Operational Policing priorities for their force and identify the changing nature of those priorities and their intended outcomes. You’ll focus on how these priorities are transformed into both policing and wider actions and learn about the National Decision Model.
Evidence Based Policing
20.00
Evidence Based Policing Research Methods
20.00
This module will build on the evidence based policing module. You’ll develop your understanding of the importance of planning evidence-based policing research activities. You will investigate issues in a structured social scientific format that exposes you to both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Year 3
Core Modules
Credits
Conducting ethical criminal investigations – best practice
20.00
Learn to critically examine past malpractice and mistakes alongside best practice using a range of case studies and explore the current investigative framework to inform your learning of how to conduct ethical investigations. You’ll consider the extensive range of police powers and related procedures through the lens of the code of ethics.
Conducting ethical criminal investigations - professionalisation
20.00
You will explore the legal responsibilities placed on an investigator and the practical challenges and opportunities that advances in technology and forensics. Alongside this you’ll examine the investigation of Major Crime. The role and responsibilities of the Senior Investigating Officer and Major Crime teams will be explored.
Operational policing challenges
20.00
This module will help you to identify evaluate and discuss a range of common Operational Policing challenges that front-line policing teams are responding to and attempting to problem solve using evidenced based approaches. Police legitimacy and accountability considerations will be key considerations underpinning all themes across this module.
The strategic context of policing & complex challenge
20.00
You will critically explore the strategic context of policing with a focus on how policing is professionalising including the development of evidence-based practice. You’ll critically consider how this may impact on the future of community policing and the role of the community constable.
Evidence-based policing research project – preparation and implementation
40.00
