Run by School of History, Law and Social Sciences

20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits

Semester 2

Organiser: Dr Gwenda Jones

This module will consolidate students’ understanding of the role of the police constable with all its complexities. It will review some of the learning from Years 1 and 2 and provide insights into the additional complexities. It will discuss the intelligence cycle, police cultures and individual biases and their impact on discretion. It will encourage reflective practice by showing examples of continuous improvement and ‘lessons learnt’ from the reviewing of incidents.

Indicative content:

-Policing as a profession – NPCC, College of Policing

-Impact of police culture and personal bias on decision-making and discretion

-Specific police responsibilities in major incidents and public protection events

-The Intelligence cycle and the responsibility for data protection

-The reflective practitioner

good

C- to B+

Assessment is based on the degree of engagement with academic literature and students ability to summarise and critically analyse theory.

excellent

A- to A+

Assessment is based on the degree of engagement with academic literature and students ability to summarise and critically analyse theory.

threshold

Assessment is based on the degree of engagement with academic literature and students ability to summarise and critically analyse theory.

1. Critically review what is means to occupy the profession of a police officer and the expectations of continuous learning and development

2. Appreciate the impact of police culture and individual bias on decision making and bias

3. Examine the intelligence cycle and the responsibilities of holding sensitive information on individuals

4. Reflect on the personal and professional use of social media

5. Examine the strategies developed to encourage ethical and fair decision making

6. Ability to reflect on own policing practice to improve policing

Type	Name	Description	Weight
	Reflection		20.00
	Essay		40.00
	Exam		40.00

		Hours
Workshop	2 hour lecture/workshops x 12 weeks	24
Private study	176 hours private study - students are expected to read widely and prepare for weekly workshops and assessments	176

• Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
• Numeracy - Proficiency in using numbers at appropriate levels of accuracy
• Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
• Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
• Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
• Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
• Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sensitevely with others
• Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
• Safety-Consciousness - Having an awareness of your immediate environment, and confidence in adhering to health and safety regulations
• Presentation - Able to clearly present information and explanations to an audience. Through the written or oral mode of communication accurately and concisely.
• Teamwork - Able to constructively cooperate with others on a common task, and/or be part of a day-to-day working team
• Mentoring - Able to support, help, guide, inspire and/or coach others
• Management - Able to utilise, coordinate and control resources (human, physical and/or financial)
• Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
• Self-awareness & Reflectivity - Having an awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives. Able to regularly review, evaluate and reflect upon the performance of yourself and others
• Leadership - Able to lead and manage, develop action plans and objectives, offer guidance and direction to others, and cope with the related pressures such authority can result in

• The role of the police constable, its history, and changes over time
• The context of contemporary policing; police culture; models of policing including community policing, evidence-based policing; the extended police family
• Crime investigation processes, criminal justice, and complex crimes
• Crime prevention measures and their effectiveness as well as human rights issues in relation to preventive and pre-emptive measures
• How crime, deviance, harm, and victimisation are socially and legally constructed; the different sources of information about crime and victimisation, how they are produced, including their location in particular legal, political, social and ideological frameworks, and how they can be interpreted
• Trends in crime and victimisation; different forms of crime and their social organisation including organized crime; e-crime, and terrorism
• Relationships between crime, deviance, victimisation, policing and social divisions such as age, gender, social class, and ethnicity
• Apply different policing models and communication skills as situations require
• Understanding of national decision model and the Code of Ethics in Policing to guide discretion
• Competence and confidence in using evidence in policing including identifying and deploying a range of research strategies including qualitative and quantitative methods and the use of published data sources and to select and apply appropriate strategies for specific research problems
• Recognise individuals' vulnerabilities and situations of risk (to self and others)
• Ability to locate, manage, and analyse secondary data, as well as generating and evaluating empirical evidence
• Appreciate the complexity and diversity of the ways in which crime is constituted, represented and dealt with; and making reasoned arguments
• Assess the merits of competing theories relevant to crime, victimisation and policing as well as other responses to crime and deviance
• Assess the merits and diversity of objectives of competing responses to crime and deviance, including the protection of human rights and its implications for policing
• Gather, retrieve and synthesise data and information; reporting and presenting data analyses graphically and in writing

Resource implications for students

N/A

Talis Reading list

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/sxy-3026.html

Compulsory in courses:

• L436: BSc Professional Policing (Pre-join) year 3 (BSC/PP)