POL4033 - Evidence Based Policing, Research & Professional Challenge

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module aims to transition students into higher education by providing them with the essential skills of undertaking an undergraduate degree such as grasping the basics of social research, academic writing, presenting and professional development.

The first semester enables student transition into higher education by introducing them to the learning and teaching approaches at Leeds Trinity university, allowing students to integrate their own learning from personal experience with an ability to engage in an empathic, ethical, and compassionate way with the wider world. Students will also be encouraged to reflect and develop on their employability profile; identify and apply for placement opportunities (where appropriate); and prepare for and successfully complete a Professional Challenge Project (PPD and P&I) or work placement (P&I only) at the end of semester 2.

This module will introduce students to problem-solving techniques, sources of evidence which can be used to support policing practice, and the models used to differentiate between types of evidence, to identify best practice. Students will explore different models used in problem solving and crime prevention, such as: problem-oriented policing (POP), ‘hot spot’ policing, intelligence-led policing, predictive policing, the Problem Analysis Triangle (PAT), rational choice theory (criminological), and situational crime prevention, amongst others. Students will engage in effective problem solving of policing issues in role plays, scenarios, and tabletop exercises.

Students will explore the professional concept of evidence-based policing and the impact of evidence-based policing in practice. Students will consider the importance of partnership working and co-production in problem-solving; and the challenges of using multiple sources of data and different timescales to help define and understand problems in practice.

Students will learn the fundamentals of research, asking key questions to inform future directions, how to develop a range of options, evaluate them, develop the most appropriate solutions to policing problems and the potential consequences. Students will be required to identify and understand an emerging issue or problem in a specific policing area and plan a research-based intervention to tackle the identified issue/problem.

The module helps to prepare the student with the kinds of skills that are valued by employers, and as such embedded within the module is a professional development period at the end of the year, which includes the opportunity to take an optional professional placement or to engage in a professional challenge project. Students will be given advice throughout the year relating to the professional application of the skills being developed on this module.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 25-60

Workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 25-60

Professional Challenge Project
Hours: 20 hours minimum (Professional Challenge)
Intended Group Size: Individual

Guided independent study
Hours: 240



Further Details Relating to Assessment

Component 1: Group Presentation & Q&A: Students will complete a 10-minute presentation in small groups reflecting their understanding of EBP by discussing and analysing a topic of their choice, using a well-planned research base. This will be followed by a 5-minute Q&A with the assessor.

Component 2: Reflective Assignment: students will be guided to develop a roadmap of their reflections during the Professional Challenge / placement activity block. The reflective statement will be the culmination of the diarised reflections on their experiences and learning.

Please note that engagement with / pass in, the Professional Challenge (02) and pass in the Reflective Statement (03) is required in line with university regulations.

Assessment:

001 Group presentation and QA; 15 Minutes; 70% 1-end 70%
002 Professional Challenge Project; 20 hours (Minimum); Pass/Fail; Professional Challenge Block %
003 Reflective Assignment; 1500 Words; 30%; Professional Challenge Block 30%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Thomas Naden
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2

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