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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.
This module introduces students to policing society in the UK with a learning journey starting with a historical overview of police development, roles and structures to addressing modern day criminal activity. Policing concepts such maintaining trust and confidence in communities will be explored and their relevance to modern criminal behaviours.Policing Strategies that target crime will be examined. Internal Police cultures will also be scrutinised exploring areaslikegenderandraceand how attitudes have developed through time. This module will also allow students to examine criminological theories to understand how and why crime is committed and theirrelationship to police interventions.
Lectures
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 100
Seminars/Workshops
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 1
Guided independent study
Hours: 260
Further details relating to assessment
Students will undertake an online quiz in semester one, which is timed over a 24-hour period. Quiz will be made up of multiple choice and short text answers to ensure students are adequately assessed. In semester two students will work together in groups to produce and present in a topic related to content from that semester.
Formative assessment will take place in taught sessions and Seminars through the use of summary questions to check the development of understanding as well as groups tasks and discussions using online tools and traditional methods such as flip charts and informal presentations.
001 90 minute online quiz, & multiple short answer; end of Semester 1 60%
002 Group presentation; 10 minutes; end of Semester 2 40%
Module Coordinator - Jon Hyslop
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL