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SP32074: Policing

[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWES 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Essay (CWES 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Understand and critically analyse key concepts (such as 'due process', 'crime control') and key aspects of policing (such as stop and search and police detention). 2. Understand, explain and critically assess the legislative and policy framework governing police powers. 3. Evaluate the role of the police in detection and investigating different forms of criminality. 4. Critically evaluate the available data, evidence and literature to discuss aspects of police culture, organization and practice. 5. Explain and discuss the current challenges and complexities in policing.


Synopsis: "Explore the organisation, structure and function of the police in modern society. You will engage with contemporary debates on the role of the police in the prevention, detection and investigation of a range of different forms of criminality, whether they occur in public spaces, domestic spaces, cyberspace and/or across domestic borders."

Content: This unit focuses and explores the organization, structure and function of the police in contemporary society. It engages with contemporary debates regarding the role of the police in the prevention, detection and investigation of a range of different forms of criminality, whether they occur in public spaces, domestic spaces, cyberspace and/or across domestic borders. The unit explores these contemporary debates within their historical and sociological context, and considers the future of policing.

Course availability:

SP32074 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB34 : BSc(Hons) Applied Social Studies (Year 3)
  • UHSP-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Criminology (Year 3)
  • UHSP-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Criminology with Year long work placement (Year 4)
  • UHSP-AFB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 3)
  • UHSP-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 4)

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