module specification

This module aims to ensure that students have an understanding of the theoretical and philosophical contexts within which security, policing and community safety are constructed.

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1.    Introduction to the relationship between Security, Sector institutions and society.  LO1+2
2.    Theoretical perspectives relating to contemporary policing and community safety. LO1+2
3.    Economic, social and political influences impacting military security in the contemporary context. LO3+4
4.    Contemporary concerns within a national and international context LO3+4
5.    The Role of Community in Advancing Security. LO3+4
6.    Innovations in security, policing and community safety LO3+4

This module will be delivered as a block teaching short course comprising lectures and workships and based on a collaborative process involving students' active participation, practical assignments, guided independent study involving the use of textbooks, journals and on-line sources. Lectures are used to provide students with a framework of information about the nature and context of policing, at local, national and international levels and theoretical debate whilst encouraging critical investigation and research by the student.

The workshops are designed to empower the student and develop their skills in applying data analysis skills. Self directed learning allows students to explore substantive issues for themselves. Continued support and guidance will be offered during coursework and assessment.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. Critical awareness of the relationship between society and the security sector.
2. Identification of the methods and structures of governance and accountability
3. Understanding and appraisal of different models and style of policing within changing society
4. Critical understanding of the role that the community can play in advancing security.

This module will be assessed by a  5,500 word essay that will enable students to show a critical awareness of the relations between security institutions and society and of policing strategies and theoretical debates in relation to the wider political, socio-cultural and economic contexts.

Students will also conduct a formative assignment such as one-page case-study.

Core Reading

Ashworth, A. 2002, Human Rights, Serious Crime and Criminal Procedure, Sweet & Maxwell

Caforio, G. (2006) Handbook of the sociology of the military. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers.

Additional Reading on Policing

Docking, M. 2003, Public Perceptions of Police Accountability and Decision-Making (Home Office)

Home Office, 2001, Policing a New Century (Cm 5326, TSO)

Home Office, 2003, Involving the Public: the Role of Police Authorities (TSO)

Jones, T. and Newburn, T. (eds), 2006, Plural Policing: A Comparative Perspective (Routledge)

Klenig, J. 1996, The Ethics of Policing, (CUP)

Lawton, A. 1998, Ethical Management for the Public Services (Open University Press)

Loader, I. and Mulcahy, A. 2003, Policing and the Condition of England: Memory, Politics and Culture (OUP)

MacPherson, W. 1999, The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (HMSO)

Mitsilegas, V. 2003, The European Union and Internal Security: Guardian of the People? (Palgrave MacMillan)

Myhill, A. 2003, The Role of Police Authorities in Public Engagement (Home Office)

Newburn, T. (ed), 2005, Policing: Key Readings (Willan)

Neyroud P. and Beckley, A. 2001, Policing, Ethics and Human Rights (Willan)

Reiner, R. 2002, The Politics of the Police (3rd edition, Harvester Wheatsheaf)

Rogers, C. 2006, Crime Reduction Partnerships, (OUP)

Macvean, A. and Neyroud, P. 2012 Police Ethics and Values (Learning Matters)

Additional Reading on Security

Balzacq, T. (2010) Securitization theory: How security problems emerge and dissolve, Securitization Theory: How Security Problems Emerge and Dissolve. doi: 10.4324/9780203868508.

Ben-Eliezer, U. (1997) ‘Rethinking the civil-military relations paradigm: The inverse relation between militarism and praetorianism through the example of Israel’, Comparative Political Studies. doi: 10.1177/0010414097030003004.

Bruneau, T. C. and Matei, F. C. (2012) The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations. Taylor and Francis.

Caforio, G. (2006) Handbook of the sociology of the military. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Herspring, D. R. (Dale R. (2013) Civil-military relations and shared responsibility : a four nation study. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Knudsen, A. J. and Gade, T. (2017) Civil-military relations in Lebanon: Conflict, cohesion and confessionalism in a divided society, Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon: Conflict, Cohesion and Confessionalism in a Divided Society. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55167-8.

Kuhlmann, J. and Callaghan, J. (Jean M. . (2011) Military and Society in 21st Century Europe, Military and Society in 21st Century Europe. AldineTransaction. doi: 10.4324/9781315124490.

Maman, D., Ben-Ari, E. and Rosenhek, Z. (2001) Military, state, and society in Israel: theoretical & comparative perspectives. Transaction Publishers.

Mannitz, S. (2012) Democratic civil-military relations : soldiering in 21st-century Europe. Routledge.

Nielsen, S. C. and Snider, D. M. (2009) American civil-military relations: the soldier and the state in a new era. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Stritzel, H. (2016) Security in Translation: Securitization Theory and the Localization of Threat, Discourse & Society. doi: 10.1057/9781137440136.000I.