1. Critically assess how police culture informs police-public interactions

2. Critically consider the role of professional standards and expectations on building a fair police force.

3. Assess the meaning, role and value of diversity and inclusion internally and externally to policing.

4. Examine what effective engagement with the public means for police practice.

5. Evaluate the value and importance of community experiences, perceptions and engagement.

Students are presented with a scenario reflecting topics included in the module. They are to respond to the situation presented at the time and reflect afterwards, detailing and displaying how they would respond in the moment to such behaviours displayed. After the scenario, students are to reflect on the situation and the impact of the behaviours experienced both internally and externally to the organisation incorporating academic literature to support their points. Students should reflect on their own actions at the time and what the consequences of these might be. Students can produce a written reflection or video. This assessment will address learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

A minimum of 40% must be achieved on every element of assessment for students to pass the module.

This module focuses on individual and organisational aspects which may influence policing both internally and externally to the organisation, including misconduct and culture. . Students will learn about bias and discrimination and how to effectively challenge these to improve policing. Students will study theories of justice such as procedural justice and organisational justice, as well as how community differences, values and norms, alongside politics, accountability and governance impact on the policing landscape. The module reviews how local and high profile cases can affect the police’s ability to foster and maintain community cohesion. This module will provide students with a knowledge and understanding about the value of community policing in community engagement.

This module will cover:

The relationship between community engagement and crime

The impact of policing on different values, ethics and norms

The impact of crime and anti-social behaviour on communities

Impact of policing practice on community cohesion

Complexity and challenges of operational policing

Professional standards and misconduct

College of Policing curriculum content:

The Police Constable role and professional standards 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 2.1

Valuing diversity and inclusion 1.4, 1.5, 2.1 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2

Wellbeing and resilience 2.9, 1.1

Communication skills 1.1b, 1.2

Community policing and partnership working 1.1, 1.4, 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 12.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 2.1

This module focuses on individual and organisational aspects which may influence policing both internally and externally to the organisation, including misconduct and culture. Students will learn about bias and discrimination and how to effectively challenge these to improve policing. Students will study theories of justice such as procedural justice and organisational justice, as well as how community differences, values and norms, alongside politics, accountability and governance impact on the policing landscape. The module reviews how local and high-profile cases can affect the police’s ability to foster and maintain community cohesion. This module will provide students with a knowledge and understanding about the value of community policing in community engagement

Learning for this module will be based around students committing a total of 200 hours, split between 26 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 174 hours of directed study. Student will be taught in a mixture of lectures and tutorial sessions, each having either a two-hour lecture or a one-hour whole group lecture per week and a one-hour smaller group tutorial session per week. In the lectures, students will be introduced to the general concepts and theories. Tutorials will be linked to the lecture and involve subjects for discussion and case studies. The purpose of the smaller group sessions is to help students assess their understanding of a topic and to develop their analytical skills.

Formative assessment will include feedback during class discussions and debates.

Brown, J. (2014) The Future of Policing. Oxon: Routledge

Charman, S. (2017). Police Socialisation, Identity and Culture. Becoming Blue. Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillian,

Loftus, B. (2012). Police Culture in a changing world. OUP

Newburn, T. (2014). Handbook of Policing. Willan Publishing.

NPCC. (2017) Policing Vision 2025. Available at: https://www.npcc.police.uk/documents/Policing%20Vision.pdf

Peak, K. & Glensor, R. (2017). Community and Problem-Oriented Policing: Effectively Addressing Crime and Disorder. 7th Ed. Pearson.

Additional reading available from the online reading list.