| CODE | CRM1011 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Police Leadership and Management | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides a general introduction to police leadership. It aims to enhance understanding of the police personnel and how police organizations function in our society. The impact of various theoretical and practical models will be explored to build an analytical approach that will serve for understanding how policing issues emerge. The purpose of this study-unit is also to understand how looking ahead and planning strategically are major thrusts in police leadership. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: - Introduce students to the basic principles of police leadership and management. - Examine various management strategies and plan solutions based on these strategies. - Pose links between management theory and criminological research for better understanding of leadership strategies. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain how police fit both in and out of the criminal justice system. - Discuss alternate ways of doing work. - Describe the economics of policing and how different trends affect management. - List a spectrum of policing strategies and employ methods for defining these strategies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify and analyze both good and bad leadership in others. - Acquire the fundamentals of ethics in policing. - Adopt contingency planning to argue a strategic plan for police organizations. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: (All books are available at the Institute's library.) - Adlam, R. and Villiers, P. (Eds.)(2003). Police leadership in the twenty-first century. Philosophy, doctrine and developments. UK: Waterside Press. - Edward, A. Thibault et al. (2001). Proactive Police Management USA: Prentice-Hall. - Roy, Roberg et al. (2002). Police Management (3rd ed.). USA: Roxbury. - James, J. Fyfe et al. (1997). Police Administration (5th ed.). USA: McGraw-Hill. - Newburn, Tim (2003). Handbook of policing. UK: Willan Publishing. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Angelo Gafa |
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