Postgraduate Module Descriptor

SOCM031: Evidence-Based Policing

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following themes over one or more weeks:

Evidence-Based Policing –the history of evidence-based practice and the evolution of EBP from medicine

Implementing EBP –complications with implementation and organizational change

EBP in specific policing topics –look at how research has informed practice in specific areas (e.g. hotspot policing)

Use of Police Data –how do the police collect data, how can data be used for research purposes

Developing EBP research questions –how do you make question into a research question

Group projects using police data –students will be put in groups to create research questions and analyze police data to create research projects

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	22	11 x 2-hour seminars (lecturers explanations, student participation and discussion)
Guided Independent Study	24	Reading assignments and preparing for the seminars
Guided Independent Study	30	Preparing seminar presentation
Guided independent study	20	Additional reading/research
Guided independent study	54	Preparation for and completion of essay

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
ELE test	Practice ELE test (20 minutes)	1, 2, 3, 5	ELE feedback
Participation in seminars	Active participation based on readings	1-7, 9	Verbal

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
75	0	25

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Group presentations	25	20 minute presentations	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9	Verbal class feedback
Essay	75	3,000 words	1- 8	Written

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Group Presentations	Individual Presentation (10 minute individual presentations to the lecturer)	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9	TBA with students
Essay	Essay(3,000 words)	1-8	August/September reassessment period