Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SOC3111: Evidence-Based Policing

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 6
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Professor Katharine Boyd (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

SSI1005 (Introduction to Social Data), SSI1006 (Data Analysis in Social Science 1), SSI2005 (Data Analysis in Social Science 2)

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

Evidence-Based Policing is the use of research evidence to inform practice in law enforcement. This module will introduce you to the purpose and history of the evidence-based practice movement, and the developments in policing research. In this module you will discuss data collected by the police and you will be given police data and work in groups to develop research questions and carry out the projects to help inform police practice.

Module created

23/01/2018

Last revised