Police Models

Code:

C412

Acronym:

MP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	34	Oficial Study Plan LC	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To understand core concepts of police and policing in a broad cultural and social perspective;
- To develop skills in critical analysis through engagement with the academic literature on models of policing;
- To examine the evolution of policing models from both an historical and a comparative perspective;
- To develop awareness of the different forms, constructions, functions and purposes of policing across diverse local, national and transnational contexts;

Program

Part I

1. Policing Models – An Overview
2. Colonial Policing
3. High Policing
4. Democratic Police Reform – Northern Ireland as Case Study
5. Transnational Policing
6. Policing Models in International & Comparative Perspective
(i) Community Policing
(ii) Zero-Tolerance Policing
7. Policing 'Glocal' Insecurities
(i) Policing Public Order & Protest
(ii) Policing Terrorism

Part II

1. The State and the Emergence of New State Policies
(i) Security as a Concept in Re-definition
(ii) The New Concept of 'Governance': Institutional Actors; Citizens; & Private Organisations
2. The Emergence of New Paradigms
(i) Prevention
(ii) Community
(iii) Partnership
3. Policing Models
(i) The Professional Model of Policing
(ii) The Community Model of Policing
4. Examination of the Implementation of Policing Models
(i) The Dualist Model
- The Spanish Model
- The French Model
(ii) The Unitary Model
- The Belgian Model
- The Austrian Model
(5) The Portuguese Model

Mandatory literature

Newburn Tim 340; Handbook of policing. ISBN: 978-1-84392-323-7
Recasens Amadeu; La^seguridad y sus políticas. ISBN: 978-84-96758-26-1
Newburn Tim 340; Policing. ISBN: 978-1-84392-091-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical sessions are used to describe and discuss the main contents of the program. Practice sessions are orientated toward the analysis and discussion of scientific literature and other resources previously prepared by the students.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	65,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Observations

Bowling, B. (1999) ‘The Rise and Fall of New York Murder: Zero Tolerance
or Crack's Decline?’, British Journal of Criminology, 39/4: 531-554;

Brodeur, J.P. (1983) ‘High-Policing and Low-Policing: Some Remarks about the Policing of Political Activities’, Social Problems, 30/5: 507-521.

Brogden, M. (1987) ‘The Emergence of Police – The Colonial Dimension’, British Journal of Criminology, 27/1: 4-14.

Brogden, M. (2005), ‘‘Horses for Courses’ and ‘Thin Blue Lines’: Community Policing In Transitional Society’, Police Quarterly, 8/1: 64-98.

Ellison, G. (2007) ‘A blueprint for democratic policing anywhere in the world? Police reform, political transition and conflict resolution in Northern Ireland’, Police Quarterly, 10/3: 243-269.

Ellison, G. & O’Reilly, C. (2008) ‘From Empire to Iraq & the ‘War on Terror’: The Transplantation and Commodification of the (Northern) Irish Policing Experience’, Police Quarterly, 11/4: 395-426.

Ellison, G. & O’Reilly, C. (2008) ‘‘Ulster’s Policing Goes Global’: The Police Reform Process in Northern Ireland and the Creation of a Global Brand’, Crime, Law and Social Change, 50/4-5: 331-351.

Goldsmith, A. & Sheptycki, J.W.E., (2007), Crafting Transnational Policing, Oxford: Hart Publishing.

Johnston, L. & Shearing, C. (2003), Governing Security: Explorations in Policing and Justice, London: Routledge.

Mawby, R.I. (1999) Policing Across the World: Issues for the Twenty-First Century, London: Routledge.

Newburn, T. (2003) Handbook of Policing, Devon: Willan Publishing.

New Burn, T. (2005) Policing: Key Readings, Devon: Willan Publishin.

O’Reilly, C & Ellison, G. (2006) ‘Eye Spy Private High: Re-Conceptualising High Policing Theory’, British Journal of Criminology, 46/4: 641-660.

Recasens i Brunet, A. (2007), La Seguridad y Sus Políticas, Barcelona: Atelier.

Sheptycki, JWE (2007), ‘The Constabulary Ethic and the Transnational Condition’, in Goldsmith, A. & Sheptycki, J.W.E., (eds), Crafting Transnational Policing, pp. 31-72, Oxford: Hart Publishing.

Walker, N. (2003), ‘The Pattern of Transnational Policing’, in Newburn, T., (ed.), Handbook of Policing, pp. 111-135, Devon: Willan Publishing.