Police Models

Code:

C412

Acronym:

MP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S (since 15-09-2014 to 19-12-2014)

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	65	Oficial Study Plan LC	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Understand the origins of contemporary police model from the historical analysis of the various forms of police at different times and social and political circumstances.
Distinguish different models of contemporary police: centralist, decentralized, federal.
Knowing the history, the current structure and critically analyze some of the major global police models, with special emphasis on european and anglo-saxon models, especially the Spanish and Portuguese models.
Knowing the history, the current structure and critical analyze of the space of security and European justice.
Understand the functioning of private security in relation to the public in contemporary societies.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected the students to identify and distinguish the concept of police, their history, their models, and their evolution and changes until today. The dynamic construction of police models is underlined by contact with the most historic and culturally relevant models in perspective, with special emphasis on Spanish and Portuguese models.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 General Introduction. The police as an object of criminological interest. Definition of the police object.
2 Origins of the contemporary police model: historical analysis. The policce as object of study: legal concept and sociological concept.
3 Origins of the French model and the British model.
4 institution, organization, profession / order police, criminal police and urban police: Dominique Monjardet models and other authors.
5 High and low police: models of J.P. Brodeur and others.
6 Comparing police cops: methodological problems.
7 Spanish police Model
8 The concept of police in Portugal.
9 Models of contemporary police:
a) The concept of model: dynamic concept; theorists, practitioners and community policing models.
b) European models.
c) North American models.
d) Other models.
10 The European area of security: Interpol; Trevi; Schengen; Europol.
11 Power, control, and ethics in police training.
12 The state and the emergence of new security policies: A governance, its actors and its application within the Portuguese public administration.

Mandatory literature

D. Bayley; Police for the future, 1994
A. Recasens; La seguridad y sus polóticas, 2007

Complementary Bibliography

J.P. Brodeur; Aspects of police work

Teaching methods and learning activities

Combining theoretical and practical exposure of the contents with the preparation of papers presented in class. It will be given preference to work in small groups focusing on analyzing and discussing models of concrete police prepared for each group.

Type: Evaluation with final exam.

Conditions of Attendance: In accordance with applicable regulations.

Valuation formula: Formula evaluation: Final Grade = 0:25 (continuous assessment) +0.75 (examination)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	75,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Valuation formula: Formula evaluation: Final Grade = 0:25 (continuous assessment) +0.75 (examination)

Observations

Bayley D. (1994). Police for the future. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Brodeur, J.P. (2010). The Policing Web. Oxford: University Press.
Bittner, E. (1992). Aspects of Police Work. Boston: Northeastern University Press.
Oliveira, J. (2006). As Políticas de Segurança e os Modelos de Policiamento. Coimbra: Ed. Almedina.
Recasens, A. (2007) La seguridad y sus políticas. Barcelona: ed.Atelier.
Robert, P. (2002). O Cidadão, o Crime e o Estado. Lisboa: Notícias Ed.
Teixeira, N.S. (2006). Estudo para a reforma do modelo de organização do sistema de segurança interna. Instit. Português de Relações Internacionais – Univ. Nova de Lisboa.
Valente, M. (2006). II Colóquio de Segurança Interna. Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna. Coimbra: Ed.Almedina.