Police Models

Code:

C412

Acronym:

MP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S (since 16-09-2019 to 20-12-2019)

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fdup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=405641
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	36	Oficial Study Plan LC	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

By the end of the Curricular Unit (CU), the students should be able to:

1. Understand the origins of the contemporary police model from the historical analysis of different forms of police at different times and social and political circumstances;

2. Understand the security concept evolution and its relationship with the power, analyzing how it manifests in the police models;

3. Understand the role and functioning of private security in relation to public security in contemporary societies: the security governance;

4. Know and to distinguish different contemporary theoretical police and policing models, in a organic and functional perspective;

5. Know the history and the organization of some of the major implemented police models, as well as to reflect critically on them;

6. Understand in depth the evolution of the organization and functioning of the Portuguese police model, reflecting critically on it from a systemic perspective.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that the students understand the concept of police, its models and its changes and evolution to the present. The construction dynamic of the police models is highlighted and illustrated through the contact with some of the most relevant implemented models, from a historical and cultural perspective, with special emphasis on the Portuguese model.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable.

Program

1. The police as a study object: legal concept and sociological concept.

2. The state and the emergence of new security policies - security governance: its actors and its reflection in the current police models.

3. The origins of the contemporary police model: historical analysis.

4. Police models
 4.1. The concept of model
 4.2. The complexity and the dynamic nature of the police models
 4.3. Different theoretical models of organic and functional conception
 4.4. Implemented models
  a) European models;
  b) North American models;
  c) South American models;
  d) Other models.

5. The Portuguese police model: concept, historical evolution, organic and functional analysis.

Mandatory literature

Bayley David H.; Police for the future. ISBN: 0-19-510458-7
Bittner, E. ; Aspects of Police Work, 1992
Claudete Maria Pereira Panóias; Modelos de polícia e investigação criminal. ISBN: 978-989-95755-0-9
Newburn Tim 340; Handbook of policing. ISBN: 978-1-84392-323-7
Oliveira, J. F.; As Políticas de Segurança e os Modelos de Policiamento, 2006
Recasens Amadeu; La^seguridad y sus políticas. ISBN: 978-84-96758-26-1

Complementary Bibliography

Brodeur, J. P. ; The Policing Web, 2010
Robert Philippe 1939-; O^cidadão, o crime e o Estado. ISBN: 972-46-1339-9
Teixeira, N. S. ; Estudo para a reforma do modelo de organização do sistema de segurança interna., 2006
Valente, M. ; II Colóquio de Segurança Interna. Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna. , 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes, combining the contents exposition with the execution and presentation of assignments in the classes. Assignments will be developed  in small working groups, and will be focused on the analysis and discussion of different implemented police models.

 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	8,00
Estudo autónomo	77,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

- In order to complete with success the CU, the student must: 

• Perform the distributed evaluation (DE) and the final exam (FE);

• Obtain at least 8 values in each of the evaluation components (DE and FE);

• Obtain a final weighted score of the two evaluation elements equal or higher than 10 values.

- Not performing the distributed evaluation during the semester prevents the realization of the final exam in the normal and appeal season.

- The final exam can be performed in the appeal season, being considered the grade obtained in the distributed evaluation (since equal or higher than 8 values), if the student has missed the regular season.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Classification = 0,25xDE + 0,75xFE

Examinations or Special Assignments

The DE is a written assignment, carried out by small groups of students, about one of the topics proposed by the lecturers.

The assignment must be delivered on the date stipulated by the lecturers (forthcoming the semester ending).

The completion of the assignement is mandatory, being the classification obtained in this component considered when determining the final grade in the regular and appeal exams.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the applicable regulations.

Classification improvement

The improvement of classification is accomplished by final exam, and the distributed evaluation element is considered in the calculation of the final grade.

Observations

Main bibliography:

- Ponsaers, P. (2001). Reading about “community (oriented) policing” and police models. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 24(4), 470-497.

- Reisig, M., & Kane, R. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Police and Policing. New York: Oxford University Press.