Prof Tim Newburn OLD 2.40a

This course is available on the MSc in Criminal Justice Policy, MSc in Social Policy (European and Comparative Social Policy), MSc in Social Policy (Research), MSc in Social Policy (Social Policy and Planning) and Master of Laws. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

While not specifically counting towards a specialism on the LLM, this course would complement the following specialisms: Criminology and Criminal Justice, Legal Theory and Public Law.

Some familiarity with sociology and/or criminology would be an advantage, but is not a formal prerequisite. Anyone unfamiliar with criminology can find a full introduction to the subject in: Newburn, T. (2017) Criminology, London: Routledge, 3rd Edition

The flourishing sub-discipline of ‘police studies’ reflects the increasing centrality of policing in political debate and popular culture, and as a major concern of government policy. This course aims to familiarise students with the formidable volume of research knowledge that has now been built up.  The course will enable students to understand the development and functioning of police organisations as well as providing them with an understanding of some of the key issues and debates affecting contemporary policing. The topics covered will include: the role and purposes of policing; the media and policing; governance and legitimacy; integrity and corruption; and policing and (in)equality.

 

10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the MT.

Students will be required to write and submit two pieces of formative coursework. The first will be an essay outline - in effect an outline of a answer to a potential examination question, including a full introductory paragraph. The second will be a written assessment of a published book review - as the basis for the summative work to come. 

Bittner, E. (1990) Florence Nightingale in pursuit of Willie Sutton, in Aspects of Police Work, Boston: Northeastern University Press

Bowling,B., Phillips,C. and Parmar,A. (2008) ‘Policing ethnic minority communities’ in Newburn, T. (ed) Handbook of Policing, Cullompton: Willan

Dick, M., Silvestri, M. and Westmarland, L. (2013) Women police; potential and possibilities for police, in J.Brown (ed.) The Future of Policing London: Routledge

Greer, C. and R.Reiner (2012): 'Mediated Mayhem' in M.Maguire et al The Oxford Handbook of Criminology Oxford University Press

Newburn, T. (ed) (2008) Handbook of Policing, Second Edition, Cullompton: Willan

Newburn, T. (ed) (2004) Policing: Key Readings, Cullompton: Willan

Reiner, R. (2010) The Politics of the Police, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Reiner, R. (2013) Who Governs? Criminology and Criminal Justice 13/2: 161-180 

Silver, A. (1967) ‘The demand for order in civil society’, in D.J. Bordua (ed) The Police: Six Sociological Essays, New York: Wiley

Banton, M. (1964) The policeman in the community, London: Tavistock

Knuttson, J. and Tompson, L. (2017) Advances in Evidence-based Policing, London: Routledge

Lum, C. and Koper, C. (2017) Evidence-based policing: Translating theory into practice, New York: OUP

Monkkonen, E. (1982) From cop history to social history: The significance of police in American history, Journal of Social History, 15, 575-91

Newburn, T. (1999) Understanding and preventing police corruption, London: Home Office

Reuss-Ianni, E. and Reuss-Ianni, F. (1983) Street cops and management cops: the two cultures of policing, in Punch, M. (ed) Control in the Police Organization, Cambridge: MIT Press

Skolnick, J. (1994) A Sketch of the policeman’s working personality, in Justice Without Trial, New York: Wiley

Styles, J. (1987) The emergence of the police - explaining police reform in eighteenth and nineteenth century England, British Journal of Criminology, 27, 1, 15-22

Zimring, F. (2017) When Police Kill, New York: OUP

Essay (80%, 3000 words) in January.
Project (20%, 1000 words) in the Week 7.

The summative assessment will comprise a 3,000 essay involving a critical assessment of a minimum of two substantive issues covered in the course (80%), and a 1,000 word book review (20%).