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CRI-30060 - Module Specification
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 16 September 2026

CRI-30060 - Advanced Issues in Policing
Coordinator: Leah Koumentaki
Lecture Time:
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

Policing and the Police CRI-20021
Research Methods in Criminology CRI-20020
Criminal Justice: Process, Policy, Practice CRI-10013

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

Advanced Issues in Policing allows you to explore some of the topics and issues covered in CRI-20021 in more depth and detail, while discovering emerging challenges and issues in policing. We will look at a range of issues such as policing and decision making, public protection, response policing, roads policing, vulnerability and risk, domestic abuse, and counter terrorism. The module is particularly useful to students who wish to broaden their understanding of contemporary challenges and issues in policing, especially if they are considering a career in policing through the Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP)

Aims
This module gives students an opportunity to explore topics and issues covered in CRI-20021 in more depth and detail and also to explore emerging challenges and issues in policing, which is a rapidly evolving area of policy and practice in Criminal Justice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically evaluate the relationships between crime, policing responses to it and social divisions and diversity: Assess and illustrate the impact of social change on crime and ways of responding to it through the operation of policing and criminal justice systems, policies and practices and a range of related multi-agency policy and procedural responses: Appraise different approaches to social scientific research and their use in investigating, preventing and responding to crime, including evidence-based policing, academic/police collaborations and the role of police 'pracademics' in knowledge exchange collaborations.: Critically assess the research literature in the context of the development and delivery of policing.: Recognise, interpret and evaluate theories, concepts and research applicable to policing.: Apply established criminological theories and methods of inquiry to understanding and resolving new and unfamiliar challenges and issues in policing and criminal justice:

Study hours

Lectures - 10 hours
Seminar/workshops - 10 hours
Assessment planning workshops - 5 hours
Work towards assessment - 40 hours
Independent study - 85 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Report weighted 100%
Red Team Critique & Re-design (3,000 words) on a real police strategy document of the student's choice
You will select one real police strategy document (from the list provided below or approved by your module leader) and produce a two-part critique and re-design. Part 1: Red Team Critique (1,800 words) A "red team" critique is a hostile but constructive analysis. Your job is not to summarise the document or praise its strengths. Your job is to find its weaknesses, blind spots, and risks. Part 2: Re-design Proposal (1,200 words): Based on your critique, propose an alternative strategy that addresses the flaws you identified. Sample Police Strategy Documents (Choose One) You may select one of the following or propose your own to the module leader for approval by Week 9. Topic Strategy Document Policing sexual violence NPCC (2023) National Framework for Responding to Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Policing protest Metropolitan Police (2024) Public Order Policing Strategy (or local force equivalent) AI / predictive policing South Wales Police (2023) Live Facial Recognition: Policy and Operating Procedure Police culture / misconduct College of Policing (2024) Vetting and Counter-Corruption Guidance Mental health response Any local force's Right Care, Right Person implementation plan Race and policing NPCC / College of Policing (2024) Police Race Action Plan: Implementation Framework

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 16 September 2026