Law, Criminal Justice and Computing (previously the Department of Crime and Policing Studies) originated as the Centre for Studies in Crime & Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University in 1996. The purpose of the centre was to coordinate the work of individuals within the department who were working with operational police officers on a number of programmes and projects. The department’s success has since allowed it to grow to provide a wide range of undergraduate programmes including Policing, Law, Criminology and Forensic Investigation. It prides itself on its heritage and strong working relationships with the police, its collaborative, interdisciplinary emphasis in the teaching of criminal justice theory and its commitment to providing the highest standards in academic provision. BSc Policing – Introduction The BSc (Hons) Policing programme is designed for police officers (and police staff employees in related occupations) who wish to study the broad discipline of ‘Policing’. The programme normally takes 3 years of part-time study to complete, providing entrants can demonstrate that they have sufficient direct professional experiential learning and knowledge of policing in order to enter the programme. Evidence of this learning needs to be demonstrated within the application process to acquire accreditation of prior (experiential) learning (APL/APEL) up to the value of half the degree (180 credits). Programme Director – Jenny Norman Jenny has always had a keen interest in both designing and conducting research in a policing context. She worked for the Metropolitan Police Service for thirteen years. Her main role within the MPS was working as a Strategic Researcher leading on both operational and strategic research at a corporate level. She was involved in conducting a range of projects in areas including: public confidence in the police, specifically young people’s perceptions of the police and the impact on engagement strategies employed, rape and sexual violence with a focus on vulnerable victims and evaluative research in relation to neighbourhood policing. She is currently studying for her PhD which is aimed to explore the role of education in policing. Jenny has been working for at Canterbury Christ Church University since September 2014 and currently has over 100 serving officers and police staff committed to this programme. Commitment Students are required to attend taught sessions (at a central London location and attend study weekends at the University campus in Canterbury over the course of the academic year), in addition to working on assessed assignments and completing set tasks in their own time between taught sessions.
Law, Criminal Justice and Computing (previously the Department of Crime and Policing Studies) originated as the Centre for Studies in Crime & Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University in 1996. The purpose of the centre was to coordinate the work of individuals within the department who were working with operational police officers on a number of programmes and projects. The department’s success has since allowed it to grow to provide a wide range of undergraduate programmes including Policing, Law, Criminology and Forensic Investigation. It prides itself on its heritage and strong working relationships with the police, its collaborative, interdisciplinary emphasis in the teaching of criminal justice theory and its commitment to providing the highest standards in academic provision. BSc Policing – Introduction The BSc (Hons) Policing programme is designed for police officers (and police staff employees in related occupations) who wish to study the broad discipline of ‘Policing’. The programme normally takes 3 years of part-time study to complete, providing entrants can demonstrate that they have sufficient direct professional experiential learning and knowledge of policing in order to enter the programme. Evidence of this learning needs to be demonstrated within the application process to acquire accreditation of prior (experiential) learning (APL/APEL) up to the value of half the degree (180 credits). Programme Director – Jenny Norman Jenny has always had a keen interest in both designing and conducting research in a policing context. She worked for the Metropolitan Police Service for thirteen years. Her main role within the MPS was working as a Strategic Researcher leading on both operational and strategic research at a corporate level. She was involved in conducting a range of projects in areas including: public confidence in the police, specifically young people’s perceptions of the police and the impact on engagement strategies employed, rape and sexual violence with a focus on vulnerable victims and evaluative research in relation to neighbourhood policing. She is currently studying for her PhD which is aimed to explore the role of education in policing. Jenny has been working for at Canterbury Christ Church University since September 2014 and currently has over 100 serving officers and police staff committed to this programme. Commitment Students are required to attend taught sessions (at a central London location and attend study weekends at the University campus in Canterbury over the course of the academic year), in addition to working on assessed assignments and completing set tasks in their own time between taught sessions.