PC4S032 - Intelligence Studies 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PC4S032
Module Title: Intelligence Studies
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Policing and Criminology
Faculty Sub Group: Policing
Module Leader: Mike Edwards, Helen Martin
Module Team: Christian Kaunert
First Intended Intake: SEP 2019 Final Year of Intake: 2024
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100486 - policing
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

Develop a critical awareness of the emergence of intelligence studies and related concepts and theories, in order to assess the role intelligence can have in the formulation of international and domestic policy for the mitigation of organised crime and terrorism.

Content Summary

What Is Intelligence?

Intelligence Collection Disciplines - INTs:

· HUMINT

· SIGINT

· IMINT

· OPINT

· MASINT

Intelligence Cycle & Analysis

Intelligence-Policy Relations:

· Politicisation

· The Issues of Receptivity

Intelligence Failure: Strategic & Tactical Perspectives and the impact on organised crime

Covert Actions:

· Surveillance

· Propaganda & Ideological/Information Warfare

· Assassinations & Implausible Deniability

· Espionage

· Recruitment & Agents Handling

Counterintelligence

Intelligence and Diplomacy

Intelligence Liaison

Intelligence-Police/Law Enforcement Cooperation: Britain & America

Intelligence/Security Agencies in contemporary world: America, Britain, France, Russia, Israel, and China.

The Ethics of Intelligence & Public Scrutiny

Conclusions

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Seminar 10
Independent Study 80
Directed Study 95
Formative Assessment - Independent 1
Active/Simulation Based 4
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically analyse how and why intelligence studies and intelligence agencies have developed post WW2.
LO2 Assess critically the impact intelligence can have in the formulation of international and domestic policy in mitigating organised crime and terrorism.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Case study 1 Case study on a contemporary intelligence issue 0 4000 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Case study 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

Clark, R. (2016) Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach 5th edition. Sage: CQ Press, 2016.

Dahl, Erik J. (2014). “Why Won’t They Listen? Comparing Receptivity Toward Intelligence at Pearl Harbour and Midway.” Routledge.

Davies, P. (2014a) Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States: A Comparative Perspective, Volume I: Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Praeger Security International.

Davies, P. (2014b) Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States: A Comparative Perspective, Volume II: Evolution of the US. Intelligence Community. Praeger Security International.

Marrin, S. (2015). Revisiting Intelligence and Policy: Problems with Politicization and Receptivity. Routledge.

Gill, P. (2010). “Theories of Intelligence,” in The Oxford Handbook of National Security and Intelligence, ed. Loch K. Johnson (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Gill, Peter, and Mark Phythian, Intelligence in an Insecure World (2007).

Gill, P. (2010) “Theories of Intelligence,” in The Oxford Handbook of National Security and Intelligence, ed. Loch K. Johnson (Oxford University Press, 2010)

Supplementary Reading:

Herman, Michael, Intelligence Services in the Information Age (2004).

Herman, M et al. (2006). Did Intelligence Matter in the Cold War?. Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.

Jackson, Peter and Jennifer Siegel, Intelligence and Statecraft: The Uses and Limits of Intelligence in International Society (2005).

Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri, Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence (2002).

Johnson, Loch K., Secret Agencies: US Intelligence in a Hostile World (1996).

Kaunert, C. and S. Leonard (2013): European Security, Terrorism, and Intelligence, (Basingstoke: Palgrave; Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics series)

Keegan, John, Intelligence in War: From Napoleon to Al Qaeda (2003).

Laqueur, Walter, A World of Secrets: The Uses and Limits of Intelligence (1985).

Lowenthal, Mark, Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (2006).

Lowenthal, Mark M. “The Policymaker – Intelligence Relationship,” in The Oxford Handbook of National Security and Intelligence, ed. Loch K. Johnson (Oxford University Press, 2010), 437-438.