PC4S040 - Community Policing and Partnerships 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PC4S040
Module Title: Community Policing and Partnerships
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Policing and Criminology
Faculty Sub Group: Policing
Module Leader: Jeff Lewis
Module Team: Alun Davies, Helen Martin, Daniel Welch
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
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 2026

Module Aims

To introduce the student to theories and practical approaches underpinning community and partnerships

To critically evaluate the effectiveness of the partnerships in a practical environment.

To apply problem solving models to specific problems within communities.

Content Summary

Community safety as a concept including a brief history of partnerships; structure of partnerships, views of and approaches to partnership working.

The politics and management of partnerships including such issues as demands on partners, organisational cultures and change, managing partnerships, control and accountability, funding considerations, information sharing.
Problems within communities such as anti-social behaviour and its impact upon communities including definitional problems of anti-social behaviour and the process of dealing with such issues.

Community problems such as crime; begging; drugs, neighbour related problems, crime within communities, sources of criminal statistics and their problems, fear of crime.

New directions in partnership working including such issues as the police reform programme, the police standards unit; and different policing initiatives within partnership working.

Performance measurements and accountability criteria including audits; the roles of responsible authorities and others, evaluation and monitoring,

Consideration of the future of partnership working.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 20
Seminar 10
Independent Study 110
Directed Study 60
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Analytically apply theoretical propositions regarding community safety to practical scenarios
LO2 Critically evaluate the effectiveness of partnerships within communities
LO3 Critically apply the problem solving approach to particular problems within communities in this area

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Online Practical Assessment Production (Online) 1 Podcast 25 N/A 100 No 100

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3
Production (Online) 1

Reading List

Department of Health (2012) Information Sharing to Tackle Violence: Guidance for Community Safety Partnerships on engaging with the NHS available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sharing-to-tackle-violence-guidance-for-community-safety-partnerships-on-engaging-with-the-nhs

Home Office (2010) Information sharing for community safety available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/97842/guidance.pdf

Ratcliffe, J. (2018) educating Crime: A Companion for Police Leaders . Routledge, UK.

Rogers, C. and Blakemore, B., (2009), A Willan Reader in Community Safety, Cullompton, Willan.

Rogers C, 2011, Crime Reduction Partnerships (2nd edition), Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Tilley, N. and Sidebottom, A. (2017) Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety. 2nd edn. Abingdon: Routledge.