MSc Rural and Environmental Crime and Policing

Program Overview

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By studying our MSc in Rural and Environmental Crime and Policing, you’ll benefit from working with academics who have extensive experience in policing and are involved in the latest research into rural and environmental crime.

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Throughout this blended-learning course, you'll enhance your knowledge of this area within policing and build your leadership, strategic and project management skills required to lead others.

Program Outline

Modules

This provides a guide of the modules that make up your course. You can find more information about how your course is structured on our

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Year 1 Core Modules Credits

Forms of Rural and Environmental Crime 20.00

Credits

20.00

You’ll examine the range and extent of crime occurring in the UK countryside. It has a focus on the challenge of defining ‘rural’ in a crime and policing context. You will explore the range and impacts of environmental crime, the long-term consequences of this form of offending and the challenges associated with finding the proper responses.

Rural and Environmental Law 20.00

Credits

20.00

Explore and critique the law and regulatory instruments pertaining to rural and environmental crime. You’ll explore forms of environmental justice and consider which agencies are responsible for applying various laws and regulations and examine the concept of environmental democracy.

Rural & Environmental Crime: Enforcement Challenges & Response 20.00

Credits

20.00

You’ll explore the challenges posed in enforcing, and complying with, rural and environmental law and regulation. Evaluate innovative ways of responding to those challenges. You’ll draw upon contemporary change management strategies and nudge theory to explore ways of bringing a change in institutional and public attitudes toward rural offending.

Rural, green, and Environmental Criminologies 20.00

Credits

20.00

Rural, green and environmental criminologies have become important in explaining crime events and for reducing victimisation. You’ll consider how rural, green, and conservation criminologies have evolved out of ‘traditional’ criminological approaches. You will explore how these might be used to understand why rural and environmental crimes occur.

Year 2 Core Modules Credits

Policing research project 60.00

Credits

60.00

The research project is a major piece of self-managed work, where you must identify your own research question, set research objectives, gather, and analyse appropriate literature, secondary and primary research to meet those objectives. You’ll have the opportunity to attend a campus-based workshop prior to commencing your dissertation where you’ll...

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Policing research project

Credits

60.00

The research project is a major piece of self-managed work, where you must identify your own research question, set research objectives, gather, and analyse appropriate literature, secondary and primary research to meet those objectives. You’ll have the opportunity to attend a campus-based workshop prior to commencing your dissertation where you’ll be given initial guidance and support. T o complete successfully you must analyse and evaluate the theories and concepts around the chosen subject as well as showing proficiency in the design and conduct of primary research and integrating any relevant secondary research undertaken.

Optional Modules Credits

Leading, Managing and Developing Talent 20.00

Credits

20.00

Develop an understanding of the contribution that talent management can offer organisations. Explore the various notions of talent and the way it impacts on organisational strategy. Examine approaches to leadership, management and development and explore themes such as managing values and culture, staff engagement, coaching and mentoring.

Strategic Leadership 20.00

Credits

20.00

Successfully embedding a sense of leadership can be the difference between success and failure. You’ll learn how to develop into a rational and motivational and resilient leader and strategic thinker who understands the inherent differences between the roles of a ‘manager’ and a ‘leader’ in rapidly changing international contexts.

Project Management 20.00

Credits

20.00

Organisational Resilience 20.00

Credits

20.00

Business organisations are vulnerable and exposed to threats from malicious or accidental events on a constant basis. You will learn how to understand and put in place capabilities to effectively counter wide-scale disruptions and risks, and also maintain alignment with strategic business objectives, corporate reputation and profitability.