Crime Prevention (5 cr)
Code: TO00BN74-3001
General information
Enrollment
18.05.2020 - 29.05.2020
Timing
30.09.2020 - 18.12.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual proportion
5 op
RDI proportion
3 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Laurea Leppävaara, service
Campus
Laurea Virtual Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Safety, Security and Risk Management (HRA), Laurea Leppävaara
- Turvallisuuden ja riskienhallinnan koulutus (HTA2), Laurea Leppävaara (Finnish)
Teachers
- Reijo Lähde
Teacher in charge
Reijo Lähde
Groups
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CCM220SYComplementary competence (bachelor’s studies), S20, Services
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TOP220SY
Learning outcomes
The student is able to:
- define criminology and crime prevention principles and apply those
- define crime prevention operators and their roles
- assess and manage organisations’ crime risks
- create organisation’s situational awareness of crime risks
- create crime prevention plan and procedures
Teaching methods
Online implementation
Optima realization
Location and time
Laurea Virtual Campus
Learning materials and recommended literature
Optima materials and
- Ronald V. Clarke & John Eck (2003). Become a Problem Solving Crime Analyst in 55 Small Steps. Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science & University College London: New York, NY & London, UK.
Available online at: https://popcenter.asu.edu/sites/default/files/library/reading/PDFs/55stepsUK.pdf
Important dates
Online exam: 25.11.2020
Online exam retakes: 2.12.2020 (1st retake), 9.12.2020 (2nd retake)
Assignment return by 25.11.2020!
Changes may apply
Forms of internationality
Study unit is suitable for exchange students
Students workload
133,5 hrs/5 ECTS
Content and scheduling
Key issues:
Crime Prevention; Principles of Crime Prevention; Crime Prevention Programme; Social Crime Prevention; Situational Crime Prevention; Situational prevention; Costs of Crime; Fear of Crime; Workplace Violence; Crime Statistics; Victimisation Surveys; Internal Controls; Fraud Prevention; Fraud; Safety walks; Problem Oriented Policing
Grading scale
H-5
Evaluation methods and criteria
5-1, Failed
Exam 40 % of the total grade (online exam)
Assignment 60 % of the total grade
Returning your development/learning assignments late will lower your grade. Less than seven (7) days late will render a grade lower than 4. Being late between seven (7) and 14 days will render a grade lower than 3. Returns that are late more than 14 days will render a grade below 2.
Requirement level II.
Evaluation criteria, fail (0)
Requirement level II.
Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
Requirement level II.
Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)
Requirement level II.
Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)
Requirement level II.
Qualifications
Before enrolling to this study unit, you should have adequate competence of safety, security and risk management, which you can acquire for example by completing study unit HT00BN79 Basics of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (10 cr) or TO00BS57 Basic Theory of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (5 cr) at Open University of Applied Sciences.