Study Guide

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.