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

This study unit is a melange of academic lectures and practitioners point-of-views together with a assignments on crime prevention, not forgetting an online exam in which learnings of selected literature (and notes from the lectures) will be assessed.

The studies contains classroom teaching, online teaching, as well as independent work.

The stress is on theories of criminology and how to apply them in real world crime prevention.

Location and time

Laurea Leppävaara Campus

Learning materials and recommended literature

CANVAS-material

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- 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
- Marcus Felson & Ronald V. Clarke (1998). Opportunity Makes the Thief - Practical theory for crime prevention. Home Office. Policing and Reducing Crime Unit. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate
Available online at: https://popcenter.asu.edu/sites/default/files/opportunity_makes_the_thief.pdf

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Four selected articles of Crime Prevention and Community Safety -journal (Available online from Laurea library database):

1) Chernoff, William A. 2020. Property of fayard hall: A pilot study on situational theft prevention on the university campus. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 22, (1) (03): 33-48.

2) Deryol, Rustu, and Troy C. Payne. 2018. A method of identifying dark-time crime locations for street lighting purposes. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 20, (1) (02): 47-62.

3) Douglas, Stephen, and Brandon C. Welsh. 2020. Place managers for crime prevention: The theoretical and empirical status of a neglected situational crime prevention technique. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 22, (2) (06): 99-109.

4) Tilley, Nick, and Gloria Laycock. 2018. Developing a knowledge base for crime prevention: Lessons learned from the British experience. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 20, (4) (11): 228-242.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

According to the degree regulations “all students are entitled to demonstrate their competence. The recognition and accreditation of prior competence is initiated by the students themselves. The competence is recognised and accredited by the teacher responsible for the module or study unit or another person designated by the director of the UAS unit.

Important dates

Contact days and rooms are the following:

OPENING SESSION (compulsory attendance)
Start of the assignment, first lecture on Crime, Criminology and Crime Prevention
Room: Leppävaara 207L
Time: 01.09.2022 09.00 - 11.30

SECOND CONTACT DAY
Room: Leppävaara 207L
Follow up with the assignment, second lecture on Crime, Criminology and Crime Prevention
Time: 06.10.2022 09.00 - 11.30

THIRD CONTACT DAY
Feedback of the assignments, final lecture on Crime, Criminology and Crime Prevention
Room: Leppävaara 207L
Time: 02.12.2022 09.00 - 11.30


OTHER IMPORTANT DAYS:

The assignment must be returned by 5th of December 23.59! Please note: Returning your assignment late will lower your grade.

Online Exam on Monday 12th of December from 10:00 to 23:30 OR on Friday 16th, from 10:00 to 23:30;
Retake on Monday the 19th of December, from 10:00 to 23:30.
The online exams are arranged so that you have 60 minutes to complete the exam within the time window (10:00 - 23:59). However, you must start taking the online exam before 22:59 to be able to utilise the whole time allocated for the exam.

Forms of internationality

Study unit is suitable for exchange students.

Students workload

133,5 hrs/5 ECTS

(One credit equals approximately 26.7 hours of work performed by the student.)

Content and scheduling

Key issues:
Crime Prevention; Criminology; Principles of Crime Prevention; Crime Prevention Programme; Social Crime Prevention; Situational Crime Prevention; Fear of Crime; Crime Statistics; Problem Oriented Policing

Further information for students

Before enrolling to this study unit, you should have adequate competence level of safety, security and risk management, which you can acquire for example by completing study unit Business Continuity 5 credits or Basics of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management 10 credits

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

5-1, Failed
Online exam (40 % of the total points of the study unit)
Assignment (60 % of the total points of the study unit)

Grading scale:
Grade/points
Failed < 40 points
1 40 - < 51 points
2 51 - < 63 points
3 63 - < 75 points
4 75 - < 87 points
5 87 – 100 points

Approved completion of the study unit requires that you will receive minimum 40 points in total, however, both the assignment must be returned and the online exam has to be done.

Returning your assignment late will lower your grade.


Requirement level II.

Evaluation criteria, fail (0)

If you get less than 40 points in total, or do not both do the exam and return the assignment.

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

1 40 - < 51 points
2 51 - < 63 points

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

3 63 - < 75 points
4 75 - < 87 points

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

5 87 – 100 points

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.