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Crime Prevention (5 cr)

Code: TO00BN74-3001

General information


Enrollment
18.05.2020 - 29.05.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
30.09.2020 - 18.12.2020
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
0 cr
Virtual proportion
5 cr
RDI proportion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
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
Study unit
TO00BN74

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

Location and time

Laurea Virtual Campus

Materials

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

Teaching methods

Online implementation

Optima realization

Exam schedules

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

International connections

Study unit is suitable for exchange students

Student workload

133,5 hrs/5 ECTS

Content 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

Evaluation scale

H-5

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.

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