Course Code:              (CRIM-6118)

Credit Hours:                     03

Instructor: MUHAMMAD ZAIN UL ABIDIN

Email: [email protected]

DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES

During this course, the students acquire understanding of the professional demands and professional ethical principles of police work, as well as the importance of multiculturalism and development of internationalization in police work. Additionally, they will acquire basic understanding of various schools of thought in criminology. After purposeful completion of this course, the students will be able to: 

1. Deal with operating environmental tasks, organizations, values and ethical foundations of policing.
2. Analyse and reflect in their own actions, as well as the significance of their attitude in professional situations requiring interaction with policing.
3. Meet with different types of customers and customer groups and assess the importance of multiculturalism in policing from social perspective.
4. Define the basic concepts of various schools of criminology, the theoretical reasons for crimes and the general characteristics of crimes in Pakistan.
5. Describe the impact and possibilities of the development of internationalization regarding their own field.

READINGS

1. Chaudhry, M. A. K. (1997). Policing in Pakistan. Karachi: Vanguard Books Pvt. Ltd.
2. Linda S. Miller (2010) Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving,  Delmar Pub
3. Michael Palmiotto (2011)Community Policing: A Police-Citizen PartnershipRoutledge  Taylor& Francis
4. Victor E. Kappeler (2009) Policing: A Contemporary Perspective
5. Michael Palmiotto 2011 Community Policing (Criminology and Justice Studies) 1st Edition Routledge
6. Dr. Lee P. Brown 2012 Policing in the 21st Century: Community Policing, AuthorHouse
7. Linda S. Miller, Kären M. Hess & Christine M.H. Orthmann Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving 6th Edition, Cengage Learning

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Definition
3. Types of policing
4. Role and functions

2          The Idea of Community Policing:

1. A History of Communities and Policing
2. The Changing Meaning of Community
3. Distinctive Community Policing Programs
4. Community Policing and Special Populations
5. The Ten Principles of Community Policing
6. Understanding and Involving the Community Police History Relevant to Community Policing
7. Concepts, Strategies, Experiments, and Research Findings That Have Influenced Community Policing

3          Understanding Police Culture:

1. The Police and Community Perception
2. Community Policing and Fear of Crime
3. Crime Prevention and Community Policing
4. Police Discretion, Police Misconduct, and Mechanisms to Control Police Misconduct
5. Problem Solving: Proactive Policing.

4.         Implementing Community Policing:

1. Problem-Oriented Policing
2. Community-Oriented Policing
3. Organizational Change and Community Policing
4. Planning the Implementation of Community Policing
5. The Future of Community Policing

1. Improvement in selection and training procedure
2. Organizational restructuring
3. Job redesigning
4. Emphasis on community/problems-oriented policing
5. Emphasis on human resource development programmes
6. Strengthening the system of internal and external accountability
7. Raising financial/occupational status
8. Stress management training
9. Introducing police cadet programme

COURSE SCHEDULE

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Mid Term: 30 Marks

Sessional: 20 Marks

Quiz: 30%

Presentation: 40%

Participation:  30%

Final exam: 50 Marks

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Note:

• All standard Rules & Regulations are applicable.