PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN SECURITY AND CRIMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT

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PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN SECURITY AND CRIMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT

 

1.0       Rationale

 

Human society faces new and increasing threats from different dimensions ranging from terrorism to vandalism. This is mainly due to serious security lapses and increasingly sophisticated organised criminals. As a result, most security, defense and law-enforcement agencies (both home and abroad) and organisations embodying key security functions require a paradigm shift in training that impart new skills and knowledge to enable security personnel to deal with contemporary security challenges. Rapid internally and externally induced changes spurred by globalization in security sector require new approach to security management which in turn demands appropriate training on a wide range of issues; such as managing risks, securing institutional assets and buildings; information and data protection. It is in this context therefore, that the department presents the PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN SECURITY AND CRIMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT. The course is intended to meet the national need of guaranteed security by training resource persons capable of taking up leadership in security management systems within government, corporate sector, and private security agencies. Security is an important component of national development and a necessity for realization of national goals. The course provides theoretical and practical strategies that addresses national security needs. PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN SECURITY AND CRIMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT holds appeal for employers across broad range of areas: industries, institutions and stands apart currently available programmes as it is more focused, theory-intensive and practical. This degree is therefore ideal for strengthening the skills of employees and creating appropriate personnel in the security sector, both public and private.

 

2.0       Programme Objectives

 The aim of this programme is to produce qualified personnel required for effective prevention of security lapses, control and management of security organisations and systems in modern society. The objectives of the course are: –

To advance the undergraduate foundations courses in criminology and security studies.

To equip graduates from various backgrounds with knowledge and skills required by the security organizations and governments.

To produce scholars who are able to apply their knowledge and skills in security management, consultancies, teaching and research.

3.0       Programme Learning Outcomes

The Executive Professional Dilpma will be able to use acquired knowledge and skills to:-

Undertake further studies

Provide required security management knowledge and skills in various organizations

To undertake research and teaching in security management

Provide security management and consultancies in various organizations

To be able to develop relevant security management policies.

4.0       Admission Requirements

 

Language and Management University of Campinas rules shall apply; admission shall also be open to serving police officer and all other security personnel or the entire management architecture

5.0       Course Structure and Duration of Study

275 PAGES OF 34 WEEKS COURSE WORK

EXECUTIVE PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN SECURITY

AND CRIMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT

 

Course content:

Week 1

  • Introduction and definition

  • Loss prevention

  • Systematic risk

  • Nonsystematic risk

  • Security risk management

  • Work place

 

Week 2

  • Types of security threats

  • External

  • Internal

  • Risk avoidance

  • Risk reduction

  • Risk spreading

  • Risk transfer

  • Risk acceptance

 

Week 3

  • Security policy implementation

  • Economic risk

  • Health

  • Health, safety and environment

 

Week 4

  • Social aspect of risk

  • Information technology and information security

  • Information assurance and information security

  • Insurance

  • Business and management

  • In human service

 

 

Week 5

  • High security organizations

  • Financial risk

  • Financial auditing risk

 

Week 6

  • Security: At your own risk!

  • Human factor: Decision theory and prospect theory

  • Psychology of risk taking

  • Maintenance

  • Risk assessment and analysis

  • Fear as intuitive risk assessment

 

Week 7

  • Anxiety, risk and decision making

  • Consequence of anxiety

  • Dread risk

  • Anxiety and judgmental accuracy

  • Other consequences: risk and uncertainty

  • Measurement of uncertainty

  • Risk

  • Measurement of risk

 

Week 8

  • Risk attitude, appetite and tolerance

  • Risk as a vector quantity

 

Week 9

  • Civil defense

  • Introduction

  • History and origin

  • United Kingdom

  • United states

  • Today

  • Importance

  • Threat assessment

  • Conventional

  • Nuclear

  • Dirty bombs

  • Biological

  • Chemical

 

Week 10

  • Stages of security

  • Mitigation

  • Preparation

  • Response

  • Recovery

  • Implementation

 

Week 11

  • Police and policing

  • The history of modern policing: how modern policing evolved

  • The beginning of modern policing

  • Early public opposition to the police force

  • Principle of policing: the way and how of policing

  • Gaining public support for police

 

Week 12

  • Guardians or warriors: the changing role of law enforcement

 

  • Creating a smarter police force for the 21st century

  • Public scrutiny of police practices

  • Eroding trust, eroding effectiveness

  • Peelian principles of policing

  • The jaded warrior

  • Guardians of democracy: back to basics

  • High hopes for the future of policing

 

 

Week 13

  • Fighting crime means more than just enforcing law

  • The concept of law enforcement

  • Concept of policing

  • Difference between law enforcement and policing

  • Why does knowing the difference matters

 

Week 14

  • The use of social networking in law enforcement

  • Using social media to salve crimes

  • Finding people who need help through social media

  • Using social networking for police community outreach

  • The use of social media in hiring decision

  • Sharing technology and tactics through social media

 

Week 15

  • Community oriented policing

  • How police officers, criminologists and community leaders work together

  • Professor Goldstein and problems-oriented policing

  • Building law enforcement and community partnership

  • Problem salving, and the SARA model in policing

  • Finding long term solution for police and communities

 

Week 16

  • Criminal justice

  • What is criminal justice?

  • What is the difference between criminal justice and criminology?

  • What are the components of criminal justice system

  • The history of crime and punishment

  • Modern policing

  • Explore career in criminal justice

 

Week 17

  • What is the difference between criminology and criminal justice?

  • What is criminology?

  • What is criminal justice?

  • Criminal justice and criminology career

  • All about criminology

  • Career in criminal justice

  • Something for everyone in criminology career

 

 

Week 18

  • What is criminology (technical?)

  • Learn about the study of crime, its courses and its consequences

  • Etymology of criminology

  • Who is a criminologist?

  • School of thoughts within criminology

  • How criminology improves society

  • Career in criminology

 

 

Week 19

  • The history of criminology

  • Crime and criminology: from the ancient to its renaissance

  • Ancient view of crime and punishment

  • The first law and codes

  • Religion and crime

  • Early philosophy and crime

  • Secular law and society

  • Crime and punishment in the middle ages

  • Foundation for the modern view of crime

 

 

Week 20

  • Environmental criminology

  • Four elements of crime

  • Focus on the environment

  • Crime mapping

  • Identifying patterns

  • Broken windows theory

  • Career potential

 

Week 21

  • Crime analyst career profile

  • What do crime analysts do?

  • What are the requirements to be a crime analyst?

  • Private investigation career profile

  • History of private investigation

  • What private investigators do

  • What education and skills are required for private investigators?

  • How much money can a private investigator earn?

 

 

 

Week 22

  • Technology that are changing the way police do business

  • How police can use GOOGLE GLASS, HOLOLENS and AUGMENTAL REALITY to salve crime

  • Hoe police can use social media to salve crime and engage the public

  • How law enforcement use biometric for crime, data security and identification

  • How police can use tablets and smart phones to salve crime

  • Automatic tags and license plate readers technics for the police

  • Law enforcement use of GPS

 

Week 23

  • Criminology career

  • Use of technology in criminal justice

  • Video recording

  • In-car computers

  • Rapid identification

  • Evidence property reporting

  • Computer aided dispatch

  • Case management

  • Preparing for success

 

Week 24

  • Law enforcement officers job information

  • Guide, direct and implementing new technology for your police department

  • What does a law enforcement technology officer do?

  • What are the requirements to be a law enforcement technology officer?

  • Where and how can a law enforcement technology officer train?

  • What is the salary level of a law enforcement technology officer?

  • What are the job prospects for a law enforcement technology officer?

  • Why you should consider becoming a law enforcement technology officer

 

 

 

Week 25

  • How to become a criminal profiler

  • Get competitive

  • Physical fitness requirement

  • Background investigation

  • Training

 

 

Week 26

  • How to be a firearm and ballistic expert

  • Learn more about forensic science career

  • A clear background investigation

  • What makes you competitive for firearms and ballistics specialist job?

  • Learn how to get the experience you need for the job you want

  • Skills you need to succeed in forensic firearms and ballistics expert career

  • Becoming a forensic firearms and ballistic expert

 

Week 27

  • Finger print analysis

  • Patterns

  • The three types of finger prints that can be collected and analyzed

  • Chemical components of fingerprints

  • Forensic fingerprinting

  • Identification and classification of individual fingerprints

  • Analyzing barely barely visible latent prints on a knife

  • Electronic recording of fingerprints

  • Live video step by step demonstration and guide on how to analyze finger prints and the items required

 

Week 28

  • Foot prints

 

 

Week 29

  • Scanning dead or unconscious people

  • Laboratory techniques

  • The international fingerprint research group (IFRG)

  • Detection of drug use

  • Validity

  • Defense

  • In other species

  • Crime fiction

  • Film and television

  • Other reliable crime identifiers

 

 

 

SECOND SEMESTER

 

 

Week 30

  • History of firearms

 

Week 31

  • Anatomy of firearms

 

Week 32

  • Surgical pathology of bullets

  • Examination of bullet fragments or bullets composition

  • Pattern of tissue injury

  • Entrance wounds

 

 

Week 33

  • Ballistics

  • Terminal ballistics (hitting the target)

  • Handgun ballistics

  • Shotgun ballistics

  • Air gun ballistics

  • AK47, AND OTHERS

 

Week 34

Few firearms manufacturers contacts, more are available if the need be.

SECURITY, AT YOUR OWN RISK!