2019-2020 / CRIM3092-1

Private Security

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in criminology (120 ECTS)4 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté de Droit, de Sciences politique et de Criminologie)4 crédits 

Lecturer

André Lemaître

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course take in account different aspects of the privatisation of the safety and crime prevention policies: surveillance, guarding and security, private investigation, security companies ...
Examination of the belgian legal framework

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To inform students about private security sector and the issues of its expansion

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Ideally the course of Prevention and public safety policies

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Part of the teaching is given in lecture form. It will present the legal and regulatory framework of private security.
Secondly, students are asked to analyze and discuss in a team a situation noted in the recent news related to private security.
Different representatives of different professions who deal with security are called to intervene in the course.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

The course is organized face to face

Recommended or required readings

Compendium of texts and articles - Articles kit Bibliography Slides
"Sécurité privée", Code thématique, Larcier, 2018.

Assessment methods and criteria

Research paper.
Students will have to write an essay about a "private security" subject. This work will be synthetic and reflexive. In 15 pages, students wil introduce, synthesize and discuss a question/matter of private security.
The choice of the subject is free but has to be directly related to a "private security" subject.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course promotes scientific curiosity and research by encouraging participation in conferences or symposiums to deepen and broaden the various concepts discussed at the courses.

Contacts

Enseignant : André LEMAITRE

alemaitre@uliege.be
Assistant :
Sarah El Guendi
Tel: +32 4 366 32 19
sarah.elguendi@uliege.be

Collaborateur scientifique:
Adam El Houti



Secrétariat : Mle J. DEBROUX +3243663159 J.Debroux@ulg.ac.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

No new subject taught after containment begins
Sending of the slides used during the course as planned

Assessment subjects

Not applicable; subject of the written paper chosen by the student.

Assessment methods

Only based on individual written paper
Students will have to write an essay about a "private security" subject. This work will be synthetic and reflexive. In 15 pages, students wil introduce, synthesize and discuss a question/matter of private security.
The choice of the subject is free but has to be directly related to a "private security" subject.

Contacts

André LEMAITRE: alemaitre@uliege.be
Tél bureau université: 04/366 30 83
Mobile: 0494/572 568
Sarah EL Guendi: sarah.elguendi@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Not applicable; subject of the written paper chosen by the student.

Assessment methods

Only based on individual written paper; the paper must be sent by email (alemaitre@uliege.be ; sarah.elguendi@uliege.be) by August 17 at the latest.
Students will have to write an essay about a "private security" subject. This work will be synthetic and reflexive. In 15 pages, students wil introduce, synthesize and discuss a question/matter of private security.
The choice of the subject is free but has to be directly related to a "private security" subject.

Contacts

André LEMAITRE
alemaitre@uliege.be
Sarah EL GUENDI
sarah.elguendi@uliege.be