Police and policing in Belgium

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Vincent Seron

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Part I. Understanding Police and Police Work
#1. Introduction, definitions & concepts

Part II : Police organization and policing in Belgium
#2. Implementation, guiding principles, and staff
#3. Organization and missions of the federal police
#4. Organization and missions of the local police
#5. Institutions responsible for contributing to police integration and supervisory bodies

Part III : Specific issues
#6. Contemporary policing strategies
#7. Topical issue (subject to change)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course aims to familiarise students with the main principles of Belgian police as a function (policing) and as an institution (the police officer and the police organization). 
 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Oral lessons Debates

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

The teaching methods may be subject to variations based on the trend of the pandemic situation Covid19.

Recommended or required readings

F. Jobard et J. de Maillard, Sociologie de la police. Politiques, organisations, réformes, Paris, Armand Colin, coll. « U - Sociologie », 2015.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course consists in a two hours lesson a week during the first quadrimester (Wednesday from 10:30 to 12:30)

Contacts

Prof. dr. Vincent Seron B33 - Office 1/3 04/366.31.41 vseron@uliege.be

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