Professional Policing

Our Professional Policing degree aims to equip students with a wide range of skills and knowledge needed for modern policing. This course covers important policing professional standards, various situations, and different contexts. It aims to enhance your ability to perform effectively as a police constable in key areas of professional policing.

As a BSc Professional Policing student, you will explore how political and social factors influence crime. You’ll study criminalisation and the political and social processes of victimisation. You will also learn about criminological theories and how social diversity and inequality affect crime and responses to it. Understanding these concepts will help you see how crime affects different groups of people in society.

The course introduces you to the complex social problems related to crime, such as issues of class and victimisation. You will learn about the responses to crime and deviance, and develop skills to compare these responses, identifying their strengths and weaknesses. This will involve studying criminal investigation methods and understanding how to evaluate their effectiveness.

Throughout the degree, you will research various strategies and methods used in policing. You’ll learn to assess how appropriate these strategies are in different situations. The course also covers practices and developments in criminal justice agency practices. This includes looking at how values and relationships are changing between individuals, groups, and both public and private agencies.

This degree is a pre-join knowledge-based degree in professional policing, which you need to complete before you can formally join the police service. By the end of the course, you will have gained knowledge and skills directly relevant to law enforcement in the Police Service in England and Wales.

Key topics covered in the course include community policing, response policing, and public protection. You will also study evidence-based policing, which involves using research to inform your decisions and actions. Additionally, you will learn about the roles of the National Crime Agency and the Prison and Probation Services.

This Professional Policing degree is designed to prepare you for a successful career in policing. You will gain a solid foundation in the core areas of policing, with a focus on understanding and responding to crime and deviance. This course provides the essential knowledge and skills needed for recruitment to the police service and to excel as a police constable.