Admission requirements
Only students enrolled in the MSc Crisis and Security Management can take this course.
Description
One of the core concepts of the MA Crisis & Security Management is ‘governance’. In this course, we will focus on the local level of security governance. Local authorities (e.g. police forces and municipalities) are responsible for guaranteeing public security. As a result of societal changes and the increasing complexity of security issues, amongst others, local authorities increasingly manage public security in cooperation with other public and private actors (e.g., schools and housing corporations). We will discuss what such local security networks look like and how they function. In addition, we review the factors that influence a local security network’s functioning.
Course objectives
Students are able to reproduce the most important theoretical contributions to the study of (local) security networks (from a multidisciplinary perspective).
Students are able to analyze local security networks and their functioning. In addition, they can analyze the factors that influence the functioning of local security networks.
Students are able to apply theoretical knowledge on local security networks by conducting research on a ‘real life’ network (e.g., a neighborhood watch or a Security House).
Students are able to critically discuss the functioning of local security networks, based on their own research, and their familiarization with previous studies.
Timetable
On the Public Administration front page of the E-guide you will find links to the website and timetables, uSis and Blackboard.
Mode of instruction
Seven lectures, including a guest lecture, individual research projects, and group discussions. The course is compulsory.
Course Load
Total study load 140 hours
contact hours: 21
self-study hours: reading, preparing lectures, assignments, etc: 119
Assessment method
Mid-term exam (40%) and an end-paper (60%).
Mid-term exam: multiple choice + essay questions, based on literature on (local) security networks.
Final paper: 3,000 words, in which the student reports on his/her study of a local security network. Students may choose to study the same network as (some of) their peers, but they need to conduct an individual study (and hence, hand in an individually written paper).
Both assignments have to be at least a 5,5. If one or both grades is lower than a 5.5, students will be permitted to resit the mid-term and/or the final exam if they have taken the first sit.
You can find more information about assessments and the timetable exams on the website.
Details for submitting papers (deadlines) are posted on Blackboard.
On the Public Administration front page of the E-guide you will find links to the website, uSis and Blackboard.
Resit
Students will be permitted to resit an examination if they have a mark lower than 5.5 or with permission of the Board of Examiners.
Resit written exam
Students that want to take part in a resit for a written exam, are required to register via uSis. Use the activity number that can be found on the ‘timetable exams’.
Blackboard
Blackboard page will be available one week in advance.
Reading list
To be announced on blackboard.
Registration
Use both uSis and Blackboard to register for every course.
Register for every course and workgroup via uSis. Some courses and workgroups have a limited number of participants, so register on time (before the course starts). In uSis you can access your personal schedule and view your results. Registration in uSis is possible from four weeks before the start of the course.
Also register for every course in Blackboard. Important information about the course is posted here.