BA Degree in Professional Policing
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: Merit
About this course
BA (Hons) in Law, focused on professional policing and criminal justice practice. Core topics include Research Methods, Legal Analysis, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The degree is licensed by the College of Policing and delivered in partnership with West Mercia Police, including access to their headquarters training facilities. Students also use a mock courtroom in the School of Law for simulated practical policing scenarios.
Modules
- Response Policing: Streets and Wheels
- The Role of the Police Service and Police Constable
- The Blue Line and the Law: Powers, Procedure and Professionalism
- Individual Differences in Criminal Justice Practice
- Problem-Solving in the Community
- Evidence-Based Policing: Doing Police Research
- Black Box Thinking and Emotional Intelligence: Crime Investigation
- Victim/Witness and Suspect Interviewing
- Sexual Offences Investigation and Violence Against Women and Girls
- Dissertation
- Public Protection and Multi-Agency Working
- Specialist Police Investigations
- Digital Policing and Cybercrime
- Victims and Vulnerability