Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and the exact word count of your submitted document; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in AU Harvard system(s). You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.
You must not include your name in your submission because Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.
Maximum word count: 3,000 words
Please refer to the full word count policy which can be found in the Student Policies section here: Arden University | Regulatory Framework
Please note the following:
Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment.
The word count includes everything in the main body of the assessment (including in text citations and references). The word count excludes numerical data in tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count.
Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a 10-percentage point deduction.
Assignment Task
Write an essay (maximum 4,000 words) answering any ONE of the four questions below. Note that each of the questions is multi-part and you should answer all parts of your chosen question.
Question 1
The police can be held accountable for a range of actions they may perform within their daily work roles. Complete both tasks below:
a) What roles do a) the Police and Crime Commissioner, b) the Independent Police Complaints Commission, and c) the Parliament in England, play in police accountability?
b) How well does the current system of police accountability ensure that the police act in a professional manner whilst also serving the needs of the public?
(100 marks)
(4000 words)
(LOs 1-5)
Question 2
Through forms of ‘responsibilisation’, both the police and the public have been expected to work together to reduce crime. Complete all three tasks below:
a) Describe community policing and how the police are expected to work with the public in such a model of policing.
b) How are members of the public involved in a community-based model of policing?
c) Critically discuss the limitations of the community policing model and the difficulties in implementing such a model.
(100 marks)
(4000 words)
(LOs 1-5)
Question 3
Police work has increasingly ‘pluralised’ in recent years with other governmental and private bodies now playing some role in ‘police work’. Complete both tasks below:
a) To what extent do private companies perform ‘police work’ and in which areas of policing is this most likely to be observed?
b) How effective is the contracting of private companies in reducing crime?
(100 marks)
(4000 words)
(LOs 1-5)
Question 4
The Public Order Act 1986 has played a major role in the policing of groups of people. Complete all three tasks below:
a) How has the use of public order policing influenced the ways in which groups of people are ‘policed’?
b) How does the concept of the ‘mob’ link to both public order policing and the Public Order Act 1986?
c) What measures could be put in place to reduce the likelihood of riots manifesting?
(100 marks)
(4000 words)
(LOs 1-5)
Formative Feedback
You have the opportunity to submit essay plans to receive formative feedback.
The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner.
If you are a distance learning student, you should submit your work, by email, to your tutor, no later than 2 weeks before the actual submission deadline. If you are a blended learning student, your tutor will give you a deadline for formative feedback and further details.
Formative feedback will not be given to work submitted after the above date or the date specified by your tutor – if a blended learning student.
Guidelines
You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system.
Follow this link to find the referencing guides for your subject: Arden Library
Submission Guidance
Assignments submitted late will not be accepted and will be marked as a 0% fail.
Your assessment can be submitted as a single Word (MS Word) or PDF file, or, as multiple files.
If you chose to submit multiple files, you must name each document as the question/part you are answering along with your student number ie Q1 Section A STUXXXX. If you wish to overwrite your submission or one of your submissions, you must ensure that your new submission is named exactly the same as the previous in order for the system to overwrite it.
You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is available on the A-Z key information on iLearn.)
