Security and Intelligence BSc (Hons) BA (Hons) BA (Hons) BA (Hons) BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons)

Digital Evidence Processing

Module code: FORE40358

Information And Intelligence

Module code: FORE40359

Introduction To Security Technologies

Module code: COMP40018

Introduction To International Relations

Module code: HIPO40516

Introduction To Investigation

Module code: POLI40379

History Of United States

Module code: HIPO40514

Issues In Global Security

Module code: HIPO40517

Organised Crime

The purpose of this module is to examine different forms of organised crime in historical and contemporary settings. Particular attention will be given to the complex nature of organised crime, mafias, drugs, people and arms trades, as well as the role of states and corporations in relation to organised criminal activity. There will be a range of case studies, theoretical concepts, and other critical issues for students to work through in order to demonstrate their understanding of core content.

Module code: SOCY50588

Northern Ireland - Conflict And Resolution?

Module code: HIPO50528

Policing In A Digital Age

This module focuses on the digital element of policing and investigation. The module will include introductions to the key terminology used and basic concepts about the use of technology both in committing offences and tackling criminality. The module will include both theory, including case studies to contextualise information as well as some practical elements to provide applicable skills to students.

Module code: FORE50375

Advanced Digital Evidence Processing

Module code: FORE50361

Intelligence And Strategy

Module code: HIPO50531

Forensic Investigation Skills

Module code: HIPO50532

Understanding Terrorism: Causes And Theories

What is ‘terrorism’? That is the question that frames this module. Since 9/11 the word ‘terrorism’ has become part of our daily vernacular and yet there is significant confusion and debate about its meaning and its causes. This module enters into these debates and begins by looking at various definitions of ‘terrorism’ and the different types of ‘terrorism’. Can we say we have entered into a new era of ‘terrorism’?With this grounding the module then moves onto look at various theories of ‘terrorism’ that attempt to offer some insight into the causes of ‘terrorism’. What are the religious, political, and socioeconomic dimensions of ‘terrorism’?This module is designed to give you a strong grounding in the sociology of terrorism and encourage you to continue with the study of terrorism.

Module code: SOCY50589

Cyber Security Skills Portfolio

Module code: COMP50018

Firearm Investigations

Ever wondered how firearm crime gets detected and solved when no one reported it to police? This cross-disciplinary module focuses on the criminal use of firearms, ammunition and other weapons used to commit violent and serious crime. You will consider the methods used in detecting, linking, investigating, solving and preventing various firearm-related offences in both UK and international contexts. You consider the criminal justice process from policing, forensic and judicial perspectives and will develop a court room aide that helps you explain to a mock jury, the relevant aspects of a simulated firearm-related case.

Module code: FORE50362

The Middle East And Europe: Encounters And Conflicts From Napoleon To The Suez Crisis

This module delivers a history of the ‘modern’ Middle East and the region’s relationship with Europe from c.1800 to the late 1950s. This involves a broad discussion of historiographical themes such as Orientalism and colonialism and historical themes such as the expansion of Western imperialism, Christian-Islamic relations, and the impacts of WWI and WWII and anti-colonial movements. Major topics within the module include: the final century of the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and debates about modernisation, the Iranian Qajar dynasty, secularisation in Iran and Turkey, the idea of the ‘Holy Land’ in Western discourse and its relationship to the rise of political Zionism and the Mandates order post-WWI, processes of resistance to empire in Iraq, Syria and North Africa, and the rise of the Cold War as a shaper of international relations in the Middle East. Big-picture accounts of international patterns and dynamics will be complemented by primary sources and works from social and cultural history in order to highlight the roles of individual experiences and agency, especially from colonised peoples.

Module code: HIPO50533

Designing Research Projects

Module code: HIPO50523

Gender History And Sexual Politics

Module code: HIPO50524

International Relations Theory

Module code: HIPO50526

Practical Methods Of Criminal Investigation

This is a core module which provides a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the legal framework of investigation relative to arrest, search, detention, identification and interviewing of suspects in accordance with the Police and Criminal, Evidence Act 1984. Students will also apply their knowledge through a series of practical exercises regarding interviewing the complainant, witness and suspect about a variety of criminal offences before producing a portfolio of evidence. The module concludes with the student giving evidence on their portfolio before a Moot Court.

Module code: FORE50372

Intelligence Led Policing And Major Crime Investigation

Intelligence Led Policing and Major Crime Investigation is an optional module which is taught in Semester 1. Students will examine the National Intelligence Model (NIM) which is the foundation upon which policing is based. Students will explore the NIM including the requirement of strategic Intelligence development linked to problem oriented policing and the use of Intelligence functions in Major Crime Investigations. The use of covert and overt techniques of investigation will be examined together with the links to partnership working. Scrutiny of major crime incidents including murder and manslaughter as well as the role of the Home Office Live Major Enquiry System (HOLMES) will be conducted. Students will consider aspects of the Murder Investigation Manual which forms national guidance for Major Crime Investigation. The use of expert witnesses and specialist services together with an examination of policies and procedures and the use of the media in Critical and Major Incidents will be undertaken.

Module code: FORE60370

Security And Intelligence Project

With a combined focus on a topic in International Relations (ie the Project) presented as a dissertation essay as well as an employment portfolio that asks the student to develop plans and resources for to assist them after the complete their course, this module incorporates appropriate stages of research, conceptualising the selected problem, identifying and locating appropriate sources, reading them with the technical competence, critical understanding and insight necessary to establish what can be learned from them, and presenting the results in a clear, coherent, cogent and attractive form. This module therefore not only has scholarly value in its own right, but also provides a comprehensive test and display of the skills, strengths and limitations of its author and provides them with a plan with regard to what they need to do to enter the world of work as a work-ready graduate.

Module code: HIPO60548

Islamisms: Religion, Politics And Colonialism From Wwi To The 21St Century

Module code: HIPO60546

Contemporary Terror Movements: Classifications And Responses

This module provides students with the systematic theoretical and empirical study of new and old types of terrorism and political violence. The module also covers types of new terrorism with a focus on terrorism in the twenty-first century. Using various terror networks, the modules analyses and interrogates key debates in terrorism such as: the meaning and politics of terrorism; the relationship between terrorism and the media; and the drivers of terrorism. Moreover, policy responses to terrorism and counter terrorism and their relationship with human rights will form part of this module.

Module code: SOCY60575

Transnational Organised Crime

Progressing from the activities of organised crime groups previously covered (the ‘who’), this module examines numerous thematic processes associated with organised crime (the ‘what’). Crucially, the organised crime paradigm itself will be critically interrogated in order to examine how crime develops and thrives in otherwise legitimate structures, markets, and businesses. Throughout the module, a focus will be maintained on transnational issues and potential interventions. A core aim of the module is to situate organised crime within its various historical, political-economic, legal, and socio-cultural settings, thereby critiquing the value of an ‘organised crime’ framework in explaining the phenomena under consideration. In turn, this critique will enable students to develop rigorous assessments concerning the nature, organisation, and governance of organised crime within contemporary settings. Some of the subject content may change from year to year due to continuous developments in the field.

Module code: SOCY60579

Mass Death Scenarios

How do forensic archaeologists and anthropologists respond when a mass death incident occurs? On this module you will learn about the variety of search and recovery methods used in the during and after cases of genocide, mass violence, conflict, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, migration and the Covid-19 pandemic. Through a range of case studies from incidents that have occurred in the 20th and 21st century, you will be introduced to the specific challenges posed by these events at a range of crime scenes. You will be taught by forensic practitioners who will share first-hand experiences of working in mass death environments.

Module code: FORE60371

Cybercrime

The Cybercrime module will consider the ideas, concepts and law connected to cybercrime. The role of police and other agencies to investigate such crimes will be explored, as will the challenges of such investigations. Learning will take place through interactive lectures and tutorials including some supported by a range of specialist guest speakers.

Module code: FORE60380

Nomads Tribal Groups And The State

Imagining nations and building states are two processes which have defined the modern age. While they are never straightforward endeavours, they precipitate a particular set of complexities and conflicts in areas dominated by mobile (nomadic; transhumant) and tribal populations. How does one secure the boundaries of a state in a region where families will not sit still? How does one enforce a new rule of law over segmented communities with their own customary systems of justice? This module poses these questions through theoretical study and the investigation of key case studies.

Module code: HIPO60544

Russian Security From The Tsars To Putin

How does the world appear from the Russian Kremlin? This module offers you a long-term historical perspective on the security threats posed in Russian lands, from their period as an empire through the Soviet era and up to the present day, and reviews patterns and (dis)continuities in the responses of the Russian state. Key topics include the invasion of the Eurasian nomads, intelligence operations during the Cold War, and nationalist-separatist movements still operating today.

Module code: HIPO60545

The Intelligence Report

Module code: HIPO60549

Issues In European Defence And Security

This module will identify and analyse the central theoretical and thematic trends in European defence and security. It focuses on the history and trajectory of defence and security issues in the context of Europe (understood geographically, politically and institutionally) from the end of the Second World War right up to and including contemporary challenges.

Module code: HIPO60542

Human Rights In Global Security

This module will give you a thorough understanding of both the theoretical and practical issues and complexities which surround the issue of human rights in the context of global security. It will provide essential background information on the international human rights regime as well as facilitating an understanding of the complexity of the tensions which exist between the realization of human rights and the achievement of international security. This tension will be explored in relation to case studies which focus on both topics, such as torture, and on geographical regions such as Central Asia. It will examine the influence of human rights concerns in the security and foreign policies of states and will examine human rights in relation to both military intervention and war.

Module code: HIPO60547

International Society From Westphalia To The Present

Module code: HIPO50527

Security Studies

Module code: HIPO50529

Governments And Intelligence Agencies

The course highlights what is widely regarded as being a 'missing dimension' of history in the twentieth century, the role of intelligence agencies and particularly their impact upon the decisions of international actors. This module takes a comparative look at the role of secret intelligence in the twentieth century and its use by a variety of governments, particularly in peacetime. Beginning with the origins of British Intelligence in 1909, the course looks at aspects of intelligence, in counter subversion and counter insurgency, in the Cold War and in the 'War on Terror'. The module looks at the various forms that intelligence takes, and the various methods of its employment from IMINT and SIGINT to HUMINT and OSINT, from Intelligence and Counter Intelligence to Covert Actions of all kind.

Module code: HIPO60540

Sociology Of Crime

This module is designed to provide students with an introduction to the sociological causes of crime and criminal behaviour. In this module we will explore the role media has to play in crime, moral panic, and theories of crime. We will also explore and critically analyse different crime prevention policies, including situational, environmental and community approaches to crime prevention. Case studies will be used throughout the module to ensure application of theory to contemporary crime challenges.

Module code: LAWS31316

Theories Of Criminality And An Introduction From Crime Scene To Courtroom

Module code: LAWS31324

Academic Skills

What are the core differences between an essay and other types of academic writing? Why is important to make this distinction? How do I improve my own writing skills? In this module, we will be answering all of these questions and more. Law and its application across the justice sector is intrinsically connected to language.. We will be considering how language is adapted to suit a variety of audiences, whether that is writing an academic essay, or writing a formal letter.We will be examining the core features of legal English and its use across the justice sector, which will form the foundations for your degree and future career.

Module code: LAWS31318

Crime In Context

Module code: LAWS31320

Introduction To Critical Thinking And Argument

Module code: LAWS31322