HR296-5-AU-CO:
Between Protection and Control: Policing Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
2016/17
History
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
15
19 March 2014
Requisites for this module
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The module explores police activities between state protection and social control in 20th century-Europe. We will examine the multilayered relations between the state, the police and the public tracing continuities and differences in policing dictatorships and democracies Themes covered will range from policing during war time (WWI &WWII) century and the popular fascination with crime stories over the tasks of police forces in the interwar period to the involvement of policemen in the Holocaust and the policing of protests in liberal democracies.
Policing activities are essential for any state and offer an insight into the relationship between state and society. Tasks of the police involved protecting states of 'unruly' citizens, expressed in working-class uprisings, as well as implementing societal norms of order when policing women, youngsters or alleged 'outsiders.' In addition to social control, police forces had to react to the ever increasing complaints on rising crime rates and police failures in this respect. Presenting new technology for tracing and identifying criminals was one way of the police to counteract fears and criticism.
The module is chronologically with a focus on the 20th century. Several key questions will run throughout the module: Who was protected by the police and who was regarded as a criminal? Whose interests did police forces serve? What did police officers do in dictatorships? Were police forces primarily agents of state control or protectors of the population? How did police activities in dictatorships differ from those in democracies? By seeking responses to these questions, we will find how policing fundamentally shaped European societies.
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One-hour lecture and one-hour seminar per week.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay 1 (2000 Words) |
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40% |
| Coursework |
Essay (3000 Words) |
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60% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Nadine Rossol
Belinda Waterman, Student Administrator, belinda@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Stefan Goebel
The University of Kent
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 30 hours, 29 (96.7%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
1 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
History
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