School Of Business Law Profesional Policing

ASSESSMENT

Details of Assessment Submission

This assessment consists of two parts.

Part one

This will consist of three elements: PAST; PRESENT; FUTURE Your essay must be 5000 words (+/- 10% tolerance)

PAST

You need to research a ‘significant past event’ that helped to shape today’s policing (taken from the period of the 1980’s-1999).

You need to summarise what happened; the impact and consequences to policing/community relations – drawing upon a selection of sources (including professional - policing and academic).

Guidance 2000 to 2500 words

PRESENT

You need to consider how (in what ways) the police work in partnership with the community today. Provide supporting examples taken from your research (across the year) and refer to academic sources to say why this is so important to today’s policing.

Guidance 1500 to 2000 words

FUTURE

You need to identify several challenges to policing that you envisage may be encountered in the future

Part two

This will consist of a reflective diary

You will be required to keep a reflective weekly diary of your development across this year (relative to this module) – (this links also to your research and what you have learnt)

You will include, as part of this, a week by week table to show your research. This will list journal papers read, chapters from books, newspapers articles, cases researched etc.

At the end of the year you will summarise your development journey after reading back across the respective weeks:

This will be +/- 2,000 words

1-2-1’s will be (individually held to discuss this)

You will include your table not included in the word count.

Weighting 100 %

Learning outcomes assessed

Part 1

PAST

Analyse why key incidents/events have had a damaging effect on the willingness of communities to engage with the police

Explore the value of community engagement from a positive perspective of maintaining community cohesion

PRESENT

Explore a range of effective community policing/partnership initiatives understanding the importance of effective communications

Examine the functions of community policing and key issues relevant to policing in the community

FUTURE

Evaluate the impact of potential challenges to community policing and the future role of the community constable

Part 2

Your reflective diary should include all the learning outcomes within this module.

Part One

Submission of one document (ONLY) split into three sections.

Must include case studies to demonstrate you answers

You should provide an introduction and conclusion for the entire essay. However, you also may provide a shorter introduction and conclusion for each section.

To include ONE reference list (not part of the word count). A bibliography is not required.

Part Two

Your essay must demonstrate your understanding of reflection, which includes detailing a reflection theory and model(s).

Your reflection should include areas which you have identified as one for improvement and describe actions to rectify this (using a reflection model)

You must include your table (not counted in word count)

Guidance on writing

The essay will be based on academic evidence which are supported by a range of references.

Here are some tips:

• Include the essay title
• Understand and answer the question
• Writing structure. Include a clear introduction and conclusion each no more than 10% of the word count.
• Your introduction should set the scene and then signpost the reader in terms of what is coming up.
• Your conclusion draws together the main threads of your argument as you summarise the most important points and then show that you have answered the question.
• Avoid informal language
• Include a range of academic sources – academic books, journals, government statistics, newspapers and magazines and research reports etc.
• Don’t include web links unless they are credible sources such as HM Government as websites do not demonstrate that you have engaged sufficiently with journal articles or books.
• Avoid dictionary definitions, Wikipedia, essay writing sites, pdfs which are not credible academic sources etc.
• Page numbers are required for quotes.
• Avoid bullet points, diagrams, pictures or any report style formats.
• Proof-read carefully before submitting.
• Check similarity reports before submission.
• Adhere to the word count.

Reference List

• Put the reference list in alphabetical order.
• In your reference list you should include all of the books, articles, websites and reports that you have referred to in your research. - don’t include sources in the list which have not been mentioned in the essay
• Reference all citations by using UEL's standard Harvard referencing system from Cite Them Right
• For referencing check the Harvard guide for in-text and reference list.

The reference list is not included in your word count

Assessment Criteria for each task

Specific Marking Criteria for this Assignment



SUBMISSION

Submission will be Via Turnitin within a Microsoft Word or PDF format

We strongly suggest that you try to submit all coursework by the deadline set as meeting deadlines is expected in employment.

A full list of deadlines for the course is available on Moodle within the assessment and

However, in our regulations, UEL has permitted students to be able to submit their coursework up to 24 hours after the deadline.

Coursework, which is submitted late, but within 24 hours of the deadline, will be assessed but subjected to a fixed penalty of 5% of the total marks available (as opposed to marks obtained).

Please note that if you submit twice, once before the deadline and once during the 24-hour late period, then the second submission will be marked and 5% deducted.

If you fail to submit after the 24 hours you will receive a zero mark.

Turnitin System Failure

Best advice: Don’t wait until the last minute to submit your assessments electronically. If you experience a problem submitting your work with Turnitin, you should notify your lecturer/tutor by email immediately. However, deadlines are not extended unless there is a significant systems problem with Turnitin. UEL has specific plans in place to address these issues.

If UEL finds that the issue with the system was significant, you will receive an email notifying you of the issue and that you have been given a 24-hour extension. If you don’t receive any email that specifically states you have been given an extension, then the original deadline has not been changed.

EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

Extenuating Circumstances are circumstances which:

• impair your examination performance prevent you from attending examinations or other types of assessment, or
• prevent you from submitting coursework or other assessed work by the scheduled deadline date, or within 24 hours of the deadline date

Such circumstances rarely occur and would normally be

• unforeseeable - in that you could have no prior knowledge of the event concerned, and
• unpreventable - in that you could do nothing reasonably in your power to prevent such an event, and
• expected to have a serious impact on performance
• You can make an application for extenuating circumstances by following this link:

FEEDBACK

Feedback and should be provided within 15 working days of the due date for summative work (i.e. work that counts towards the final course grade) and formative work (i.e. work that is developmental and designed to help you improve).

After the assessments have been marked general feedback for each assessment will be posted on Turnitin and/or Moodle, and where possible, it will also be presented in class

REASSESSMENT INFORMATION

If you have been advised that this piece of work needs to be resubmitted, you are to complete the assessments as per instructions given. You will be advised of the resubmission date should you be in this position.

You will be required to resubmit your piece of work if:

• You fail to achieve 30% or more for this assignment
• You fail to achieve 40% for the module AND fail to achieve 40% or more for this assignment.
• You will be expected to complete a similar piece of work for your second attempt.

GUIDANCE ON REFERENCING

As a student you will be taught how to write correctly referenced essays using UEL's standard Harvard referencing system from Cite Them Right.

Cite them Right is the standard Harvard referencing style at UEL for all Schools apart from the School of Psychology which uses the APA system. This book will teach you all you need to know about Harvard referencing, plagiarism and collusion.

The electronic version of “Cite Them Right: the essential referencing guide” 9th edition, can be accessed whilst on or off campus, via UEL Direct. The book can only be read online and no part of it can be printed nor downloaded.

Further information is available at

• Cite Them Right http://www.citethemrightonline.com/

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Harvard referencing:

• https://uelac.sharepoint.com/sites/libraryandlearningservices/SitePages/Harvard-Referencing.aspx?csf=1&web=1&e=rdF2D6​​​​​​​

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