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UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

FACULTY FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING

DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY

CRI3002 POLICE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

B.A in Criminology (2020-2021) Full-Time

Lecturer: Mr Angelo Gafa Date: Monday 10am - 12pm

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

Venue for

Physical Groups

MODE OF DELIVERY

1.Police in a Societal Context • Introductions

• Study unit overview

• The police role in society

• Core functions of the

police

• The Malta Police Force:

Main objectives, powers

and duties, structure

Physical - Group A Rest of Class Remote (12 October 2020)

2.Introduction to Police Management

• Definition of management

• Development of

management theory

• The Process of

Management

• Management in private and

public organisations

• Management in police

organisations

Managers and their

environments

Physical - Group B Rest of Class Remote

3.Police Planning • Planning defined

• The elements of planning

• The importance of planning

• The planning process

• Types of plans

• Resistance to formal

planning

• Community policing: The

SARA process

Physical - Group C Rest of Class Remote

4.Police Organisational

Structure

• The organising function

• Organisation characteristics

• Organisation design

• Organisational complexity

Physical - Group A Rest of Class Remote

• Organisational structure of

the Malta Police Force

Organisational control 5.Managing Police Culture • Defining culture

• Organisational culture

• Culture and change

• Police culture

• Characteristics of police

culture

• Changes in police culture

Police culture in Malta


6.Police Leadership • Defining leadership

• Leadership and rank

• Differences between

leadership and

management

• Theories of leadership and

their application to police

organisations

• Transformational-

Transactional leadership

Leadership development


7.Human Resource

Management in Police

Organisations

• Human Resource

Management defined


• Human resources within

the police: The major asset

and cost

• Planning and recruitment

• Screening and selection

• Training and development

• Turnover and retention

• Police stress and burnout

Stress management

8.Managing Motivation

within Police Organisations • Defining motivation

• Theories of motivation and

their application to police

organisations

Management strategies for

increasing motivation


9.Communication within

Police Organisations • Communication defined

• The purposes of

communication

• The importance of

communication

• Communication systems

• The process of

communication

• Effective communication

• Obstacles to

communication


• Better communication

management

10.Power and Compliance

within Police Organisations • Power and compliance

• Defining power

• Power, authority and

influence

• Sources and effects of

power

• The use of power

The effectiveness of power


11.Police Strategic

Management Part I • Strategic management

defined

• The strategic management

process

• Developing a strategic

vision and mission

• Setting objectives

• Crafting a strategy

• Executing the strategy

• Evaluating performance

and initiating corrective

actions


12.Police Strategic

Management Part II • Overview of Police

Strategic Management Part

I

• SWOT analysis

• The benefits of a strategic

approach to management

• Strategic management in


Analysing a police strategic plan


13.Managing Police

Organisations in the 21st

Century

• VUCA world

• The forces of change

• Adaptable police

organisations

• Preparing police

organisations for the future

• Managing 21st century

police performance

• Transformation strategy for



14.Police Leadership and

Management: Salient

Concepts

• Lecture 1: Police in a

societal context

• Lecture 2: Introduction to

police management

• Lecture 3: Police planning


• Lecture 4: Police

organisational structure

• Lecture 5: Managing police

culture

• Lecture 6: Police leadership

• Lecture 7: Human Resource

Management within police

organisations

• Lecture 8: Managing

motivation

• Lecture 9: Communication

within police organisations

• Lecture 10: Power and

compliance within police

organisations

• Lecture 11: Police strategic

management Part I

• Lecture 12: Police strategic

management Part II

• Lecture 13: Managing

police organisations in the

21st century

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CRI3003 PSYCHOLOGY OF THE COURTROOM


Lecturer: Dr Kevin Sammut Henwood

DATE

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

TIME

Venue

MODE OF

DELIVERY

Tuesday 13.10.2020

Introduction and Overview

An overview of the main topics shall be provided

1. Psychological testing and forensic assessment

2. The role of the expert witness

3. Psychology and police investigations,

2.00 – 4.00 pm Online – Zoom lesson

interviews and witnesses of fact

Psychology and judicial process

Tuesday 20.10.2020

Revision Group Discussion 2.00 – 3.00 pm Tutorial Group A

Tuesday 20.10.2020

Revision Group Discussion 3.00 – 4.00pm Tutorial Group B

Tuesday 20.10.2020

Revision Group Discussion 4.00 – 5.00pm Tutorial Group C

Tuesday 27.10.2020

Psychology and Court Part 1

Focus on the role of the expert witness in court Exploration of the main techniques used in psychological testing Discussion of biases and errors involved in this process


Tuesday 3.11.2020

Psychology and Court Part 2

This lecture shall focus on the medico-legal concepts such as fitness to plead, competence to stand trial, insanity plea, personality disorders, and aspects of risk and dangerousness


Tuesday 10.11.2020

Being an expert witness in court

Brief description of the Maltese court system is provided A number of anonymised case studies shall be discussed during the lecture


Tuesday 17.11.2020

Psychology and the police

Introduction to the role of the police in Maltese criminal justice system; investigators and prosecutors The potential bias and risk of false confessions due to the duality of role and focus on confessions during interrogations


Tuesday 24.11.2020

Interviewing cooperative and uncooperative witnesses of crime

Description and analysis of the cognitive interview Comparison between the Reid method and conversation management when interviewing suspects The potential bias involved in this aspect of the investigation


Thursday 26.11.2020

Detecting Deception Exploration of the scientific evidence in relation to detecting deception during interviews Exploration of reasons why suspects and witnesses might be motivated to deceive investigators and court


Tuesday 1.12.2020

Revision Group Discussion 2.00 – 3.00 pm Tutorial Group A

Tuesday 1.12.2020

Revision Group Discussion 3.00 – 4.00pm Tutorial Group B

Tuesday 1.12.2020

Revision Group Discussion 4.00 – 5.00pm Tutorial Group C

Tuesday 15.12.2020

Memory and Eyewitness testimony

Exploration of the Turnbull Ruling (UK) and the studies relating to human memory Exploration of how human memory might effect the account provided by the eyewitness Case study focusing on the Lockerbie Bombing is also discussed to highlight potential errors related to memory


Tuesday 5.01.2021

Interviewing children and potential vulnerable populations

Identification of potential vulnerable populations eg. Children and victims of crime and their role in the court process Exploration of interview protocols that can be used to limit potential bias and secondary victimisation


Tuesday 12.01.2021

Scientific jury selection and potential biases

Exploration of the role of psychology in the aspect of jury selection Discussion of the main biases involved in the decision making process that might effect jurors, magistrates and judges and how these can effect the outcome of sentencing


Tuesday 19.01.2021

Student Presentations Course is assessed in part through a presentation

12.00 – 2.00 pm ` Online – Zoom lesson

Tuesday 26.01.202

Student Presentations Course is assessed in part through a presentation


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CRI3004 WHITE COLLAR CRIMES


Lecturer: Mr Paul Caruana Date: Tuesdays 5pm – 7pm

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

MODE OF DELIVERY

Introduction to White Collar Crime

• To introduce the subject of white collar crime

• Define the crime

• Understanding the different categories of criminality linked to WCC

• Measuring and costing WCC

• Responding to WCC

• Discuss Assessment Methodology

Remote

White Collar Crime - Theoretical explanations

• Culture and white collar crime

• Learning theorists

• Strain theorists

• Social theorists

Remote

• Organisational and organised crime

• Opportunity theories

• Case studies

Fraud

• Historical fraud

• Types of fraud

• Defining fraud – elements of fraud

• Profile of a fraudster

Remote

Anti-Money Laundering

• Through these sessions, participants will acquire a better understanding of how money is laundered by criminals. A behavioural understanding will be supported by a brief of legal frameworks and agency profiles that describes efforts against money laundering.

• Important concepts, such as know your customer (KYC), customer due diligence, risk assessment, behavioural and transaction red flags, and investigating and reporting suspicious activities will be discussed.

Remote

The Role of Investigative Agencies

• Discussion will focus on how law enforcement agencies, such as the MPF, FIAU and MFSA deal with financial crime.

Remote

Financial Crime related to the iGaming Industry

• iGaming is a thriving industry that attracts criminal attention. Through this session we will discuss the various crimes related to this industry.

Remote

Financial Investigations

• Pre-requisite considerations and core issues

• Basic terminology

• Financial profiling

Remote

• Financial transactions

• Information sources

Use of OSINT for investigative purposes

• Introduction to OSINT

• Use of OSING for investigative purposes

• OSINT tools

• Case studies

Remote

Student Presentations

• Student presentations Remote

Introduction to White Collar Crime

• To introduce the subject of white collar crime

• Define the crime

• Understanding the different categories of criminality linked to WCC

• Measuring and costing WCC

• Responding to WCC

• Discuss Assessment Methodology

Remote

White Collar Crime - Theoretical explanations

• Culture and white collar crime

• Learning theorists

• Strain theorists

• Social theorists

• Organisational and organised crime

• Opportunity theories

• Case studies

Remote

Fraud

• Historical fraud

• Types of fraud

• Defining fraud – elements of fraud

• Profile of a fraudster

Remote

Anti-Money Laundering

• Through these sessions, participants will acquire a better understanding of how money is laundered by criminals. A behavioural understanding will be supported by a brief of legal frameworks and agency profiles that describes efforts against money laundering.

• Important concepts, such as know your customer (KYC), customer due diligence, risk assessment, behavioural and transaction red flags, and investigating and reporting suspicious activities will be discussed.

Remote

The Role of Investigative Agencies

• Discussion will focus on how law enforcement agencies, such as the MPF, FIAU and MFSA deal with financial crime.

Remote

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CRI3005 CRIME MAPPING AND SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES


Lecturer: Dr Gianmarco Alberti Date: Wednesday 2pm – 4pm

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

MODE OF DELIVERY

Introduction

Aims and objectives;

Assessment methods;

Reading materials;

Lecture programme overview

Remote

Crime and space

The geography of crime;

Crime and neighbourhood

characteristics;

Theories on crime patterns

Remote

Crime and Geographic

Information Systems

Introduction to GIS;

How GIS works: overview;

Spatial objects;

Models for spatial data: introduction

Remote

Models for spatial data

representation

The vector model;

The raster model;

Pros and cons;

Choice of a model;

Review of case studies;

Overview of practical GIS procedures

Remote

Data acquisition

Feeding data into GIS;

Projections and coordinate systems;

Georeferencing;

GPS;

Geocoding;

Sources of crime-related spatial data

Remote

Handling vector data

Appending attributes to spatial features;

Procedures for features selection;

Buffering features;

Proximity;

Contiguity;

Intersection;


Remote

Handling raster data

Raster data manipulation in GIS;

Principles of map algebra;

Focal and zonal statistics;

Remote


Basics of crime mapping

Introduction to crime mapping;

What do I intend to show?

What’s my map’s ultimate goal?

Scale of analysis/representation;

Abstraction vs. reality: costs and

benefits;

Mapping as art and science

Remote

Using simpler visualizations

Point-based maps;

Polygon-based maps;

Graduated maps;

Choropleth maps;



Remote

Using more advanced

visualizations

Gridded thematic maps;

Bivariate choropleth maps;

3D maps;



Remote

Hotspots identification

Density maps;

Correlation maps;

Hot-Cold spots maps;

Cluster-based maps;



Remote

Building effective maps Data preparation; Remote

Handling layers in GIS;

Layout settings;


Share your map

Web mapping: overview;

Free open-source facilities;

Practical web mapping procedures

Remote

Revision

Course overview;

Queries from students;

Assessment objectives;

Conclusion

Remote

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CRM3012 TERRORISM AND COUNTER TERRORISM


Lecturer: Mr George Cremona Date: Thursday 10am – 12pm

DATE

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

Venue for

Physical Groups

MODE OF DELIVERY

Thursday 15.10.2020

Introduction Defining terrorism

Remote

Thursday 22.10.2020

Terrorism as a weapon: A historical overview

Looking at how terrorism evolved through history

Remote

Thursday 29.10.2020

Political Motivation in Terrorist Groups

Politically motivated terrorist groups can be distinguished by their ideology. Ideology outlines the boundaries within which these groups operate and thus

Remote

determines their choice of targets

Thursday 5.11.2020

Religious Motivation in Terrorist Groups

Religion is one of many motivating factors (and in the contemporary world amongst the most lethal) for terrorists

Remote

Thursday 12.11.2020

Psychological Factors Possible Motivators of Terrorism

Contemporary psychological thinking on terrorists and terrorism

Remote

Thursday 19.11.2020

Cultural, Economic and Other Facilitating Factors Motivating Terrorists

Analysing how different factors could become motivators of terrorism

Remote

Thursday 26.11.2020

Countering the financing of Terrorism

Exploring how terrorist groups use money laundering and the current methods used to counter financing of terrorism

Remote

Thursday 3.12.2020

Suicide Bombers The different gender roles in the role of suicide bombers

Remote

Thursday 10.12.2020

The War Model of Response & The Criminal Justice Model against Terrorism

Dealing with terrorism using the military model and criminal justice model

Remote

Thursday 17.12.2020

Countering violent extremism

The different approaches adopted to counter violent extremism

Remote

Thursday 07.01.2021

Conducting field research The possibilities and difficulties of conducting terrorism research

Remote

Thursday 14.01.2021

Investigating and prosecuting cases of terrorism

The difficulties encountered in investigating and prosecuting cases of terrorism

Remote

Thursday 21.01.2021

Investigating and prosecuting cases of terrorism

The difficulties encountered in investigating and prosecuting cases of terrorism

Remote

Thursday 28.01.2021

Revision Discussing difficulties and assignment

Remote

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CRI3008– SENTENCING PENAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN CORRECTIONS


Lecturer: Mr Mark Pellicano Date: Thurday 2.00 -4.00 pm

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

MODE OF DELIVERY

Introduction to Study unit Penal Policy

Brief description Assessments methods Reading material Overview of Lecture programme Introduction to penal policy and criminology policing

Remote

Penal Policy Understanding and evaluating the objectives of prisons – laws, regulations, principles and rules

Remote

Penal Policy Restorative Justice System – integrating the needs of the victim, Remote the society and the offender within the Correctional Policy structure

Remote

Management Correctional organisation as a system

Remote

Management Functions of correctional managers

Remote

Management Correctional officers – skills, job description, training and support

Remote

Management Correctional staff, Professionals and Civil Servants – working together within the same premises with the same objective Remote

Remote

Sentencing Policy The biopsychosocial approach – establishing a correctional system that deals with the inmates’ rehabilitation from a holistic perspective

Remote

Sentencing Policy Resettlement of prison inmates within the society through sentencing

Remote

Sentencing Policy Various methods used to classify inmates

Remote

Sentencing Policy Rehabilitation of inmates – opportunities and hindrances to promote rehabilitation

Remote

Initiatives taken by various prison administrators

Initiatives taken by various prison administrators

Remote

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CRI3013 TERRESTRIAL DOMAINS AND CRIME


Lecturer: Dr Ian Borg

DATE

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

TIME

Venue

MODE OF

DELIVERY

Thursday 15.10.2020

Introductory Lecture

• General Overview of Subject Matter

• Method of Assessment

• Literature & Case Law

• Outline of Lecture

Programme

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 22.10.2020

The Concepts of Terrestrial Domains & Crime

• Defining the concept of land use

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

• The regulatory frame-work establishing and regulating different terrestrial domains

• The concept of Criminal Liability

“Criminal Liability in land-use infringements” implemented in our legal and policy framework

Thursday 29.10.2020

The Policy Framework regulating Terrestrial Domains

• What is a Policy Document?

• Principal Policy Plan & Subsidiary Policies: an Overview

• Identifying land-use Safeguards in Plans & Policies

Enforcing Land-Use Policies by Law

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 5.11.2020

The Legal Framework regulating Terrestrial Domains

• The Principal Legal Acts

• Specific Legal provisions aimed at safeguarding Terrestrial Domains

Operation of the Law – A tool against Land-Use Crimes

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 12.11.2020

The Regulatory Framework at an EU level

• The EU’s role in Land Use Protection

• Land-Use Regulations & Directives: an overview

Implementation of the EU’s regulatory framework on a local level

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 19.11.2020

The Regulatory Framework at an International Level

• Malta’s International Obligations in Land-Use matters

• Principal International Conventions to which Malta is a signatory

• Implementation of International Conventions on a local level

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 26.11.2020

Interplay between Planning Law & Policy: The Policy Making Process

• The Competent State Authority

• The Functions of the Competent Authority

• The Competent Authority’s specific role in the Terrestrial Domain Policy making process

5.00 – 6.00 pm Tutorial Group A

Thursday 26.11.2020





6.00 – 7.00pm Tutorial Group B

Thursday 26.11.2020




7.00 – 8.00pm Tutorial Group C


Thursday 3.12.2020

Interplay between Planning Law & Policy: The Permitting Exercise

• The application of land-use policies in the permitting process

• The legal procedure regulating the permitting process

• The Role of the Competent Authority in safeguarding land-use through the permitting process

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 10.12.2020

Interplay between Planning Law & Policy: The Permitting Process

• The practical application of land-use policies in the permitting process

• The legal procedure regulating the permitting process

• The Role of the Competent Authority in safeguarding Land-use through the permitting process

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 17.12.2020

Interplay between Planning Law & Policy: The

• Offences against specific land-use policies

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Enforcement Process

• Legal provisions regulating criminal procedures against offenders

• Case-Law

Thursday 07.01.2021

Interplay between Planning Law & Policy: The Enforcement Process (continued)

• Breaches of Planning Law

• Legal provisions regulating Administrative Enforcement Procedures

• Case-Law

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

Thursday 14.01.2021

Planning Law and Policy put into practice – the regulatory framework & the role of stake-holders

• Are different terrestrial domains adequately safeguarded by the current regulatory framework??

• Is the current regulatory framework an effective deterrent against land-use offences? Are the competent authorities endowed with the proper legal tools to fight land-use crimes?

• What can we learn from settled case-law?

• The importance of stake-holder participation in the State’s fight against Land-Use Crime

5.00 – 6.00 pm Tutorial Group A

Thursday 14.01.2021






6.00 – 7.00pm Tutorial Group B

Thursday 14.01.2021





7.00 – 8.00pm Tutorial Group C


Thursday 21.01.2021

Revision Lecture

• Outline of Key topics discussed

• Guidance on assessment objectives

• Questions from students Conclusion

5.00 – 7.00 pm Remote

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