Local Security Networks
Description
One of the core concepts of the MA Crisis & Security Management is ‘governance’. In this course we will focus on the local level of governance. The police and local authorities are responsible for guaranteeing public security. As a result of the increasing complexity of security issues, the growing political awareness of citizens and the fiscal problems of the state the police and local authorities are compelled to share responsibilities with other public and private actors. Local security networks are founded in order to combat crime more effectively. In the course we will discuss the relevant aspects and characteristics of these networks, such as the governance of networks and the effectivity and transparency of the decision making within networks.
Course objectives
After completing the course the student has a clear understanding of
the relevant aspects of local security networks
the factors that contribute to the success or failure of these networks
the effectivity, efficiency, transparency and legitimacy of these networks
Timetable
Friday 8-2-2013 10:00 13:00 CDH-SCHOUW A0.06
Friday 15-2-2013 10:00 13:00 CDH-SCHOUW A0.06
Friday 22-2-2013 10:00 13:00 CDH-SCHOUW A0.06
Friday 1-3-2013 10:00 13.00 CDH-SCHOUW A0.06 (incl. Mid-Term tentamen)
Friday 8-3-2013 10:00 13:00 CDH-SCHOUW A0.06
Friday 15-3-2013 10:00 13:00 CDH-SCHOUW A0.06
Friday 22-3-2013 10:00 13:00 CDH-SCHOUW A0.06
Mode of instruction
7 seminars
Assessment method
a mid term exam (40%) and a paper (60%) in which a student reports on a research into the ins and outs of a local security network.
Reading list/Literature
Lex Cachet, Sofie De Kimpe, Paul Ponsaers & Arthur Ringeling, Governance of the Security in the Netherlands and Belgium, BJu Legal Publishers, 2008
Ched Whelan, Networks and National Security: Dynamics, Effectiveness and Organisation, Farmham: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2012
Blackboard
Instructor uses Blackboard. This page is available from of 04/02/2013
Registration
Via USIS