Police and policing in Belgium

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Vincent Seron

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Part I. Understanding Police and Police Work

#1. Introduction, definitions & concepts


Part II : Police organization and policing in Belgium

#2. Implementation, guiding principles, and staff

#3. Organization and missions of the federal police

#4. Organization and missions of the local police

#5. Supervisory bodies


Part III : Specific issues

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course aims to familiarise students with the main principles of Belgian police as a function (policing) and as an institution (the police officer and the police organization). 
 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

• Oral lessons
• Debates
• Practitioner Presentations

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Recommended or required readings

• F. Jobard et J. de Maillard, Sociologie de la police. Politiques, organisations, réformes, Paris, Armand Colin, coll. « U - Sociologie », 2015.
• A. Liners et M. de Callataÿ, La loi sur la fonction de police. Le manuel sur la fonction de police, 24e ed., Bruxelles, Politeia, 2023.  
  
  

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The course consists in a two hours lesson a week during the first quadrimester (Wednesday from 08:30 to 10:30)

Contacts

Prof. dr. Vincent Seron B33 - Office 1/3 04/366.31.41 vseron@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

Items online