2024-2025 / CRIM3092-1

Private Security

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in criminology, research focus5 crédits 
 Master in criminology, professional focus5 crédits 
 Master in criminology, professional focus in interpersonal criminology5 crédits 
 Master in criminology, professional focus in criminal organisations and crime analysis5 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Vincent Seron

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course take in account different aspects of the privatisation of the safety and crime prevention policies: evolution of private security and concepts; private security categories (surveillance, guarding and security, private investigation, security companies); ethical considerations; private security law; private and public partnerships for security,...

 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To inform students about private security sector and the issues of its expansion

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

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

Bibliography
Slides

Leloup P., Lenjou F., Seron V. & Cools M., Les acteurs de la sécurité privée en Belgique. La parole est donnée au secteur, Gompel&Svacina, 2022.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Further information:

Research paper.

Students will have to write an essay about a "private security" subject. This work will be synthetic and reflexive. In 10 pages, students wil introduce, synthesize and discuss a question/matter of private security.

The choice of the subject is free but has to be directly related to a "private security" subject

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The course promotes scientific curiosity and research by encouraging participation in conferences or symposiums to deepen and broaden the various concepts discussed at the courses.

The course consists in a two hours lesson a week during the first quadrimester (Wednesday from 13:00 to 15:00)

Contacts

Enseignant : 

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

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