Structure

Rationale and Processes

Organisation and Planning

Management and Security

Security Personnel

Budgeting

Decision-Making

Background to Crime

Domestic Violence

Child Abuse

Rape

Learning Outcomes

Module 1 – Rationale and Processes.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Identify the elements of crime showing the two main classes they are divided into.

Identify the four individual functions of security management.

Module 2 – Organisation and Planning.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain why delegation of authority/responsibility can create problems in organisations and introduce how to maintain an acceptable ‘"balance of power’.

Describe the Alpha, Beta and Gamma methods of classification.

Discuss the objects of the statement of policy.

Discuss how management by objectives helps overcome problems of managers and professionals.

Summarise how information systems are used and what role information technology plays.

Define the span of leadership.

Describe Likert’s four possible systems of management based on behavioural theories.

Module 4 – Security Personnel.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explore how a personnel policy can be developed within the security organisation showing development of a framework.

Explain the steps that occur from recruitment to training.

Introduce four types of interviews, which the personnel department can utilise.

Module 5 – Budgeting.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Discuss Budget Control, requirements that must be met and impeding factors.

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of Budgets.

Module 6 – Decision-Making.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Analyse the development of alternative solutions and factors assisting in the final solution.

Module 7 – Security Threats.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Define the different types of crime and unethical practices.

Describe the five possible explanations for security losses which could result from a burglary.

Analyse how different causes of waste are classified.

Module 8 – Systems.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain the three separate but inter-dependent sub-systems of care.

Assess the characteristics and operation of the Delphi technique.

Module 9 – Background to Crime.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Define the following types of crime:
White Collar Crime
Political Crime

Analyse the affects of three drugs that cause hallucinations and delusions.

Describe how unemployment plays a part in crime.

Module 10 – Burglaries and Theft.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Identify the points that should be considered when hiring casual labour.

Define the rules to be followed when dealing with a total stranger.

Introduce the procedures necessary when leaving children alone at home.

Module 11 – Hijacking.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain your understanding of:
Transport hijacker
Operational hijacking

Discuss the five main options open to a hijacker.

Describe steps that can be taken to ensure safety when leaving home.

Examine precautions you can adopt when breaking down in an urban area.

Module 12 – Domestic Violence.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Assess ways in which physical and sexual violence can be inflicted on women and how it is displayed.

Explain the effects of domestic violence and the psychological effects on women "the battered syndrome" has.

Identify characteristics of battered women and the battering men.

Module 13 – Child Abuse.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Investigate the different types of child abuse and the affects of emotional and physical abuse.

Discuss the long-term effects of sexual abuse.

Module 14 – Rape.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Examine hostility in a rapist and give factors that bring this out in his character.

Assess the four tactics women can use when trying to escape from a rapist and offer tactics useful during a rape assault.

Describe symptoms women, exposed to sexual harassment in the workplace, may suffer from.