Write and individual proposal for change. the writing of a policy response requires us the student to become familiar with the language and style of policy documents as well as the challenges of researching current crime control policy issues and contextualizing them within academic literature.
N.B.. . Identify ONE theme or debate in police or penal policy that can be improved and prepare a proposal for change. It might be helpful to imagine you are advising the Home Secretary or Justice Secretary (the government Ministers responsible for policing and punishment). You will need to provide evidence (i.e. references to the literature and data) to back up the descriptive elements of this work and to support the proposals for change you will make.
The proposal should be written as a report and may include the following sections:
1. Executive summary � This should summarise the report: including a brief description of the problem you are seeking to fix, the proposed solution, and the way to achieve the solution � in terms of resources, practices, or legislative changes. This should be written in simple language for a non-expert.
2. Background to this issue – What is the starting point for this issue � has it arisen because of a high profile case or incident? What is the evidence to support your view that there needs to be change?
3. Description of the way this aspect of policy is currently implemented, ie:
a. methods of working
b. partnership engagement, if any
c. value for money
d. public and media concern or interest
This should include an assessment of the current situation, and the ways in which the problem is currently being addressed (or not). It is very unlikely that the issue you have identified has not been considered before, so describe what is already being done, why you don�t think this is working (or is not working well enough)
4. The proposal for change – which may include changing the priority of this issue; addressing specific problems; or improving this area. Evidence to back up your proposal, ie, has this been successfully tried in another country, for a different group of people, in a different institution? What is the evidence that it will improve anything? This is the key area of your report. Make sure your recommendations are SMART (specific, measureable, achievable, relevant, time-scaled). Make the recommendations as useful as possible to the policy-maker. Identification of the potential criticisms and risks that exist for this proposal for change e.g. what are the resource implications, the practical obstacles, what evidence is there of public or expert support for this change. You must back up your claims with evidence i.e. reference to the literature and/or data that supports your recommendations.
5. Describe the timescales for implementation & the evaluation strategy for the proposal – It is likely that your recommendations will take time if they require changes in practice, training, recruitment, legislation or use of technology. How will it be evaluated, how will we measure whether or not it works?
You can choose from these list of proposals.
.� Rehabilitation of offenders
� Youth interventions
� The private sector and the criminal justice system
� Police and community relations
� Policing the �private� / domestic sphere
� Policing public dis/order
Core Reading.
CORE READING
� Brown, J. (2014) The Future of Policing Routledge
� Newburn, T (ed) (2005) Policing: Key Readings: Devon: Willan Publishing
� Newburn, T. (2011) The Handbook of Policing Oxford: Routledge
� Reiner, R. (2010) The Politics of the Police (4th edition) OUP
� Rowe, M. (2011) Introduction to Policing Sage.
� Waddington, P.A.J. (1999) Policing Citizens UCL
