Resilience CT Module Descriptor
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Module Descriptor E2–COUNTER-TERRORISM (Optional) Class Contact Hours: 28 Study Hours: 72 Total Notional Learning Hours: 100 Credit Weighti ng: 10 Assessment Method 2 hour exam (60%) 2000 word individual assignment (40%) Module Aim The aim of the module is to enable students to develop a clear understanding of the ethical management of counter-terrorism in the preparation, response and recovery phases. It is intended to encourage multi - disciplinary and multi-agency working in difficult conditions, in accordance with the international principles that protect and preserve human rights. Syllabus/Curriculum The terrorism cycle. The law relating to terrorism in the UK, with reference to international law. The role of the governments and the various key agencies in the fight against terrorism. The ethical role of law enforcement in deterring, disrupting and detecting the terrorists against the backdrop of working with diverse communities. Integrated planning, training and exercising. Protecting key infrastructures and the role of business, commerce and the community. Managing the scene of a terrorist incident, including one involving CBRNE. Case studies An exercise. Intended Learnin g Outcomes On successful completion of the module the student will be able to: Identify the various functions to be carried out in each phase of the terrorism
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Module Descriptor
E 2 – COUNTER-TERRORISM
(Optional)
Class Contact Hours: 28 Study Hours: 72
Total Notional Learning Hours: 100 Credit Weighting: 10
Assessment Method
2 hour exam (60%)
2000 word individual assignment (40%)
Module Aim
The aim of the module is to enable students to develop a clear understanding of theethical management of counter-terrorism in the preparation, response and recoveryphases. It is intended to encourage multi - disciplinary and multi-agency working indifficult conditions, in accordance with the international principles that protect andpreserve human rights.
Syllabus/Curriculum
The terrorism cycle.
The law relating to terrorism in the UK, with reference to international law.
The role of the governments and the various key agencies in the fight againstterrorism.
The ethical role of law enforcement in deterring, disrupting and detecting theterrorists against the backdrop of working with diverse communities.
Integrated planning, training and exercising.
Protecting key infrastructures and the role of business, commerce and the
community. Managing the scene of a terrorist incident, including one involving CBRNE. Case studies An exercise.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module the student will be able to:
Identify the various functions to be carried out in each phase of the terrorism
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cycle.
Assess and discuss the various actions to be taken and by whom, to deter,disrupt and detect acts of terrorism.
Analyse the law relating to terrorism in the UK and conduct internationalcomparative analysis.
Design a plan against a potential terrorist threat and demonstrate itseffectiveness when applied to a simulated, tabletop terrorist incident.
Indicative Reading
Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, Columbia University Press, 2006
Cronin and Ludes, Attacking terrorism: Elements of a grand strategy,Georgetown University Press, 2004
Howard and Sawyer, Terrorism and Counter terrorism: Understanding the New
Security Environment: Readings and Interpretations, Guilford, CT., McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003
Howard and Sawyer, Defeating Terrorism: Shaping the New SecurityEnvironment, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2004
Alexander, Combating Terrorism: Strategies of Ten Countries, University ofMichigan Press, 2002.
Chandler & Gunaratna, Countering Terrorism, Reaktion Books, 2007.
