3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1001012BER for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten minstens 60 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau hebben behaald. Of de student is ingeschreven in een verkort traject.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Criminology
Department
Criminology
Educational team
Marc Cools (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
60 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Theory lessons :

  • The history of private security, investigating and justice in Belgium.
  • Private military security.
  • Security management.
  • Legal framework.
  • Employee crime and private-public partnerships.
Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Thema wetboek Private veiligheid, Burgelman - Cools - Lemaître, 8de, Larcier, 9782807918382, 2019
Additional info
Texts will be available on Canvas:
  • COOLS, M., Werknemerscriminaliteit, VubPress, Brussel, 1994, 287 p.
  • COOLS, M., HAELTERMAN, H., Nieuwe Sporen, Kluwer Editorial, Diegem, 1998, 236 p.
  • COOLS, M., HAELTERMAN, H., Security Consyltancy, Kluwer Editorial, Diegem, 1999, 214p.
  • COOLS, M., PONSAERS, P., VERHAGE, A., HOOGENBOOM, B., De andere rechtsorde. Demonopolisering van fraude-onderzoek, Politeia, Brussel, 2004, 189p.
  • COOLS, M., VERBEIREN, K., Politie en Privébewaking. Samen sterk - Faire face ensemble: la Collaboration entre Police et gardiennage Privé, Politeia, Brussel, 2004.
  • COOLS, M., « Gustave de Molinari: à la recherche des fondements de la sécurité privée », Les Cahiers de la Sécurité 21, 2012, 128-134.
  • CoESS Facts & Figures 2013.
  • COOLS, M., “Private veiligheid in België, een parlementair en regeringsinitiatief ter voorbereiding van een nieuw wettelijk kader”, in: PAUWELS, L. & VERMEULEN, G., Actuele ontwikkelingen inzake EU-justitiebeleid, cannabisbeleid, misdaad en straf, jongeren en jeugdzorg, internationale vrede, veiligheid en gerechtigheid, gewelddadig extremisme, en private veiligheid en zelfregulering, Update in de Criminologie 7, Maklu, Antwerpen, 2014, 394-415.
  • BURGELMAN, L., COOLS, M., LEMAÎTRE, A., Larcier Themawetboeken: Private Veiligheid 2015-2016, Larcier, Brussel, 2015, 319 p.
  • COOLS, M., DE RAEDT, E., “Het outsourcen van politietaken naar de private veiligheid in een stroomversnelling?”, Cahiers Politiestudies 36, Maklu, Antwerpen, 2015, 33-46.
  • COOLS, M., OLSCHOK, H., PASHLEY, V., VAN DORMAEL, D, « Les services de sécurité privée en Europe: faits et chiffres », Les Cahiers de la Sécurité 34, 2016, 104-116.
  • COOLS, M., “Slachtofferschap van ondernemingen : wat leren de cijfers ?”, Cahiers Politiestudies 41, Antwerpen, Maklu, 169-177.
  • COOLS, M., “Werknemersfraude, de privédetective en het privaat onderzoek in België”, in: VAN ALMELO, A.E., HOOGENBOOM, A.B., MULLER, E.R., PHEIJFFER, M., Fraude: Fraude en Fraudebestrijding in Nederland, Handboeken Veiligheid, Deventer, Wolters Kluwer, 679-696.
  • CoESS’ White Papers.
Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  • To enable students to acquire a due insight into the criminological 'setting' of private security, investigation and justice.
  • To teach students the principles of security management.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen Mondeling with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral:

  • Theory: assessing students' acquired insight and understanding.
  • Practical: critical discussion concerning a subject of the course.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Instroomplan 5 (only offered in Dutch)