Safeguarding in an International Context

You'll channel your prior knowledge and clinical experience in the creation of a dissertation project. Your research project will centre around professional and clinical contexts and academic needs. You'll independently work with guidance from a chosen supervisor.

In this module, you'll take responsibility for designing, conducting, analysing and interpreting the results of a substantial empirical investigation that will make a contribution to the discipline.

The module aims to introduce you to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) in Investigations & Research, guide your understanding of computer security and making online enquiries, provide you with a knowledge of emails and how to trace them, introduce you to the use of social networking, and introduce you to the relevant legislation, policies, and ethics that needs considering while making online enquiries.

During this module you'll consider the International, European and UK legal framework relating to human trafficking and identify the legal overlaps with other crimes (e.g. smuggling, slavery). You'll assess the European Court of Human Rights approach to human trafficking which will provide you with an understanding of the numerous methods of recruitment, transfer and exploitation involved in human trafficking as well as consider the human rights of victims. 

This module introduces international safeguarding law and policies. You'll apply international safeguarding law to practice by critical analysis and independent research.

This module focuses on safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation through the use of the internet and related technologies such as social networking. You will cover the following themes and topics: indecent images of children, sexual grooming, victim vulnerabilities, offender characteristics, educational responses and policy.