Central extensions of precrossed modules

We classify the precrossed module central extensions using the second cohomology group of precrossed modules. We relate these central extensions to the relative central group extensions of Loday, and to other notions of centrality defined in general contexts. Finally we establish a Universal Coefficient Theorem for the (co)homology of precrossed modules, which we use to describe the precrossed module central extensions in terms of the generalized Galois theory developed by Janelidze.