BCJ 4101 Police and Community Relations
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BCJ 4101 Police and Community Relations
Description
Examines the history of community policing, problem-oriented policing, community responsibilities, media relations, and evolving strategies. Students analyze criminal justice organizations including human resources management, research studies, environmental factors, centralized authority, and other issues.
Outcomes
- Explain how the United States Constitution makes the role of American law enforcement different from other countries.
- Examine the three eras of policing in the United States and how police/community relations have changed from era to era.
- Assess the viability of the broken windows theory in the 21st century.
- Explain how the SARA Model (scanning, analysis, response, assessment) can be applied in various forms of policing.
- Explain the importance of a good relationship between law enforcement and the media.
- Discuss police-community relationships regarding the media, gangs, and the process of assimilation.
- Analyze impediments to community policing.
- Explain why CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) and Weed and Seed programs are important to neighborhood safety.
- Analyze violence, crime, and vandalism in schools.
- Examine the use of excessive force by police and citizen complaints.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Community policing: Partnerships for problem solving (Rev: 7th ed.)
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning (2014)
Author: Miller, L. S., Hess, K. M., & Orthmann, C. H.
ISBN: 978-1-285-09667-4
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
