CJD 2600 Law Enforcement and Society
Introduction to research, theory and applications of the causes and consequences of police behavior. Community policing, problem-solving methods, police discretion, police misconduct, police crime prevention strategies, policing, and restorative justice. Also covers political controls on authority and jurisdiction, professionalization of the police, and the relationship between the police organization and the individual. Analysis of public hostility toward police and current community relations projects, human relations, training and education of law enforcement officers; responsibilities of police administrators, including various organizational functions within agencies, causes of tension and conflict, dissent and disorder, positive and negative factors in the control of minority group hostilities; minority recruitment in law enforcement.