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LAJ 202 - Policing in a Contemporary Society


Description:
An integrated academic foundation in the impact of police interaction with the functions of policing between individuals and society as they approach the problem of crime. Real-world issues will be analyzed. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

Credits: (5)

General Education Category: K6 - Individual & Society

General Education Pathways: P3 Perspectives on Current Issues

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Describe and explain the history, the philosophy, and the ethical considerations of policing and how it has evolved to meet the demands of our contemporary society In America.
  • Recall the different theories of policing such as the professional model and the community model and how society has influenced the changes policing has experienced.
  • Generate a report based on one of seven assigned books which summarize the changes policing has evolved to in the last fifty years
  • Predicting the changing future of policing and formulate the challenges policing must face in its organizational structure and the understanding of conceptual models meeting the challenges of real world issues.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/18/18

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