Description
This course is designed to familiarize students with the history, responsibilities, functions and organization of policing in the United States. The legal and procedural restraints upon the practices of the police in a free society are emphasized along with the causes of police deviance. Traditional processes and procedures are analyzed along with an examination of contemporary issues affecting the police.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Classify the functions of patrol and investigations in police organizations
- Identify the sources and components of police subculture
- Identify and discuss the types, causes, effects of and responses to police deviance
Semester
Spring