Criminal Justice 350: Community Policing explores the evolution of policing to the present day, with a focus on the community-based approaches to frontline operational policing that tended to dominate the late twentieth century. The shifting role of publicly funded police organizations is examined in light of relatively recent technological developments and the consequent transformation of today's social fabric. All of this has been largely driven by the increasingly transparent nature of modern Western society.
Particular attention is given to the theoretical framework upon which the premises of community policing and problem-oriented policing were structured during the late 1970s and early 1980s. This was a time of great change within public police organizations that gave rise to data-driven policing practices and accountability mechanisms. These changes were characterized by methodologies such as CompStat, which arose from the order-maintenance perspective of researchers such as George Kelling. The course reviews such methodologies with respect to their impact on community policing practices within contemporary law enforcement.
The following items comprise some of the assigned readings for the course. Additional assigned readings are embedded into the online course. Supplementary readings are provided here for some of the course units. A list of relevant websites appears at the end of this DRR listing.
Required Readings |
No supplementary materials have been designated for Unit 1. |
Required Readings |
The Harvard Kennedy School home page is found at http://www.hks.harvard.edu/. |
Supplementary Readings |
Required Readings |
Supplementary Readings |
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) home page is found at https://www.ncjrs.gov/. |
The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing home page is found at www.popcenter.org/. |
Required Readings |
The Police Foundation home page is found at www.policefoundation.org. |
The UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science home page is found at www.jdi.ucl.ac.uk/. |
The Australian Institute of Criminology home page is found at www.aic.gov.au/. |
The Popular Mechanics home page is found at www.popularmechanics.com/. |
Supplementary Readings |
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The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research home page is found at http://www.manhattan-institute.org/. |
The UK Police Home Office home page is found at http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/. |
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The CATO Institute home page is found at http://www.cato.org/. |
Required Readings |
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The Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice home page is found at www1.cj.msu.edu/. |
Supplementary Readings |
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Required Readings |
Supplementary Readings |
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The Australian Federal Police home page is found at www.afp.gov.au/. |
Relevant Websites |
Police Foundation |
Office of Community-Oriented Policing |
USDOJ Reference Service |
Center for Problem-Oriented Policing |
Police Executive Research Forum |
City Journal |
Introduction
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
CP TED Piece
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
Discussing Artspace Residents
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
Results of Initiative
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
Discussion about EPS as Leader in Community Policing
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
Discussions about Crime in the Late 1980s
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
Challenges
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
Commentary
Unit 3: The Community Strategies Era |
Opening Comments
Unit 5: The Meaning of Community |
Role of CLC
Unit 5: The Meaning of Community |
Discussion of Garneau Community
Unit 5: The Meaning of Community |
Comments on Career History
Unit 2: The Reform Era |
Additional Comments on Career History
Unit 2: The Reform Era |
Final Comments on Career Path
Unit 2: The Reform Era |
How Things Have Changed; Youth and Police
Unit 5: The Meaning of Community |
What Does Community Policing Mean Today?
Unit 5: The Meaning of Community |
Policing the Far North
Unit 5: The Meaning of Community |
Stories About Policing the Far North
Unit 5: The Meaning of Community |
Nature of Police Work
Unit 6: Future Challenges for Public Policing |
Concluding Comments
Unit 6: Future Challenges for Public Policing |