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COURSE SYLLABUS: Community Policing

Course Title:
Department:
Instructor:
CJ437 - Community Policing
Criminal Justice
George Guay, J.D. E-Mail - Vita


Required Textbook: - Online Bookstore

Miller, Linda S., and Karen Hess. The Police in the Community. Second Edition. Wadsworth Group. 1998. ISBN #: 0534537898

Course Description:

Community policing involves a rethinking of the role of the police and a restructuring of a pole organization. It emphasizes the community/police collaboration and the policing as problem- solving instead of responding to crime. Officers need to develop good interpersonal skills to build on good relationships with the community. The course reviews individual projects and programs, past successes and failures.

Course Requirements:

The final grade will be based on written chapter reviews a student has to prepare on each chapter of material read (70%) and on a research paper 30%)

Academic Dishonesty:

Any form of academic dishonesty is regarded as a very serious violation of college regulations. Any student suspected of engaging in such activity will be subject to the full set of procedures set forth by the college.

Chapter Reviews:

Once a student finishes reading a chapter of material, the student has to prepare a typewritten (double-spaced) review of that chapter.

That review must:
Identify the main theme of the reading in one or two paragraphs

Provide ten points from the reading that support the main theme (with page numbers)

Identify and define three critical terms from the reading

Provide answers to the following questions (two or three paragraphs per question):
Did what you read contradict something that you believe and in what way?

Do you think that what you have read is reliable; why or why not?

In what way did the reading relate to your own experiences.
Research Papers
A student must write a research paper, of 10 pages in length. The paper must be one on of the topics raised in the course materials.

All papers must be typed, and double-spaced. Footnotes and references have to be done consistent either of the two preferred method of annotation. Students should have no fewer than seven references.
Canyon College is committed to non-discrimination of handicapped person as specified in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students who qualify as handicapped under this act should notify the instructor at the beginning of the term so that reasonable accommodations can be made when warranted.

Course Outline:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5


Week 6


Week 7


Week 8

Overview

Overview

Building Relationships

Building Relationships

Building Relationships

Building Relationships
Research Topic due

Projects and Programs: Coordinated Efforts

Projects and Programs: Coordinated Efforts

Research Paper Due 		Reading

Chs. 1-3

Chs. 4-5

Chs. 6-7

Chs. 8-9

Chs. 10-11

Chs. 12-13


Chs. 14-15


Chs. 16-17