Course Schedule - Law Enforcement

Andrea Allen

A 3 credit hour course means that you need to work 9 hours a week on coursework. Given that, this course’s work breaks down as follows. Note, the times below are approximate; something may take you more or less time than stated.

2 hours for reading the assigned chapters / reports
4 hours for annotating the assigned chapters / reports
1 hour for discussion post
2 hours for listening to the podcast and taking the associated quiz

Sections

For all semesters, assignments are due at 11:59 pm on Sundays.

Fall and Spring Semesters

Each section has the same assignment types: Discussion Posts, Podcast Quizzes, and Annotations.

Weeks	Module	Discussion Post	Podcast Quiz	Annotation
1-2	What is Law Enforcement?			Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2016 & Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agenices, 2008
3-4	Police in American Society	Police in American Society	#7 Geoff Alpert	Local Police Departments, 2016: Personnel Chapts 1, 3 from Reisig and Kane
5-6	Police Organizations	Police Organizations	#33 Tanya Meisenholder	State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2018 & Chapts 4, 19 from Reisig and Kane
7-9	Police Strategies	Police Strategies	#8 John Eck	Chapts 5-8 from Reisig and Kane
10-11	Police Authority	Police Authority	#26 Hans Menos	Chapts 10-13 from Reisig and Kane
12-13	Police and the Community	Police and the Community	#30 Rod Brunson	Chapts 9, 15-18, 20 from Reisig and Kane
14-16	Police Culture & Misconduct	Police Culture & Misconduct	#29 Bill Walsh	Chapts 1, 3-4 from Crank Chapt 14 from Reisig and Kane