CRIMJ 210: Policing in America

 

Sample Syllabus

Sample Lesson

Police History and the Organization of Public and Private Security in the United States print lesson

1. Introduction
   
2. Road Map
   
3. Early Policing
   
4. Sir Robert Peel
   
5. The Changing Focus of the Police
   
6. Policing into the Twentieth Century
   
7. Policing in the Turbulent 1960s and 1970s
   
8. Policing into the Twenty-first Century
   
9. Organizing Public and Private Security in the United States
   
10. Lesson Activities
    
11. Further Readings (Optional)
    
12. Exam Reminder
    

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