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Schedule

Course length: 16 weeks
Lesson 1 - Course Introduction
Readings:
  • Read the course syllabus in its entirety
  • Read Lesson 1 - Course Introduction
Assignments:
  • Complete the following Lesson 1- Course Intro activities:
    • Self introduction in the Discussion Forum 
    • Student Questionnaire Form
    • Academic Integrity Statement
Lesson 2 - Introduction to Police Organization
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapters 1 & 2
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
  • Complete the APA Tutorial and screen shot of the last page of Module 4 
  • Complete the "How to Recognize Plagiarism" test 
  • Adopt a Police Department, Part 1 is due next week
Lesson 3 - Organizational Theory
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapters 3 & 5
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
  • Adopt a Police Department, Part 1 due
Lesson 4 - Recruitment
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapter 4
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
  • Study for Exam 1 - it will cover Lessons 1-4, Chapters 1-5
Exam 1
Assignments:
  • Online Exam 1- it will cover Lessons 1-4, Chapters 1-5
  • Adopt a Police Department, Part 2 is due next week
Lesson 5 - Proactive Planning
Readings:
  • Chapter 7 of Stohr & Collins (2014).  Criminal Justice Management: Theory and Practice in Justice-Centered Organizations (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. Available on e-Reserve.
  • Recommended reading: Chapter 14 of Thibault, Lynch, McBride & Walsh (2014). Proactice Police Management (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Perason.  Available on e-Reserves.
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activities
  • Adopt a Police Department, Part 2 due
Lesson 6 - Leadership
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapter 6
  • Shjarback, Pyrooz, Wolfe and Decker (2017). De-policing and crime in the wake of Ferguson: Racialized changes in the quantity and quality of policing among Missouri police departments.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 50, 42-52.
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
Lesson 7 - Power and Compliance
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapter 7
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
Lesson 8 - Proactive Communication and Information Management
Readings:
  • Chapter 3 in Miller, More & Braswell (2017). Effective Police Supervision (8th ed). Available on e-Reserves
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
  • Study for Exam 2 - it will cover Lessons 5-8, Giblin textbook Chapters 6-7, Chapter 7 of Stohr & Collins (2014) Criminal Justice Management, and Chapter 3 in Miller et al. (2017) Effective Police Supervision (on e-Reserves)
Exam 2
Assignments:
  • Online Exam 2 - It will cover Lessons 5-8, Giblin textbook Chapters 6-7, Chapter 7 of Stohr & Collins (2014) Criminal Justice Management, and Chapter 3 in Miller et al. (2017) Effective Police Supervision (on e-Reserves)
Lesson 9 - Stress and Burnout
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapter 8
  • Choose one of the following articles:
    • Maguire, E. R., Nix, J., & Campbell, B. A. (2017). A war on cops? The effects of Ferguson on the number of U.S. police officers murdered in the line of duty. Justice Quarterly, 34(5), 739-758.
    • o   Nix, J., & Wolfe, S. E. (2016). Sensitivity to the Ferguson Effect: The role of managerial organizational justice. Journal of Criminal Justice, 47, 12-20.
    • Wolfe, S. E., & Nix, J. (2016). The alleged “Ferguson Effect” and police willingness to engage in community partnership. Law and Human Behavior, 40(1), 1-10.
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity

Lesson 10 - Police Innovation
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapter 9
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
  • Adopt a Police Department, Part 3 is due next week
Lesson 11 - Measuring Police Effectiveness
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapters 10 & 11
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
  • Adopt a Police Department, Part 3 is due
Lesson 12 -  The Future of Proactive Police Management
Readings:
  • Glblin's Leadership and Management in Police Organization: Chapter 12
  • Study for Exam 3 - it will cover Lessons 8-12, Chapters 8-12
Assignments:
  • Discussion Forum Activity
  • Adopt a Police Department Part 4/Final Paper is due!
Exam 3
Assignments:
  • Online Exam 3 - it will cover Lessons 8-16, Chapters 11-16

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