A Brief History of Policing in the United States tells the story of policing in the United States, from the earliest days when citizens policed themselves to today’s multi-function police professionals. It is designed to be used in college classes (criminal justice, sociology, political science), police training sessions and community workshops. The DVD and study guide explore themes including:
The expanding role of the police in American society
The shift from informal to formal sociol control
The community’s role in public safety
The dynamics of crime, fear of crime, and disorder
The impact of technology on police work
The challenges of policing in a democracy
Protecting everyone’s civil and human rights
Dealing with diversity inside the department
Innovations in policing, from scientific management to community policing to collabortive problem solving
Addressing problems (terrorism, drugs, white-collar crime) and the needs of vulnerable population (violence against women, child abuse, elder abuse)
What we should learn from 9/11 and Hurricane
Katrina is that each neighborhood needs its own Neighborhood Emergency
Response Plan. Who are the vulernable residents who need special
help? Which families have resources they are willing to share
to help others? This article explores the contribution that Community
Policing can make in helping communities plan for catastrophes, whether
natural or man-made. Community Policing has an established track
record of engaging communities in efforts to solve their own problems,
with solutions tailored to their specific needs. An additional benefit
to police/community collaborations is that this
partnership between people and their police can be harnessed to dealing
with everything from crime to disorder. . . . more
Free
information and advice - Online articles
on implementing and sustaining community policing and
other contemporary issues in policing
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Policing.com was created by Bonnie Bucqueroux,
former Associate Director of the National Center for Community Policing
at Michigan State University. Author,
trainer, educator, she continues to write and consult in
the field.
FREE TRAINING - The online courses listed below were created by Policing.com. You can now take these courses for free, though we always appreciate your donations through Amazon's Honor System above:
- Community Policing for Line-Level Officers- This is the first online course for police officers in what community policing is and how to make the most of this revolutionary approach. Produced by Bonnie Bucqueroux of Policing.com . . . more
- Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ) - Canada and Australia have adopted BARJ as the best way to help troubled youngsters find a better path. Take this four-week course at your own pace. Produced in collaboration with the Building Responsive Communities initiative sponsored by the Michigan Bureau of Juvenile Justice. . . more
-Helping Our Girls (Gender Responsive Programming) - Girls have their own issues. Programs that fail to recognize the importance of these issues are doomed to fail. This self-paced online course offers the basics in gender-responsive programming, and it includes video of Dr. Glenn Stutzky discussing how to bully proof our schools. Produced in collaboration with the Michigan Task Force on Gender Responsive Programming. . . . more
