Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Building

CRIM 200 Law Enforcement and the Community

A study of the relationship between police and the community with recommendations for ways of working together to reduce crime. Emphasis is placed on policing in a culturally diverse society.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CRIM 101

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. Analyze the history, mission, and culture of police.
  2. Examine the evolution of community policing.
  3. Analyze the cornerstones of effective community policing.
  4. Explain the critical importance of communication with a diverse population.
  5. Identify challenges and problem solving in community policing.
  6. Analyze crime prevention strategies in contemporary community policing.
  7. Describe gangs and analyze the role of police in preventing violence and building safer neighborhoods.

Course Objectives

  1. Analyze the history, mission, and culture of police.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assignment Rubric
  2. Examine the evolution of community policing.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assignment Rubric
  3. Analyze the cornerstones of effective community policing.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assignment rubric
  4. Explain the critical importance of communication with a diverse population.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assignment Rubric
  5. Identify challenges and problem solving in community policing.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assignment Rubric
  6. Analyze crime prevention strategies in contemporary community policing.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assignment Rubric
  7. Describe gangs and analyze the role of police in preventing violence and building safer neighborhoods.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Writing Assignments

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assignment Rubric