1. Police and Police Work
Class 1

2. Administrative Give Quiz and return quiz Reminder about studying
Collect any paper proposals
Paper Rubric

3. Review Crime as a social construct Crime waves and their mythology
Missing children
Serial killers and murder
Stalking
Organized crime
Corporate and white-collar crime
Youth Crime

4. Today Police and Police Work before 1900
Police and Police Work in the 20th Century and Beyond
Police, Race and Class
Key Ideas from Today’s Class

5. I. Police and Police Work Before 1900
Colonial Period
From the American Revolution to 1900

6. I. Police and Police Work Before 1900
Police and Politics
Police and professionalism

7. I. Police and Police Work Before 1900
Police and crime
Police and weapons

8. II. Police and Police Work in the 20th Century
Trend toward professionalization of police force
Unionization and police
Composition of the Police Force

9. II. Police and Police Work in the 20th Century
Continued Problems
Police and the Community

10. III. Police, Race and Class
Police and Minority Communities
The Rodney King episode

11. III. Police, Race and Class
Police work and socio-economic class
Police reporting of racial incidents
Covering up violence
Framing minority members

12. IV: Key Ideas from Today’s Class
For a long time police departments were tied to politics and politicians and not really professional
Police departments were, and to some extent, remain a white male domain
Media encourage us to accept a police culture that celebrates those who break the rules

13. IV. Key Ideas from Today’s Class
Problems with a police culture that rejects oversight by anyone else
Great mistrust of police in many minority communities

14. Next Time
Continue discussion of police and police work

15. Police and Police Work
Class 2

16. Administrative Return Quiz at end of class
Citations and bibliographies

17. Review Police and Police Work before 1900
Police and Police Work in the 20th Century
Police, Class and Race

18. Today Police and Crime Alternative Policing Models Police Powers
Arrests
Police and Crime Reduction
Police Work
Key Ideas from Today’s Class

19. I. Police and Crime Mythology of Police and Policing
Police as crime fighters
Hiring more police
Police patrols and deterrence

20. I. Police and Crime Deterrence in Practice Crackdowns
Faster Response times

21. I. Police and Crime
More detectives
Arrests

22. I. Police and Crime
Note on finger prints
Note on DNA

23. II. Alternative Policing Models
Problem-Oriented Policing
Zero-Tolerance
Targeting career criminals

24. III. Police Powers Not required to be truthful with suspects
Can threaten suspects with consequences
Do they break the law or permit informants to break the law?

25. IV. Arrests
Police Discretion
Arrests class and race 25

26. V. Police and Crime Reduction
Are there conventional police approaches that might reduce crime?
Are there unconventional police approaches that might reduce crime?

27. VI. Police Work Most time not spent on crime
Most time that is spent on crime is spent on fairly tedious work
How dangerous is police work?
What do police believe?

28. VII: Key Ideas from Today’s Class
Police do not prevent crime
Most conventional approaches (e.g. more police or more patrols) have little impact on crime
Police have great discretion
Police work is not very interesting and is not especially dangerous

29. Next Time
Begin discussion of courts and court systems