CRIM 3138
Policing
Winter 2020
Topics
- Introduction to the course
- The History of Policing
- Contemporary Policing
- Police Ethics and Accountability
- The Police Occupation
- Patrol Work
Readings
- Required: Griffiths, C. T. (2020). Canadian Police Work (5th ed.). Toronto, ON: Nelson
- Required: January 9, 2020: Considering Police Work
- Required: January 14, 2020: The Origins and Evolution of Police Work
- Required: January 16, 2020: Three Eras of Policing
- Required: Treverton et al. (2011). Policing Today (Available on the Course Site).
- Required: January 21, 2020: Contemporary Canadian Policing
- Required: January 23, 2020: Canadian policing institutions and services
- Required: Law Commission of Canada (2006). Policing in Contemporary Canada (Available on the Course Site).
- Required: January 28, 2020: Police Ethics
- Required: Chapter 4 (pp 85-96)
- Required: January 30, 2020: Police Accountability
- Required: Chapter 4 (pp 96-112)
- Recommended: Council of Canadian Academies (2015). Opportunities to Enhance Accountability and Legitimacy (Available on the Course Site).
- Recommended: February 4, 2020: Becoming a Police Officer
- Required: February 6, 2020: Being a Police Officer
- Recommended: Manitoba Status of Women (2015). Women and policing in Canada (Available on the Course Site).
- Recommended: February 11, 2020: Patrol and General Duty Policing
- Required: February 27, 2020: Police Powers and the Use of Force
- Required: March 3, 2020: The Police and Communities
- Required: March 5, 2020: Elements of Community Policing
- Required: U.S. Department of Justice (2014). Community Policing Defined (Available on the Course Site).
- Required: March 10, 2020: Police Strategies
- Required: Chapter 10 (pp. 268-287)
- Required: March 12, 2020: Predictive Policing
- Required: Perry et al. (2013). Predictive Policing (Available on the Course Site).
- Required: March 17, 2020: Policing Cyberspace
- Required: Jardine (2015). The dark web dilemma (Available on the Course Site).
- Required: March 19, 2020: The Use of Technology in Police Work
- Required: Chapter 10 (pp. 287 - 296)
- Required: March 24, 2020: Case Investigation
- Required: Chapter 11 (pp. 303-325)
- Required: March 26, 2020: Police Interrogations
- Required: Chapter 11 (pp. 325-335)
- Required: March 31, 2020: Police performance
- Required: Kiedrowski and Petrunik (2014). Canadian police board views on the use of police performance metrics (Available on the Course Site).
- Required: COURSE AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Winter 2020
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.