About the course: This course introduces the history of policing in the United States, a theoretical and practical examination of the police function, an analysis of unequal police enforcement patterns across race and gender, and a consideration of major challenges facing contemporary policing, including issues of technology, accountability, and reform.
This lesson allows students to explore a collection of primary sources related to three presidential policing task forces from the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will read and analyze the primary sources to identify similar themes, issues, and crises in policing throughout U.S. history.
Public Administration, Sociology
1 class period (75 minutes)
PA/SOC 339: Policing & Society
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