CRIJ 3301-SA01
Ken Johnson
Wayland
Baptist University
Division of
Criminal Justice
Course
Syllabus
Course Number
and Title: (CRIJ 3301-SA01 POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS)
Course
Description: This
course presents an overview of the various factors that comprise the
relationships between the community and the criminal justice system. We will examine basic concepts of human
relations; the contact between one person and another, or one group and
another. We will also examine community
misunderstandings and the lack of cooperation and mistrust that may
paradoxically be generated by the system’s efforts to make the community a
safer place.
Prerequisites:
None.
Text: (Philip P. Purpura, Police and Community, Allyn & Bacon Publishing, 2001.
Grading: There will be four exams
and an individual project. The
project will be an oral presentation on a topic associated with the
problems of the criminal justice system.
A paper on the oral presentation is required. The paper must be three pages
double-spaced with five references.
No special format is required.
The paper will not be graded but is required to be turned in at
the time of the oral presentation. Each
exam and the individual project is one-fifth of your grade. The university grading system will be followed.
Class
meetings: On Tuesday from 6 to 10:10
pm.
Attendance: Please review the Wayland Handbook for policy on
attendance. According to the policy,
students who miss 25% or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will
receive a grade of “F” for that course.
This policy does not make exceptions.
If you have a special problem on attending a class, please contact
me. Bonus points will be given for
perfect attendance.
Office
Hours: I will be available before
and after class if you need to confer with me on any problem. I can be contacted at my home 558-6772. E-mail: kmkjhns@cs.com
SCHEDULE OF
CLASSES AND READING ASSIGNMENTS
Classes will
meet in L10215 (Carter Hall) Rm. 225
WEEK DATE ASSIGNMENT
#1 Nov 4 Introductions, Bill of
Rights, Ch.1 pp. 1-23
#2 Nov 11 Ch. 2 pp. 25-49
#3 Nov 18 Ch. 3 pp. 51-69, Exam
(topic due)
Nov 25 No Class
#4 Dec 2 Ch. 4 pp. 71-91
#5 Dec 9 Ch. 5 pp. 93-115
#6 Dec
16 Ch. 6 pp.
117-141, Exam (Presentations begin)
Dec
23 No
Class
#7 Jan 6 Ch. 7 pp. 143-163
#8 Jan
13 Ch. 8 pp.
164-191
#9 Jan
20 Ch. 10 pp.
219-243, Exam
#10 Jan
27 Ch. 11 pp.
245-277
#11 Feb
3 Overview, Final
Exam
Chapters in bold print will be covered in class. The others will be the students’ responsibility to read
*NOTE; THERE WILL BE PERIODIC VIDEOS AND THE
SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO
REVISION
AS NECESSARY
It is university policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the University.