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Academics
Policing in a Democratic Society
Subject
SOC
Number
327
Term
Fall
2017
Department
Department of Sociology & Legal Studies
Staff
A critical examination of the police as social control agents in contemporary democratic societies. Topics include the historical evolution of policing; police recruitment, training, and education; police/community relations; the occupational subculture of the police; police authority and discretion; private policing; and police deviance and criminality.
Cross-listed with SOC 327
Section
001