COURSE SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO POLICING (CJC 230/001)

INSTRUCTOR: Taiping Ho, Ph.D. and ProfessorDEPARTMENT: Criminal Justice and CriminologyTERM: Fall Semester, 2015CLASS TIME: 9:30 - 10:45 AM (Tuesday and Thursday)CLASS ROOM: AC 302OFFICE: NQ 280OFFICE HOUR: Thursday: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Other requests – please contact me – in advance.PHONE: 765-285-5983E-mail: taipingho@bsu.edu

Special Note #1: ICHE Compliance

According to ICHE, students need to spend 2-hours out of class in preparatory for each hour in class. Accordingly, the instructor will require all students to spend at least 6 hours per week to study and to prepare all course-related materials which will be discussed in this course.

Special Note #2: Providing access and opportunity for students with disabilities

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, please contact me as soon as possible. Ball State's Disability Services office coordinates services for students with disabilities; documentation of a disability needs to be on file in that office before any accommodations can be provided. Disability Services can be contacted at 765-285-5293 or dsd@bsu.edu.

Special Note #3: The Date and Time of Final Exam

The final exam date is scheduled on December 18, Friday, 9:45 – 11:45 AM, 2015

Special Note #4: For any written assignments, students must submit a hard copy of an assignment or other course-related documents on the due date. No electronic submission will be accepted!

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course intends to examine the development of the police in America in the past, present, and future.  The course subjects emphasizes on institutional context of police activity, bureaucratization of the police, professionalization, role of the police, and police/community change.

Course Rationale:

This course aims to better prepare our students for careers in criminal justice by providing them with the education and knowledge to deal with a variety of complex police-related activities, legally and professionally.

Course Objective:

This course provides a unified overview of the broad field of law enforcement and police systems in America.  After the completion of this course, students would be able to:

(a) Analyze police structures, processes, behaviors, functions, and problems of law enforcement.

(b) Describe legal rules and regulations in regard to policing in current American society.

(c) Explore the field of criminal justice and criminology.(d) Prepare for a career at a variety of law enforcement agencies.

In order to achieve the goals mentioned above, several important requirements for this course are specified as following:

(1) EXAMINATION:

There are two (2) written exams are required to be completed in this course.  Each examination will weigh 25% of the final grade.  A make-up exam will be given under extreme circumstances (e.g., a death in the family).  Any make-up exam must be approved by the instructor and a new due date of the exam will be issued once the student has provided an adequate proof to the instructor in a timely fashion. The course content for each exam will be announced during the class meeting. Also, the dates of 1st exam will be announced during the class meeting.

(2) ASSIGNMENT – ONLINE DISCUSSION SUBJECT:

In order to promote active and interactive learning community in this course, each student is required to review the required materials then post his/her response on each “online discussion

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subject” in “Discussion Board” on Blackboard, before or on the due date.  It is important to note that each posting on online discussion subject must contain at least 500 words (or at least one page, single-spaced, of Word document).

Meanwhile, each student is required to review other students’ postings then provide adequate response to, at least, three (3) students’ postings. The student’s response must follow the framework of discussion as specified by the instructor in regard to online discussion subject.  Please note that each student must post his/her feedback on the online discussion subject before or on the due date. However, each student has three (3) additional days to respond to other students’ postings. In other words, the students could post his/her response to other students’ postings by the following Monday, if the due date for the online discussion subject is due on Friday.

It is important to note that students are obligated to make up any course-related assignment if they were absent from the classes, with an adequate excuse, when such an assignment was announced or posted on Blackboard!

The due date for each of online discussion subjects:

(1) September 16, 2015: Online Discussion Subject #1 (2) October 7, 2015: Online Discussion Subject #2(3) November 4, 2015: Online Discussion Subject #3(4) December 2, 2015: Online Discussion Subject #4

(3) ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT POLICE ISSUES AND PRESENTATION: A Group Project

In order to promote active and interactive learning community in this course, each student is required to participate in a variety of group-based projects/assignments/presentations. No credit will be given to any student who does not participate in and/or contribute to the completion of the assigned project. The group will be determined during the class meeting in first week of the semester. The group-based assignments will be given during the semester and the due date for each of group projects will be determined during the semester.

The major learning outcomes of this group-based assignment/project/presentation will achieve the CJC objectives and goals, which include: (1) CJC students should be able to analyze information; (2) CJC students should be able to think critically, and (3) CJC students should be able to communicate effectively.

(4) ATTENDANCE:

Class attendance is required. The instructor will check the student’s attendance during this semester. An absence will be excused under extreme circumstances and adequate proof is

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required to be submitted to the instructor in a timely fashion. Most importantly, an absence won’t be waived on the basis of either a phone message or an email. The student must provide an adequate proof to the instructor in a timely fashion in order to waive his/her class absence. Also, the student has obligated to keep up with the class progress/content/assignment/etc. if class absence occurred. Meanwhile, the student who has an outstanding attendance will receive appropriate extra credit in the end of the class.

Attendance policy for this course:

(A) The student must attend class on time and he or she is expected to stay in the classroom until the instructor dismisses the class. Anyone who leaves the classroom without the instructor’s permission will be counted as absent.

(B) If you miss one class meeting, you will lose 10% of the attendance points.(C) If you miss two class meetings, you will lose 25% of the attendance points.(D) If you miss three class meetings, you will lose 50% of the attendance points.(E) If you miss four class meetings, you will lose 75% of the attendance points.(F) If you miss five class meetings or more, you will lose 100% of the attendance

points.(G) The student will receive extra credit for perfect attendance this semester.

(5) COMPUTER COMPETENCY:

In order to stimulate students’ knowledge-seeking capabilities in the learning process at Ball State University, the instructor will introduce Web-related information as a part of teaching materials. In this course, the instructor will employ actual “cases” (e.g., The United States Supreme Court’s decisions) to demonstrate legal doctrines in a variety of field situations with regard to law enforcement. The instructor will assist students in learning of technology-based skills (e.g., the Internet) and demonstrate the basic skills of searching appropriate Web sites in the classes.

(6) MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS:

In order to promote the awareness of multiculturalism, this instructor will discussmulticultural issues in law enforcement, which include several important subjects:

(a) legal requirements of recruitment in law enforcement (e.g., The 1964 Civil Rights Act, The 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and cases);(b) disparity in police recruitment regarding candidate’s race, gender, and so on;(c) issues of “racial profiles” in police-citizen field encounters;(d) issues of warrantless searches in minority communities; and(e) multiculturalism training in law enforcement.

Specifically, this proposed curriculum will enhance students’ understanding of “race,ethnicity, and gender intersecting in multifaceted and interlocking ways” in the criminal justicesystem. Particularly, the CJC students have to equip themselves with the awareness of

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multiculturalism in order to enforce laws in a professional fashion in a diverse society.

(7) ETHICS AWARENESS:

Ethics and moral responsibilities in law enforcement raise potential concerns for criminal justice majors with respect to the various roles they are often involved with in the criminal justice system. Quite often, the conflict and/or dilemma between legitimate requirements and fundamentally personal ethical standards creates the need for enhancing criminal justice students’ understanding of the issues of ethics, moral responsibilities, values, and the development of leadership as well. It is important to establish intact ethical criteria among criminal justice students so that they can cope with the complexity of ethical dilemmas in the criminal justice system.

This instructor intends to demonstrate the importance of ethical education through discussion of the fundamental nature of ethical/moral conflict, in terms of individual rights (due process of laws–presumed innocent until proven guilty) versus social utility (law and order–fighting crimes) in law enforcement processes. Several important subjects will be discussed in this course, such as, (a) police use of force and moral/ethical/legal standards; (b) policewrongdoing and criminal/civil liability; and (c) police searches and seizures and legal/ethicalstandards of good-faith actions.

(8) REQUIRED TEXT:

Textbook: Police & Society (5th edition)Authors: Roy Roberg, Kenneth Novak, and Gary CordnerPublisher: Oxford University Press, New York

(9) FINAL GRADE:

The final grade (100 points) for this course combines points for examinations, assignments, group projects/assignments, and class attendance.

The Distribution:

(a) The First Examination = 25% (b) The Second Examination = 25% (c) Online Discussion Subject = 20% (d) Assignment/Group Project = 20%

(e) Attendance = 10% (attendance points)(f) Extra Credit = TBD (To Be Determined)

(10) Grade Scale: (the unit is point)

A = 95.0-100 A- = 90.0-94.9

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B+ = 86.0-89.9 B = 83.0-85.9 B- = 80.0-82.9C+ = 76.0-79.9 C = 73.0-75.9 C- = 70.0-72.9D+ = 66.0-69.9 D = 63.0-65.9 D- = 60.0-62.9F = 59.9 or BELOW

Grading Rubric: Paper/Assignment/Project/Etc.

The grade (A, B, C, D, F) of the assignment/paper/project/etc. will be based on the following sections:

Section #1: Introduction

A: Introduction clearly identifies the purpose(s) of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment with sufficient examples and citations.

B: Introduction clearly identifies the purpose(s) of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment with a few of examples and citations.

C: Introduction identifies the purpose(s) of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment with insufficient examples and citations.

D: Introduction does not identify the purpose(s) of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment with insufficient examples and citations.

F: Introduction does not clearly identify the purpose(s) of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment and does not provide any example and citation.

Section #2: Issues are relevant to the subject matter(s)

A: Issues are relevant to the subject matter(s) have been clearly identified in the paper/assignment with sufficient examples and citations.

B: Issues are relevant to the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment have been identified in the paper/assignment with a few of examples and citations.

C: Issues are relevant to the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment have been identified in the paper/assignment with insufficient examples and

citations.D: Issues are relevant to the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment have not been

identified in the paper/assignment with insufficient examples and citations.

F: Issues are relevant to the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment have not been identified in the paper/assignment and does not provide any example and

citation.

Section #3: Analysis of the subject matter(s)

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A: Analysis of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is very clear with sufficient examples and citations.

B: Analysis of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is clear with a few of examples and citations.

C: Analysis of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment has been presented with insufficient examples and citations.

D: Analysis of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is not clear with insufficient examples and citations.

F. Analysis of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is obviously not clear and does not provide any example or citation.

Section #4: Critical thinking of the subject matter(s)

A: Critical thinking of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is very clear with sufficient examples and citations.

B: Critical thinking of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is clear with a few of examples and citations.

C: Critical thinking of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment has been presented with insufficient examples and citations.

D: Critical thinking of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is not clear with insufficient examples and citations.

F. Critical thinking of the subject matter(s) in the paper/assignment is obviously not clear and does not provide any example or citation.

Section #5: Grammar/spelling/mechanics in the paper and assignment

A: The paper/assignment contains no error in grammar/spelling.B: The paper/assignment has contained a few of errors in grammar/spelling.C: The paper/assignment has contained some errors in grammar/spelling.D: The paper/assignment has contained many errors in grammar/spelling.F: The paper/assignment has contained many obvious errors in grammar/spelling.

Section #6: Conclusion

A: Relevant and satisfactory conclusion in the paper/assignment has been drawn and supported with sufficient evidence/citations.

B: Relevant conclusion in the paper/assignment has been drawn and supported with some evidence/citations.

C: Relevant conclusion in the paper/assignment has been drawn and supported with a few of evidence/citations.

D: Conclusion in the paper/assignment has been drawn with insufficient evidence/citations.

F: There is no clear conclusion in the paper/assignment and provided no evidence/citation.

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