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The Police in Society

Course #: SOCIOL 337, Class #: 1307, Section #: 01

Description

An examination of police as a system of social control; a survey of major studies of police by sociologists and government commissions. Emphasis placed on police organization, patterns and consequences of police training, historical and cross-cultural perspectives of police systems and studies of police discretion and police-citizen interaction.

Prerequisites

SOCIOL 101 and SOCIOL 104.

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