Detectives
Sherlock Holmes was the world's first consulting detective. Read one of his representative cases provided on the following site. Then, write a short paper identifying those traits, skills and/or specialized knowledge possessed by Holmes which made him such a great detective. Do you think he would be an effective detective today?
http://www.citsoft.com/holmes3.html
To try your hand at being a detective, check out the following site.
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/a1.html
Based on the two simulations above, do you think you would be a good detective?
Community Policing
Review the readings at the following site.
What is community policing?
http://www.communitypolicing.org/about2.html
Based on your reading how would you define community policing, how is it similar and dissimilar to traditional policing? If you were a police chief, what kind of a community based policing program would you develop for your city?
New York City Crime
News release on lower crime.
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/om/html/98b/pr310-98.html
New York City programs for reducing crime.
http://www.nycpolicefoundation.org
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/om/html/97/sp268-97.html
Hurricane Katrina
What did we learn from Katrina about the effects of police stress?
New Orleans Police Chief Defends His Force
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=15&id=25783 |