Anatomy of a Cohesive Essay

Writing Expectations

Punctuation Commas

Web resources for you to review:

The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration
(formerly The Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute), is one of the premier learning centers for law enforcement executives, managers and supervisors.

The Josephson Institute of Ethics.
Character Counts and the Six Pillars of Character TRRFCC: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship
 

Kohlbergs stages of Moral Development

Pointman Leadership Institute

Bob Vernon, Retired Assistant Chief, LAPD
Author of Eight Ethics of Highly Effective Leaders

Situational Leadership (Hershey-Blanchard)

Ken Blanchard

Paul Hersey

California POST Command College (Command college papers)
Instructions:    Click on: Library, Clearinghouse & Resources
                        Click on: Library Catalog
                        Click on: Search for Command College Projects
                        Go to: "Subject" under Submit Query and type in the subject you
                        want to read papers on.

                        For example, you may have to type in key words like Leaders,
                        Managers, Change, etc. and this is an example of a Post Command
                        College paper:

                        HOW WILL LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS MOTIVATE
                        EMPLOYEES TO ACCEPT CHANGE BY THE YEAR 2006? 
                        By Captain Merlin Switzer Sacramento Sheriffs Department,
                        Command College Class XXX, 2001. Call Number: 30-0608

                        In most cases, theres a direct link to the article:   HERE

Community Oriented Policing (COPS)

A national database for all things related to COP.

The Center for Problem Oriented Policing:

 Problem-oriented policing is designed to identify and remove the causes of recurring crime and disorder problems that harm communities. This is a sister site to the COP site, and both are full of data, training, resources, for the serious criminal justice student and aspiring police officer.

COMMUNITIES AND CRIME PREVENTION
by Lawrence W. Sherman. Linked to the COP/POP processes, they are recipes for successful crime fighting, but the issue revolves around relationships and commitment for change. :

COMPSTAT related issues.

                COMPSTAT is the Computerized system that William Bratton used to
                 help successfully turn the tide of crime in New York, and is now being
                 modeled  worldwide. The application of technology in policing is the
                 wave of the future, but it is not a panacea. These sites are related to
                crime analysis.

COPS Report: Crime Analysis in America Findings and Recommendations.

Product of the findings of a recent study that examined key aspects of crime analysis. In 2000, the University of South Alabama's Center for Public Policy conducted an extensive study of crime analysis operations in American law enforcement agencies.

Department of Justice (DOJ,)

A national site for research, statistics, and more

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

Check out their library of publications and links.

Law Enforcement Online (LEO).

LEO is a national interactive computer communications system and information service, an Intranet exclusively for the law enforcement community

Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice

This resource introduces the science of crime mapping to police officers, crime analysts, and other people interested in visualizing crime data through the medium of maps, such as in crime analysis.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

National Center for Women in Policing

National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives (NAWLEE)

National Association of Black Law Enforcement Executives

National Institute of Justice

NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels

National Institute of Justice, Batterer Intervention Programs

This is related to domestic violence and the issues of mitigating or preventing recidivism among those who batter their families.

Police Executive Research Forum. (PERF)

Resource for law enforcement related research, particularly for policy issues and model programs.

            For example; they have the full report - Kansas City Patrol Experiment
            which  was a benchmark of the effectiveness of patrol.

Police Foundation, Study on Police and Civil Disorder. Issues, research and topics related to riots and civil unrest.

Rand Corporation Santa Monica

Think Tank of tremendous resources for public safety and other issues

Servant Leadership

A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness by Robert K. Greenleaf

Stephen R. Covey Author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 8th Habit,  Principle Centered Leadership,, First Things First, etc.

 Articles & Abstracts; More resources that you may find helpful

Mentoring: Best Practices for Institutionalizing Mentoring Into Police Departments

Authors: Chief Harvey Sprafka, Knoxville, Iowa Lt. April H. Kranda, (Ret), Fairfax County, Virginia (International Association of Chiefs of Police)

LAPD Plan of Action

LAPD Christopher Commission Report (From Human Rights Watch Shielded from Justice

LAPD Report of the Rampart Independent Review Panel (Rampart Scandal)

Team Building Models:

Team work in Groups: Tubbs Model

Tubbs, Stewart. (1995). A systems approach to small group interaction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.

Team work in Groups: Fishers Model

Fisher, B. Aubrey. (1970). Decision emergence: Phases in group decision making. Speech Monographs, 37, 53-66.

More Leadership and Change

Principles of Leadership (A great resource!)

Managing Change:

HOW WILL MID-SIZE URBAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IDENTIFY AND TRAIN EMPLOYEES FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES BY 2008? THE FUTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP AND WHAT GENERATION X NEEDS TO KNOW TO LEAD:  Cattolico, Loren. 2003. Call Number: 35-0691

Also, as a side bonus remember whenever you do research on a paper, it will also have a a bibliography for further references for your use. If youre going to get serious about your academic progress, he or she with the biggest bibliography and literature review wins!

A list of book references that may be helpful to you:

Some may be a little pricey, but they are great resources for those on the management path. You can find them on line at reduced prices.