CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Criminal Justice Supervision

Welcome to Criminal Justice Supervision!

Course Description:

This course will introduce the student to basic, intermediate and advanced concepts in police supervision. Additionally, the course will look at supervisory problems and challenges unique to the police service; and, general supervision, leadership and management techniques.

Course Objectives:

As a result of this course, the learner will:

1. Increase their research, analytical and writing skills.

2. Increase their technology and information literacy skills.

3. Understand the role of a supervisor in the police service.

4. Be able to summarize the following:

a. Creating and facilitating a shared vision

b. Communication in police supervision

c. Time management.

d. Team building

e. Motivation

f. Employee training

g. Employee Wellness

h. Performance evaluations

i. Conflict management and negotiation

5. Understanding and summarize certain critical trends in police supervision

such as community policing, police misconduct and racial profiling.

Getting Started:

1. The primary purpose of this course is to learn about supervision in a law enforcement setting. However, it is also the purpose of this course to increase your analytical, research and information literacy skills. Each of the required readings is available online through the Union Institute and University library and research center. As a Union learner you have access to hundreds of thousands of pages of academic research material, much of it peer reviewed. But, you have to learn to access the information. In this course, although much of the research has been done for you, you are going to have to find the books and articles. At the Union Institute and University library and research center you have access to an online Librarian. If you get stuck in your search for a book or journal article, contact the library.

2. Download, review, sign and follow the mailing instructions on page five.

3. Go to the Union Institute and University library and research center and get logged on.

4. Look over the course - make yourself a schedule.

5. Take a good look at the due dates and the course readings; a lot of supervision is time management - this is a good place to begin

5. You will find the books in the Gary Library.

6. Use the article databases to find the articles. Remember if you get stuck, ask a librarian!

7. Part of the course is your interaction via a forum with other students. Although many of them are involved in other types of courses, or taking a similar course via a different mode of delivery, virtual interaction can help you place the work in context; and, perhaps more importantly keep you on track to finish.

page for information on using the Union online library and tips on writing and research.

Module Four (Future Issues, Challenges and Trends)

One Page analysis of each of the following articles:

If You Build It, They Will Come: Consequences of Improved Citizen Complaint Review Procedures Worrall, John L., Crime & Delinquency, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 355-379, July 2002

Impact of Community Policing on Police Personnel: A Quasi-Experimental Test Rosenbaum, Dennis P.; Yeh, Sandy; Wilkinson, Deanna L., Crime & Delinquency, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 331-353, July 1994

Supervisory Challenges Arising from Racial Profiling Legislation
Buerger, Michael E., Police Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 380-408, September

Preventing police suicide. By: Baker, Thomas E.; Baker, Jane P.. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Oct96, Vol. 65 Issue 10, p24

Policing the police. Economist, 11/8/2003, Vol. 369 Issue 8349, p36, 2p;

Making the police more accountable. By: Horne, Eric. IPA Review, 1992, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p34

Complete a one page analysis of this course.

Submit Module Four Here

Although not used in the criminal justice supervision course, book description of Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement says, “Eminently practical, straightforward, and applied, this text focuses on law enforcement managers and supervisors, their jobs, and the complicated interrelationships between members of the law enforcement team and the communities they share. It illustrates the best-known methods and practices of police leadership and management while also turning an eye to the future. It presents a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of law enforcement leaders and covers everything from the newest principles of participative leadership and community policing to the exciting technological aids changing the face of law enforcement today.”

Raymond E. Foster