LibGuides: CJ-5101 v3: Week 3 Resources

Week 3 Resources

The history of policing America: From militias and military to the law enforcement of today
French, L. (2018). The history of policing America: From militias and military to the law enforcement of today. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Read Chapter 2.
This chapter describes the importance of the resource.

Fichtelberg, A. (2019). Criminal [in]justice: A critical introduction. Sage Publishing.

Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 5.

Chapter 1 shows the different ways to measure crime. Chapter 5 shows the history of policing.

Access your Redshelf book in the Getting Started module of the course or click on Bookshelf in the top navigation bar of the course.

A history of policing in America
Harris-Perry, M. (2015, Jan. 4). A history of policing in America [Video]. MSNBC.
The community is changing, but so are police and the serving and protecting of policing. The author explains the video shows, “In light of the national conversation and critique about the practices of local police forces throughout the country, Melissa Harris-Perry talks about the history of policing in America. Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Amy Goodman join to discuss.”