Criminal Justice (CRJS) 485

Overview

Criminal Justice 485: Police Management, introduces selected issues and practices that are associated with mid-level police management. The course emphasizes the changing Canadian police environment and the shift that has been occurring in police organizational structures since the mid-1990s.

Outline

CRJS 485 is divided into nine units as follows:

Unit 1: The Changing Environment of Policing

Unit 2: How Policing Has Responded: TQM, NPM, Crime Management and Decentralization

Unit 3: Leadership: More Than Just Getting Things Done

Unit 4: Ethics: So What!

Unit 5: Articulating the Service's Character and Direction: Strategic Management

Unit 6: Knowledge Management

Unit 7: Evaluation: What Are We Looking At and How Should We Measure It?

Unit 8: Risk Management

Unit 9: Future Trends: Succession Management, Police Governance

Evaluation

To receive credit for the course, you must achieve a final exam grade of at least 50 per cent and an overall course composite grade of at least “D” 50 per cent. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Assignment 1	Assignment 2	Final Exam	Total
20%	30%	50%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.