Exam 1 Instructions: Online PowerPoint Presentation
Assignment Overview: The exam consists of six questions related to the course material covered so far. You are required to create and submit a video recording of yourself delivering a PowerPoint presentation that addresses four of the six questions in detail. In other words, you must pick four out of the six questions for your presentation.
Instructions:
1. Prepare Your Exam Presentation:,
Develop a PowerPoint presentation that covers the assigned questions.,
Make sure you are citing the relevant readings from this course but you may also incorporate readings from previous courses in the master’s program.,
Ensure your slides are clear, concise, and visually engaging.,
Practice your presentation to ensure smooth delivery.
Questions: (Pick 4 out of the 6 for your exam presentation).
1. Describe in detail the central thesis behind Broken Windows policing. How does Broken Windows theory fit into Packer’s two models of criminal process? Is Broken Windows policing more closely linked to Crime Control or Due Process? What implications does this have, and what might Packer suggest are some of the consequences of this approach?
2. Police officers have a substantial amount of discretion. Why is understanding police decision-making such an important line of scientific inquiry? To what extent do various factors (individual, organizational, situational, community-level) influence police decisions? Provide a comprehensive analysis citing relevant research.
3. Tyler discusses the importance of legitimacy for developing support and cooperation with police. In the changing face of policing, specifically as law enforcement has become more militarized, how might willful cooperation and support of the police change? What effects might the militarization of the police have on the public’s view of police as legitimate?
4. As the newly appointed chief of police for a major urban police department facing rising crime rates, your primary objective is to reduce crime. Concurrently, community leaders have expressed a desire for stronger police-community relationships. Drawing upon the empirical evidence presented in this course (or others from this master’s program), describe in detail how you would structure your police organization and what policing strategies you would implement to achieve these dual objectives. Provide a comprehensive rationale for your approach based on relevant research.
Online PowerPoint Presentation
5. What are the central tenets of David Klinger’s ecological theory of police response? How does the research presented in ‘Cop in the Hood’ by Peter Moskos support or refute Klinger’s theory? Provide specific examples from the book
6. How does Meyer and Rowan’s “Institutional Theory” explain the adoption and implementation of innovations in police organizations. What role do institutional pressures play in shaping decisions about the formal structure and activities of police agencies? According to this theory, how do police organizations “survive
Online PowerPoint Presentation