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CJ101 Introduction to Criminal Justice M3: Learning Reflection Learning reflections give you the opportunity to think about what you have read and written in this module, linking it to your own experience and prior learning

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CJ101 Introduction to Criminal Justice

M3: Learning Reflection

Learning reflections give you the opportunity to think about what you have read and written in this module, linking it to your own experience and prior learning. This exercise will help ensure that you are able to recall the information presented in this module at a later date and use it when completing assessments.   
 
For your learning reflections, please address the following questions: "What did you learn in this module and how would you use it? What do you wish I would have asked you this week?" 

In addressing this question, please write from between 5-10 sentences. You do not have to cite any outside sources or use APA format. This is your opportunity to think through what the module has meant to you. 

Please see the Excelsior Discussions Posting Guide for instructions on posting to this forum. You do not have to post first to see the work posted by your classmates. Responses are not required in this Discussion, although you are welcome to do so.  All reflections combined are worth 10% of your final grade.

 

Module 3: Overview & Outcomes

Overview

The problem is not so much that there are a lot of corrupt people, but rather, that there are so many that the honest are scared of the corrupt.
        -Frank Serpico

In this module, you discover the police subculture, as dramatized in the motion picture, Serpico (1973), including the police mission and its various operational strategies and styles, the police organization and structure, police-community relations, and the advent of intelligence-led policing and fusion centers in the new era of terrorism. Additionally, we examine the legal restraints placed upon police power by the U.S. Constitution; the circumstances and necessary requirements for the issuance of search and arrests warrants; the exclusionary rule and its exceptions; police power, use of force, and civil liability; ethics and professionalism; the issues surrounding police interrogations and its intelligence gathering functions within the context of major U.S. Supreme Court cases; and the balancing of individual rights versus public order and national security.

Module Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Module Outcome 1: Identify the legal restraints on police action, and describe the abuse of police power, use of force, corruption, the dangers of police work, police working personality and subculture. (CO2 and CO3)
• Module Outcome 2: Describe the circumstances under which police officers may properly conduct searches or seize property; define arrest. (CO2 and CO3)
• Module Outcome 3: Describe the intelligence function, including police interrogations, and explain the role of Miranda warnings. (CO2 and CO3)
• Module Outcome 4: Examine the civil liability issues associated with policing, and identify common sources of civil suits against the police. (CO2 and CO3)
• Module Outcome 5: Distinguish racial profiling and biased policing, and explain why they have become significant issues in policing today. (CO2 and CO3)
• Module Outcome 6: Explain why professionalism and ethics are important in policing today. (CO2 and CO3)
• Module Outcome 7: Identify some of the issues related to ethnic and gender diversity in policing, and suggest ways of addressing them. (CO2 and CO3)
• Module Outcome 8: Describe the nature and extent of private protective services in the United States today, and discuss what role you think they will play in the future. (CO2 and CO3)

Course Outcomes

The course outcomes that will be addressed in this module are:

• Course Outcome 2: Describe the dichotomy of individual rights versus public order.
• Course Outcome 3: Describe the various components – legislative, enforcement, judicial, and correctional - and their interactions within the criminal justice system.