Week 1: Introduction to the Class; Protective Equipment
Introduction to the Class:
Introduction to the Class:New technologies are continuously emerging. These technologies are critical to the criminal justice system’s ability to achieve its goals of preventing and controlling crime, administering justice, and assisting crime victims. Students are exposed to contemporary issues related to the use of emerging technologies in the criminal justice system. Topics include officer protection and crime prevention, public safety in critical incidents, communication and information technology, and investigative and investigative and forensic sciences.
Protective Equipment:
Officer protection is greatly enhanced with such products as ballistic helmets and visors, ballistic- and stab-resistant body armor, stab- and pathogen-resistant gloves, riot shields, and other items.
Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. (2001). A resource guide to law enforcement, corrections, and forensic technologies (pp. 1-95) (United States, Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services). Washington, DC: COPS: Community Oriented Policing Services.
The Library Criminal Justice Website
Library Criminal Justice Subject Guide
To get to the Library Criminal Justice Subject Guide, Select "Criminal Justice" from the drop-down menu under Guided Search from the library home page.
CJ Subject Guide
Course Introduction Required Reading
Course Introduction
Required Reading
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PratherPrather, S. (2014, Jan 04). New roles change face of police hiring pools. Star Tribune Retrieved from http://libproxy.plymouth.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1474434962?accountid=3778
Body Armor
Required Reading
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NunnNOTE: Read pages 3-26. You will need to select "view online" and then select "PDF." eBooks work best using the CHROME browser.
Nunn, S. (2005). The technology infrastructure of criminal justice. In Criminal justice technology in the 21st century (2nd ed., pp. 3-26). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher. [50 minutes] -
U.S. DOJUnited States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. (2013, July 12). Body armor. [3 minutes]
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JohnsonJohnson, K. (2012, Nov 16). More police require body armor. USA TODAY Retrieved from http://libproxy.plymouth.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1152273302?accountid=3778
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Reading Worksheet Week 1
For the article by Johnson
NOTE! You may need to select "enable editing" after you open the WORD file.
In the News:
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McCoyMcCoy, C. R. (1996, Jan 03). This day, the officer didn't wear the vest that might have saved her; Many officers ignore a requirement to wear vests, according to police. Philadelphia Inquirer Retrieved from http://libproxy.plymouth.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/286878334?accountid=3778
Recommended Reading
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Special ReportOffice of Justice Programs. (Aug. 24, 2005). Special report: Third status report to the attorney general on body armor safety initiative testing and activities (pp. 1-41) (United States, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice. Retrieved December 8, 2015, from http://ojp.gov/bvpbasi/docs/SupplementII_08_12_05.pdf
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McGrathMcGrath, A. G. (2015). Why body armor? American Jails, 29(1), 33-36.
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HamiltonHamilton, S. C. (2015). Selection and use of ballistic protection for fire and EMS personnel. Fire Engineering, 168(6), 53-58.
Legal Case
Course Syllabus
Week 1: Videos
TEDGlobal (Producer). (2012, June). Mark Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future [Video file]. Retrieved from https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future.html
Lam, M. (Producer), & Gundy, B. (Director). (2014). State of surveillance: Police, privacy and technology [Video file]. United States: KQED. Retrieved August 1, 2016, from https://youtu.be/6VkKeM-OK6g
NBC Learn & National Science Foundation (Director). (n.d.). Chemistry now: Chance discoveries: Kevlar [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/chemistrynow/chem_kevlar.jsp
