Chapter 15: New Science, Technology, and Paradigms

Self Check Answers
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Chapter Links

Web Patrol, page 607
Facial Reconstruction
http://www.fbi.gov

What Is the Latest Technology?
http://www.nlectc.org/

Cybercrime
http://www.cybercrime.gov

Additional Activities

Simulation Scenarios
Test your knowledge of law enforcement application with a Simulation Scenario.

Advanced Web Research

1. Visit "A Future of Criminal Justice, with a Focus on Policing," which can be located online at http://www.policefuturists.org. Scroll down to the beginning of the section entitled, "Talk About the Thin Blue Line!" and read from there until the end of the article.

1. What training issues are discussed in this article?
2. Why is the Appleton (WI) Police Department used as an example?

2. More and more communities are creating police monitors and other ways to prevent police misconduct. For an example of this, visit the Web site for the Community Ombudsman for the city of Boise (ID). This site can be viewed at http://www.boiseombudsman.org. Click on "About Us," then click on "Complaint Form."

1. What does the Community Ombudsman do?
2. What does the complaint form ask, and do you think anything else should be added?

3. To understand changes that must occur within policing in the near future, read "Serious threats to the future of policing" by the founder of community policing, Robert C. Trojanowicz. This can be viewed online at http://www.ssc.msu.edu.

1. What is the irony of the availability of police services to the inner city?
2. What are some threats that community-policing programs face today?

Further Exploration Links

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http://sol.lp.findlaw.com

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