LAS211 Police Organization

This course is a study of the police organization and its complexity. Consideration is given to topics related to the organization that include, but are not limited to, how the police organization functions in relation to the social networks that help to define it, structural complexity, structural control, administrative control structures, the degree to which rules and policies are formalized, and centralization of decision making. Contextual factors such as leadership, politics, geographical location, age of the organization and its environment and how this influences the complexity of the organization are also addressed. Prerequisite(s): LAS106 or permission of the department. Co-requisite(s):None. 5 quarter hours