Fall 2026 - 65965 - 388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy

POLITICS OF U.S. POLICING

This course will explore the role of the police in American society. Specifically, we will examine how politics influence the police and policing and how the police and policing influence politics. The course covers how and why attitudes and behaviors of individuals and interest groups affect political choices by municipal, state, and federal policymakers regarding the police and policing. We will review a set of theoretical, theoretical, and empirical perspectives for understanding the development, growth, and consequences of the police and policing in the United States. 

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