- There was an article published in April of 2015 by Harvard’s Kennedy School and the National Institute of Justice, entitled ‘From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals’. The website address where you can access the article is: ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/248654.pdf
The article is 16 pages in length so I suggest you print a copy that you can carry around and read. As you read it make some notes on it and ‘highlight’ items of interest. Remember , this is a gut ‘reaction’ to what you are reading. You may agree 100% or you may not agree at all.
There are many things that you will recognize right off as you start to read the article (and I think you will all find it very interesting)….Plato, Socrates, Sir Robert Peel, Peel’s Principles, the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Amendments to the Constitution, law, procedural justice, legal authority, ‘current culture’, similarities between the police and the military……and I can go on and on. And the article goes on…talking about police training, the police academy, use of force, officer safety…and again, on and on.
Read the entire article…all 16 pages (almost) of it…then go back and re-read it and this time make your notes and highlight ‘important’ words and ideas (like I just exampled for you above). Then make notes about what you read.
That will all be the basis for your paper.
Any questions? Be sure to ask. Don’t let this assignment overwhelm you. I don’t know if you are familiar with the concept of a ‘reaction paper’ or if you have ever written one. I guarantee you will learn something by doing this.
My last thought….the article was written five years ago…but is so appropriate today. We are living in a quickly changing world…and that includes ‘ethically and morally’ changing as well.
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