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Library Resources for CJ100

Topic One: Individual Perception of Criminal Justice Practitioners

Respond to the following question: 

As a criminal justice practitioner, why is "perception" important?

Some search phrases include:

  • "public opinion" "criminal justice administration"
  • "public opinion" "law enforcement"
  • "public opinion" police
  • public perception "law enforcement"
  • law enforcement public relations
  • community policing

Note: Using quotation marks tell the database to search the words together. You can use them in any combination to see varying search results. 

Topic Two: Politics

For the second discussion topic, you must discuss how you (as a member of your criminal justice agency) can establish yourself as a team player and not become bogged down in politics that exist.

Review the books linked below to help you develop a well-written discussion post. 

Other suggested keywords to help you locate additional resources for this topic include:

  • organizational politics
  • office politics
  • office politics organizational behavior

These suggestions can be conducted directly from the Search page of this guide.