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Individual Needs and Societal Stereotypes

For the Unit 6 assignment,  assemble a professional 3-slide PowerPoint (not including title and references slides), which includes audio discussion supporting each slide on the following:

  • Identify two individual needs and explain how the criminal justice profession helps to address those needs.
  • Discuss three negative stereotypes society holds of the criminal justice profession and describe how these impact public trust.
  • Apply two examples of the concept of community policing philosophy and the strategy that has a positive impact on individuals and groups within a community.

Keyword Search Suggestions

Keyword searches related to how the criminal justice profession meets the needs of society and individuals.

  • "criminal justice professionals" social response
  • law enforcement response to social needs
  • police response to social safety issues
  • criminal justice personnel social needs response
  • criminal justice-involved populations
  • public perception of police
  • social stereotypes perception of police
  • 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. 

The suggestions above can be conducted on the Find page of this guide or directly in ProQuest Criminal Justice, linked below.