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Library Resources for CJ101

Unit 4: Operational Strategies

For the unit 4 assignment  you must create a presentation to describe and explain each of the five core operational strategies focusing on the questions noted below (one strategy for each slide):

  • Is Preventive Patrol effective?
  • How would an Incident responder handle a robbery?
  • How would the police handle an Emergency response?
  • How would the police begin a Criminal investigation?
  • How can police departments increase diversity to improve problem solving?
  • What is an ancillary perational strategy used by the police?
  • Explain how law enforcement agencies utilize operational strategies to achieve crime-fighting goals.

First, it may be helpful to search within chapter 6 of the course textbook.

To search for Library resources, search within ProQuest and Credo Reference, linked below.

You will probably need to search each strategy separately in quotation marks. For example:

  • "preventative patrol"
  • "routine incident response"
  • "emergency response" 
  • "criminal investigation" 
  • "problem-solving" 
  • "problem-oriented policing"
  • ancillary operational strategy

You can also add additional phrases such as "criminal justice" OR "law enforcement" OR police, and mix and match them in any way you want. 

For example:

  • "routine incident response" "criminal justice"
  • "emergency response" "law enforcement"
  • "problem-solving" police

 You can also try searching any of these suggestions on the Find page of this guide to broaden your search results.

Using the quotation marks tells the database to look for the words close together.