Columbia Southern University Broken Window Theory Presentation

You have been asked to present at a conference about how the nature of community can play a role in the police-community relationship and how the police departments can damage or improve their relationship with the communities they serve. For this assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation in which you discuss the following issues:

• the nature of community and how it can affect the police-community relationship,
• the broken windows theory and the role it can play in reducing and preventing crime,
• the three styles of policing that law enforcement officers use to define their role in the community,
• police discretion and how it can be used to damage or improve the police-community relationship, and
• alleged racial or biased profiling by the police and how it can damage the police officers’ relationship with people in their communities.