2016 - 2017

1411-7215-01
  Police and Policing in the 21 Century                                                                
FACULTY OF LAW
Nomi LevenkronTrubowicz - Law203Mon1400-1600 Sem  2
 
 
University credit hours:  2.0

Course description
Police and Policing in the 21st Century
The police is part of the executive branch in every country and serves as a central tool to enforce the rule of law. For this purpose the police force is entrusted with extensive powers allowing it to use force and deny the liberty of any person given the appropriate circumstances. The police force is required to respond to the changing needs of society including those of conflicting groups within the society. Therefore, the police force is often at the center of conflicting of interests. The course attempts to track the challenges the police is facing with in the 21st century, particularly in a multi-cultural and divided society like the Israeli society, in which security, political, ethnic and religion divisions are part of the agenda to which the police force has to respond.
The course deals with fundamental police issues, both universal and local, with particular focus on the , police “sub culture”, the "working personality" of the policeman, police violence and police corruption, as well as, the way the police enforce gender and other crimes. Among other things, we will discuss the following questions: do the ethnic, gender or class background of the policemen effect the way the police enforces the law? Whether and to what extent does the police work affect law enforcement? Is there discrimination in the law enforcement towards certain minority groups, and if so - which groups and how can we prevent such discrimination? How does the formation of an alternative police service affect the police work? Does the police enjoy public legitimacy and to what degree? In what ways is the Israeli police force similar to other police forces and in what ways is it different?

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