NCJ Number
195310
Date Published
2002
Length
64 pages
Annotation
This study guide accompanies the book, Policing in America, 4th edition, by Larry K. Gaines and Victor E. Kappleler. It is designed to assist the reader in understanding the main themes contained in the textbook.
Abstract
This study guide offers readers an outline of each chapter of the textbook. The goal of the study guide is to help the reader of the textbook understand the main components of the text chapters. Each chapter of the study guide first presents a chapter outline in which the main themes of the text chapter are displayed. Next, the study guide offers a section on the key concepts of the text chapter, with corresponding definitions. Finally, each chapter of the study guide tests a reader’s comprehension by providing fill-in-the-blank questions of the main terms of the text chapter. The answers for these questions are located at the back of the study guide.