Crisis Management and Disaster Preparedness

This course explores crisis management and disaster preparedness in the post-9/11 world. The brittle nature of the social order is evident when students examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and the riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and in Los Angeles. Emphasis is placed on the notion that supervisory law enforcement personnel are perennially faced with natural and unnatural disasters and they must be prepared to address such incidents.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None.