1. Definitions of Individual Rights and Public Order and the philosophies of their advocates. 2. Trends in crime to include which crimes are increasing, which have high and low clearance rates, etc. 3. Definition and differences in types of justice, specifically social, criminal, etc. 4. The three components of the American Criminal Justice System. 5. The stages of criminal investigation and arrests. 6. Conflict v. Consensus Models of the Criminal Justice System. 7. The definition, contents and concerns of the UNIFORMED CRIME REPORTS (UCR), NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM (NIBRS) and NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATIONS SURVEY (NCVS). 8. Definition of clearance rate and process on which a clearance rate is calculated. 9. PART I and PART II crimes. 10. Definition and trends for burglary, robbery, rape and aggravated assault. 11. The principle and application of police discretion. 12. The fundamentals of a police sub-culture and 'span of control'. 13. Definition and difference between crime and deviance. 14. The rule of law as well as definitions of administrative, procedural, criminal and civil laws. 15. Definition of 'rule of law', ex post facto, inchoate crimes, justification and defense.