1.Please read the Feature Case: Jerry Sandusky. Review the case on page one of the text and give your opinion to the class.

2.Discuss the relationship between the police and ethnic minorities.

3.Discuss the relationship between the police and women in American society.

4.Contrast the presence of youth with that of the elderly in terms of a relationship with the police.

5.Discuss police departments in terms of their structure and organizational units.

6.Discuss unions in terms of police departments

7.Discuss the role of a police officer in dealing with other employees.

8.Define both direct and circumstantial evidence.

9.Explain when character evidence is admissible at trial and describe how character is established at trial.

10.Define competency of a witness, and explain the procedure for establishing the competency of a witness.

11.What is the purpose of voir direof an expert witness? Why are the qualifications of an expert witness given to the jury?