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18 Cards in this Set
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Police Subculture
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The structure constructed by police officers consists of long standing rules of thumb, including: a special language, an ideology that helps shape a member's everyday experience(s), shared standards, and more.
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Policing Styles
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1. Legalistic: emphasizes law enforcement 2. Watchman: gives highest priority to order maintenence 3. Service: take all situations seriously, but recognize that all situations do not require arrest |
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Four Officer Styles
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1. Enforcer: focuses on maintaining social order 2. Idealist: believes that protecting Constitutional rights is necessary 3. Realist: have little faith in the CJ system 4. Optimist: believes that police can genuinely make a difference in society |
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Knapp Commission
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1973: A comprehensive investigation into the problem of police corruption.
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Scores
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Payoffs in narcotics enforcement
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William Chambliss
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Found corruption to be widespread in Seattle. Cambliss' study revealed that law enforcement can be a form of class domination.
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Operation Hammer
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An effort made by the LAPD to combat gangs, but it was discredited when officers destroyed four apartment buildings, mistakenly identified as crack houses.
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Community Policing
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A complex arrangement between law enforcement, citizens, community organizations, and public agencies. (Police should be apart of the community in which they work).
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Bad Apple Theory
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Suggests that police corruption stems only from a few bad apples, in an otherwise clean barrel.
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Driving While Black (DWB) |
The increased number of incidents where African American motorists have been stopped and searched is known as?
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Grass-Eaters
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Corrupt police officers who accept payoffs only if they happened to come their way
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Group Support Theory
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Suggests that the barrel is not so clean after all, and most officers condone deviance even if not everyone in the department participates in such behavior
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Meat-eaters
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Corrupt police officers who are heavily involved in recieving payoffs
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Order Maintenance
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A police function that focuses on keeping things under control and orderly
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Predictive Policing
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The usage of mathematical, predictive, and analytical techniques in law enforcement to identify potential criminal activity
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Proactive Policing
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The practice of deterring criminal activity by showing police presence and engaging the public to learn their concerns, thereby preventing crime from taking place
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Racial Profiling
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If race is the primary factor driving an officer's decision to stop someone, arrest them, etc, then RP is occurring
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Reactive Policing
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Police responding to specific requests from individuals or groups in the community
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