CJS 101 Lecture 2: CJS 101 (Introduction to Criminal Justice) - in-class notes 2
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Understand the distinction between the terms police" and policing"; Identify the key features of contemporary australian police agencies; Understand the importance of the key issues of cultures", discretion", use of force" and accountability"; Understand the range of police strategies and evidence of their effectiveness; Understand the meaning and impact of the pluralisation of policing". Distinction between the terms police" and policing". Police refers to a particular kind of social institution, while policing impliesa set of processes with specific social functions. Police are not found in every society, and police organisations and personnel can have a variety of shifting forms. However, policing is arguably a necessity in any social order, which consistsa number of different processes and social institutional arrangements. Key features of contemporary australian police agencies. State-based policing services cost approximately . 2 billion in 2013-14. State-based police employed about 63,000 operational (or sworn) and over 6,000 unsworn staff in 2013-14.
