Sociology 2223A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Police Misconduct, Municipal Police, Police Services Act Of Ontario

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Assignments: examinations, the exams may be made up of multiple-choice questions, true/false, short answer and/or essay. You may be tested on any of the materials covered in the assigned readings and in-class lectures: final group project, 1. Contrasting perspectives of police: social contract perspective, views police as a politically neutral force that enforces the law and protects the public. Its like a contract that we give to police as the public. In the social contract we give them the power to arrest, detain, kill, etc. Involves political policing perspective: secretive police investigate actions and surveillance of persons and groups seen as threats to the state. To police conflicts between ethnic groups and labor disputes: 2. To apprehend criminals: provincial police, federal police, rcmp. Image and reality: policing the north, political dissent, labor unrest in early 1900s, surveillance of universities throughout 20th century. Illegal activities/deception: policing morality, 1950s-1990s: extensive surveillance, interrogation, harassment of.