SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nonverbal Communication, Flashlight, Crime Prevention

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NOV 2
The Police
SOC*1500
The police are the gatekeeper to the criminal justice system
Traditional Role of Police
Crime control (1/3 of their time spent on crime control)
Social service 2/3 of their time spent on social services)
Order maintenance keeping the peace, making sure conflicts dont escalate, attendants
at certain events, their presence prevents certain behaviours, disputes, managing conflicts,
noise complaints
Crime prevention & service working with community partners, schools, organizations,
positive presence to prevent crime from happening
Attitudes Toward Police
Age & race are key other sociodemographic variables ambiguous
Early contact is important
Peoples attitudes are how the police gauge how they are doing
More contact with police during youth = negative view toward police
Older people have more favourable views toward police
Groups with most negative views toward police: young people, visible minorities, victims of
crime and those who perceive their neighbourhoods as high crime
minority youth have more negative views
Gender
women more engaged in policing now than ever before
want police service to look like the people theyre working with
research on women and policing shows that female officers are less likely to use deadly force
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