SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Downtown Eastside, Problem Solving, Robert Pickton

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Graham Brown

Document Summary

See the adaptation reflected in new models of policing. Internal challenges: human resources, costs, accountability and legitimacy. External challenges: changing nature of crime, social trends and police demands. Professional model of policing: rapid response, reactive investigation, random patrol. Implementation: in the us, research suggests community policing reform stalled in late 20th. James q wilson and george kelling: targeting minor disorder can reduce serious crime (prostitution, loitering, graffiti, key departure from traditional policing some link to community policing, widely applied. Similar to broken windows (focus on small stuff) Difference: strict order maintenance, high police visibility, much more emphasis on problem people , eschewing community involvement. High police empathy, crisis training, lack of available community resources. Concerns that police have not acted to protect these women. Robert pickton and the murder of 65 women. The police use various strategies to prevent and respond to crime, with emphasis on efforts to build partnerships with communities.