SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Learning Theory, Differential Association, Extortion

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Organizational theories officers often work without direct supervision (they do have partners, but often they are not always together) officers encounter citizens in private/seclusion, surveillance is minimal, (i. e. cop approaching an individual outside a bar) Weak internal accountability senior officers feel pressure to sympathize and bond. Nypd: 1972 knapp commission arrangements with criminals for money (large sums of money given from offenders to police if they (cops) let a drug deal go down, turn a blind eye on criminal activities. Letting criminals off for no apparent reason , the reason is that offenders paid cops off. In 2001, julian fantino asks john neily (rcmp) to head investigation to see the corruption in the force. Substantial evidence found by neily in regards to corruption. In winter 2004, 6 drug squad officers were charged in toronto (bribery, theft, extortion, purchase/sale of narcotics, obstruction. Charges stayed in 2008; charges were drawn for so long that they were not charged.