SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Background Check, Advertising Mail, Social Order
10 Apr 2013
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Pursuit (occurrence: mental state: changes, state of involuntary autism, focus: lose focus of everything else, memory: don"t remember anything but the pursuit, physiology: over production of adrenaline, no control over own actions once catch suspect. Need to know when/how/how much force to use: perceived role, personal crisis: hard to balance job (no training for that), addictions, Evaluation: should have clearer roles so can evaluate. Police exist to use force: bittner (1970) Role of org: isolate each group, see what aspects make that group unique: police do. Role: state, social order: w/o force social order may not be able to exist. Law enforcement: application of law: usually only ones responsible, trained in. Order maintenance (80% of the time: routine activities: takes up most of time, noise complaints/traffic violations (ensuring public peace, right vs wrong. Nature of job: extreme boredom to terror. Message: valued and looked up to in society.
