SOC326H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Transnational Organized Crime, Crack Epidemic, Cybercrime
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International jurisdictions: comparisons with canada"s police systems: three key things to consider when comparing other systems of police with canada"s, the degree of centralization, the degree of coordination, the number of police bodies. Continued: canada is a multiple system model due to its three levels and diffuse police centering, differs from u. k. and u. s, u. k: also has multiple police services and is decentralized, but is governed and resourced differently. Each regional police service in england and wales has a. Commissioner who appoints a chief constable for their respective police service, unlike canada were leading police officials are appointed, not elected: u. s. also has multiple police services and is decentralized, but are highly uncoordinated. Each level may have authority in the same jurisdiction; so, fbi, state police, county sheriff could all vie for authority in a given case and place! (8-9) (8-9)
