CRI210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rotten Apples, Offender Profiling, Extortion

• School: UTSG
• Department: Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
• Course: CRI210H1
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Administrative: details of assignment up on bb by the end of the week. Do the police prevent crime: police strength (# of officers on the street), police patrolling practices, response time, criminal investigation techniques, arrest rates, targeted policing tactics, broken windows policing; Conservative strategies for increasing police effectiveness: decrease rights of civilian suspects particularly ex-convicts. Implement community policing: focus on crime hot-spots, reduce criminal opportunities through the use of technology (cameras, etc. ) public education and cooperation with other institutions. Liberal strategies for increasing police effectiveness: legalize drug use and other vice crimes, more focus on community crime prevention and community development. Police sub-culture: what is the police sub culture, a sense of comradery and togetherness felt by the association, values + personalities + morals + beliefs informal rules + regulations that govern the behaviour of officers in the brother hood .