SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Community Policing, New York City Police Department, Emergency Service
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2010, number 1192 an act about the concealment covering the face aka the burqa law/ban: masks, helmets niqabs, anything covering the face. Modern specialized body of people who carry out much of the law enforcement functions in today(cid:495)s societies. Responsible for many function in society to maintain surveillance. The attempt to maintain security through surveillance and the threat of sanction. Police are not the only ones who can do the function of policing, this can be wider. Policing functions can be carried out by non-police. Informal ways (gossip, shaming) gender policing: nigeria has a religious police, their job is to enforce (sharia laws) not criminal laws. Most policed country monaco (1374 for every thousand) Least policed country mali (48 officer for every thousand people) Does this tell us anything useful: nothing statistically different, numbers are weak, there is incredible variation but there(cid:495)s nothing at present in terms of understanding the size of police forces.
