SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Controlling Crowds, Problem Solving, Medicalization
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Police vs. policing idea that the police are a specific type of organization, but policing is an action that can be done by people other than just the police. Crime management (they"re not actually that effective when it comes to crime management; they"re only reactive, only get called after the crime has happened) Order management (monitoring large public spectacles, keeping order, controlling crowds) Security management (there to provide security, monitor situations to ensure nothing happens) Kansas city preventative patrol experiment (1972); used different groups with different conditions to experiment. One was the control group, used a standard model. February 7, 2012 this was used as evidence for why the standard policing model doesn"t work. Emphasis on order management and security management. Officers will go into a neighbourhood, and will personally try to interact with the public community focus. Doesn"t seem to be too effective, because of problems with implementation; crossing the divide can prove difficult.