WDW101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thief Takers, Toronto Police Service, London Metropolitan University
Document Summary
The structure and role of the police in canadian society. Less then half of the arrest go through conviction. There is a lot of reported crime in society and there is a relatively low sentence rate. Odds being a successful criminal is high. Many people think that deterrence may not work because of this reason. Attempt murder and aggravated assault- majority of survivors know the criminal who did it. Homicide and sexual assault - some people do not want to go to police when they see a homicide ex. shooting. Robbery, theft over, theft under and vehicle theft: stranger commits the crime, no one knows who did it. Policing is the act of maintaining and reproducing social order. We are all involved in policing, every member of society involves the policing of behaviours of others (ex. body language, comments, reactions and observing) There are sanctions- all kinds of potential punishments.
