Sociology 2253A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Proactive Policing, Speedrun, Indictable Offence

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Activities of any individual or organization acting legally on behalf of public or private organizations or persons to maintain security or social order. An officer is called to a scene; offence has already taken place. Also public transportation police (railway, airport, and transit) Number of police officers increased over the past decade. 1 out of 5 officers is a woman. Causes of crime are generally beyond the capacity of police to address, though some police strategies may increase prevention. Shown to be affective in crime prevention; most successful in low-crime to middle class neighbourhoods. Relates to trust; those in middle class neighbourhoods are more likely to trust their neighbours, and to organize/get together. Lower crime neighbourhoods distrust their neighbours and the police and are less likely to go to community meetings. Police services generally struggle to solve crimes, and for many categories of crimes the chance of detection is low.

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