SOC 300 Final: CRM300 Final Exam

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 300
• Professor: Kelly Train

Document Summary

"super diversity" - a term intended to underline a level and kind of complexity surpassing anything the country has previously experienced. In the absence of adequate training and initiatives for improving police-community relations, the potential is strong for misunderstanding - along with mutual suspicion and distrust - between police officers and residents. Racial profiling (tanovich, 2005: racial profiling is the practice of targeting racial minorities for criminal investigation solely or in part on the basis of their skin colour. Why: systemic discrimination against aboriginal peoples, economic and social deprivation, alcohol and substance abuse. Intergenerational cycle of violence: the breakdown of "healthy family life" resulting from residential school upbringing, racism, overcrowded, substandard housing. In carrying out their duties, police often over-rely on crime control strategies instead of working to improve police-community relations through strategies that are more in line with the philosophy of community policing.