CRM 2310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Informal Social Control, Social Disorganization Theory, Empowered
14 Mar 2016
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Prior to 20th century: uneducated, underpaid, unsupervised, watchmen style. Reform era: militaristic, strategies to stop corruption, implement ucr, combat crime through reacting. 50"s & 60"s: relationships w/ police deteriorate, crime rates increase, racist and sexist arbitrary power. Community policing era: community policing and crime prevention advocated, broad changes including philosophical change, organization change, operational change. New role of police: role is expanding, police become mediators, landlord tenant disputes, problems between neighbours: potential problems: burn out, tunnel vision, personalization, over-identification, over-commitment, unintended consequences. Late 70"s & 80"s: emergence of a model of police that is advocated for that resembles community policing. Broken window policing: communities where broken windows are left unchecked, crime enters the community and proliferates, disorder left unchecked leads to crime. Role of the police: maintaining order because you see that as the key to preventing serious criminal activity from occurring. Compstat policing: computerized data, allows analysis to be done. Command hierarchy, explicit rule systems, complex division of labour.
