SOCC11H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Crown Prosecution Service, Institutional Racism
Document Summary
Fits into definition of policing but not well understood. Csis key mission: intelligence sharing and crime prevention, through informal connections in the community. Organizations like csis know a lot about us, through neighbors, etc. Police culture used to be dominated by white heterosexual catholic males. An easy tendency towards violence for solution. 30 years ago, you didn t even need high school degree to be a police officer. It is only recent when policing became professionalized. Developments that changed classic police culture: shift towards community policing. Police officer should be part of the community and listen to what community had to say: neo-liberal model part of which is recasting of public as customers . We no longer talk about police forces but police services: diversification of police recruitment/body. Not just white heterosexual males, but also minorities: new political sensitivity around policing. Technology and social media, the way that policing and regulation intensely embedded in politics.
