CRIM 3655 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Proactive Policing, A.D. Police Files, Informal Social Control

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 3655
• Professor: cladiuocalagari

Document Summary

September 13, 2016 - introduction to the course (lecture) Constellation thinking is more than one way of looking at an issue; there is always more than one side. (example of intersectionality many identities and many forms of discrimination, there is a constellation of issues in policing) Policing has become one of the most controversial and newsworthy topics of late. Different people have different understandings of the police based on personal experiences. Neoliberalism: the rich got richer and made the poor poorer to produce inequalities, they created the dangerous classes as poor people, unequal distribution of wealth, privatization of police. Back lash social phenomenon such as social inequality that grows in size: ideas of the police how they(cid:495)re not always involved in the police. Excessive force force used to gain control and not abuse/use power massive (treatment of black males) arrest of excessive force. September 20, 2016 origins and practice of policing (readings)