CRJU 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Negroid, Social Class, Verbal Abuse

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Police legitimacy: the belief in the police as a social institution are acting properly and effectively, and deserve public support. Police- community relations: refers primarily to relations between the police and racial and ethnic minority communities. One aspect of the larger problem of racial and ethnic inequality in america. Policing in a multicultural society: race. Has traditionally been defined as referring to major biological divisions. Refers to cultural differences, such as language, religion, family patterns. A separate term than race: official data. African american community: the major focus of the police-community relations problem, major riots in many cities, ferguson and baltimore in 2015. Hispanic/ latino community: as the population increases, tensions with police have increased. Now the largest minority community, although diverse within: concern over enforcement of immigration laws, community divided between documented and undocumented, those fluent in english and those not, 2nd generation and recent arrivals. Native american community: special problems exist between police and native americans.

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