Chapter 1 Flashcards
denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another.
Comparative
In a social sciences context, it refers to a specific methodology of analyzing similarities and contrasts amongst selected entities and defined variables.
Comparison
A police service is a public force empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force.
Police
refers to the actions taken by a police agency to fulfill a legal mandate of which the end result is maintenance of order and keeping the peace.
Policing
A combination of related elements that is functioning as a whole in order to achieve a single goal or objective.
System
Process of outlining the similarities and differences of one police system to another in order to discover insights in the field of international.
Comparative System in Policing
researcher visits another country.
Safari Method
researcher communicates with foreign researcher.
Collaborative Method
Theories of Police Service are?
Continental Theory
Home Rule Theory
General Concept of Police Service are?
Old Concept
New Concept
Policemen are considered servants of the higher authority and people have little or no share of all their duties, nor any direct connection with them.
Continental Theory
Policemen are considered servants of the community who depend for the effectiveness of their functions upon the express wishes of the people.
Home Rule Theory
Punishment is the role instrument of crime control-throwing more people to jail rather than keeping them out of jail.
Old Concept
The yardstick of efficiency of the police is the absence of crime. Its objective is the welfare of the people and the society.
New Concept
Traditional Policing Activities are?
1.Enforcing laws
2.Preserving the Peace
3.Preventing Crime
4.Protecting Rights and Liberties
5.Providing Other Services
Many new demands are made including giving information, intervening in domestic disputes, rendering emergency or recue services, controlling traffic and crowds, etc.
- In addition, many police agencies provide community education programs regarding crimes, drugs supply and demand reduction, public safety, and the like.
5.Providing Other Services
They are also expected to do so as specified by the Bill of Rights.
- The goals and methods of the police must promote individual liberty, public safety, and social justice. Some as the single most important goal of policing activities perceives protecting rights and liberties of the people.
4.Protecting Rights and Liberties