Chapter 1 and 2 Flashcards

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Informal Social Control.

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Individuals are socialized into internalizing the norms and values of these institutions.

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Social Controls

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The collective practices by which a group attempts to ensure that individuals conform to the norms and values of the group.

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Formal Social Control

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Use of sanctions for rule breaking.

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Constitution

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Be able to to describe the social arrangements between a government and its citizens.

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Three branches of government

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Legislative, executive and judicial

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Bill of Rights

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The first ten amendments.

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First amendment

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Right to free speech.

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Fourth amendment

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Protects against unlawful search and seizure and improper use of police force.

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Fifth amendment

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Right against self incrimination and double jeopardy.

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Sixth amendment

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Rights to speedy trial, jury trial, know the charges, cross examine the witness, a lawyer, and compel witnesses on ones behalf.

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Eighth amendment

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Rights to reasonable bail, against excessive fines and against cruel unusual punishments.

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Fourteenth amendment

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Due process and equal protection by requiring constitutional rights regardless of state law or procedure.

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Civil law

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Regulates social interactions arising from private, commercial or contractual relations.

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Case law

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Written opinions of the court.

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Four primary roles of police responsibility?

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Law enforcement, order maintenance, provision of miscellaneous services, convenience norm enforcement.

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Legalistic style

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One in which authority is highly centralized or bureaucratic.

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Watchmen style

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Policing emphasizes order maintenance and crime control.

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Service style

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Emphasizes providing services to their residents.

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Frank pledge system

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Males above the age of twelve was required to form a group with nine neighbors known as tithing.

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Community oriented policing

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Advocated that police departments should form partnerships with community groups to address crime and fear issues.

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August Cesar

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Created the praetorian guard to protect him from assassination and was the first roman ruler to implement police force.

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August vollmer

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Recognized as the patriarch of police professionalism

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Christopher commission

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Appointed in Los Angeles in 1991 to investigate police brutality and excessive force.

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Wickersham commission

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Charged with studying the rising crime rate and the lack of an effective police response.

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Knapp commission

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Investigated the NYPD and found that officers were engaged in activities ranging from stealing seized narcotics and selling them to receive payoffs to protect gambling operations.

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Violent crime & law enforcement act of 1994

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Provided more than 30 billion to fund community policing and was the largest anti crime legislation in the nations history.

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Metropolitan police act

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Single authority that would be responsible for an area that covered approximately a 7 mile radius.

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Pendleton act

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Provided the first civil service coverage to public employees.