Chapter 3 Book Notes Flashcards
Police services 4 different levels
City
County
State
Federal
There is a total of ______ law enforcement agencies ( state & local )
18,000
What are fragmentation issues
Coordination between agencies in same geographic area
Crime displacement w/ respect to vice crimes
Serious problem of duplication of services with increase in costs
Inconsistent standards
What are the three components of criminal justice
Law enforcement
Courts
Corrections
Sheriff
Constitutional office they are elected
They do patrolling and investigate crimes, subpoenas, some may spend more civil time
Constable
Can be elected or appointed they work serving warrants, subpoenas, transporting prisoners and more
Corner
Not typically trained as physicians
Little to any medical training
Typically elected
Medical examiner
Are physicians
Receive special training in death investigation
Appointed by an elected official
Are expected heavily for medical expertise for cause of death
Special district police
Govern. Agencies or special geographic boundary
Ex. University campus police
State police
Having statewide police powers for both traffic regulation and criminal investigations
Share responsibility w/local police agencies
Highway patrols
Statewide authority investigation
State law enforcement
Falls into three categories
State police
Highway patrol
State investigation
Tribal police
Native Americans CJ system have their own specific degree of legal autonomy
Accreditation
Process of professional self regulation
- weakness is voluntary process
- more training
- more likely to respond to child abuse
- increase in education
- enforce drug laws
