CONCEPTS OF POLICE SERVICE Flashcards
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OLD CONCEPT
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- police service gives the impression of being merely a suppressive machinery.
- this philosophy advocates that the measurement of police competence is the increasing number of arrests, throwing offenders in detention facilities rather than trying to prevent them from committing crimes.
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MODERN CONCEPT
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- regards police as the first line of defense of the criminal justice system, an organ of crime prevention.
- police efficiency is measured by the decreasing number of crimes.
