Functions of Modern Policing Flashcards
what are 2 examples of high policing?
MI5, CIA
what is the high police?
a convert activity that targets socially harmful forms of behaviour based on deception and fraud, which may result in political violence like terrorism or collective forms of insurgency
what is low policing?
everyday policing performed by uniformed agents and detectives
what are the 2 types of social order?
general
specific
what is general social order
maintaining level order for society to function
what is specific social order
protecting specific orders
what is the biggest assignment in policing?
patrol
what are the conclusions of modern policing?
law enforcement is selective
police work can take many functions
most policing is low policing
prescribed functions dont always mean actual functions
what are the 8 aims of high policing
protect the political regime secrecy deceit extra-legality absorbent policing state as intended victim utilisation of criminals conflation of separate powers
what are the 4 aims of low policing
maintain order OR reproduce order prevent crime discretion enforce the law