Police & Policing Flashcards

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What is the difference between police and policing?

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  • Police refers to a particular kind of social institution

- Policing implies a set a processes with specific social functions

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What is police culture?

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  • Concerns the informal occupational norms and values, accepted practices, rules and principles of behaviour
  • Motives or values that guide behaviour
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What is police discretion?

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  • Refers to a police officers power to make decisions based on individual circumstances when performing official duties e.g. when to fire a weapon, make an arrest, issue a fine
  • Important as it offers flexibility and gives officers the ability to make quick decisions
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What are some informal controls in society?

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  • Private security
  • Social norms: unwritten rules of behaviour that are considered acceptable in a group or society
  • Socialisation processes
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What are formal controls in society?

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Police, law enforcement

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What is noble cause corruption?

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  • Where the rules and regulations placed on the police for are breached
  • Police will use unethical or illegal means to attain desirable goals, a result which appears to benefit the greater good
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What is zero tolerance policing?

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A strict non-discretionary law enforcement approach that is tough on crime, no use of police discretion e.g. littering, graffiti

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What is problem orientated policing?

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  • Systematic use of data to identify factors causing crime problems
  • Framework to improve the way police operate
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What is hotspot policing?

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A strategy that involves the targeting of resources and activities to those places where crime is most concentrated

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