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Policing the community Flashcards

1
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what is the beat system of policing?

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getting policemen back on the streets

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how did the beat system come about?

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from damage to the golden era

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the beat system bought about what kinds of changes?

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introduction of cars

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what positives came from introducing cars?

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faster
higher visibility
more control
increased geographical distance

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what cons came from the introduction of cars?

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decreased contact between public and police

decreased visibility of police officers

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who is John Alderson

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father of community policing

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what was john alderson’s aim?

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return bobbies to the beat to increase interaction between police and members of the community

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how did Alderson help with the youth crime issue?

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went out and spoke to mothers of problem children and discussed ways to address the issue. the locak police officers put on a playgroup for youths, crime deceased which shows the police and communities working together. Communities across Britain got a leasance officer which worked with communities/

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9
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who is John Anderton?

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associated with aggressive, reactive style of policing

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why was there a shift into community policing?

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because of the riots and strikes, it was seen as being able to solve the confidence in the police issue

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what is the scarman reports?

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reviewed the brixton riots and concluded the cause was loss of confidence in the police and breakdown in police-community relations. This loss of confidence came from hard policing, racial prejudice and police harassment.

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12
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?????

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COMMUNITY POLICING STRESSES WITH AND FOR THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN OF THE COMMUNITY.

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what is compliance>

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getting people to obey

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Compliance varies from what to what

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coercion to consent

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what is coercion?

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they made me do it

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what is tradition?

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i do it because thats what people do

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17
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what is apathy?

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im different, so i do it

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what is pragmatic acquescence

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may as well do it

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what is instrumental acceptance

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benefits outweigh the consequences

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what is normative agreement

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ought to do it

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what is ideal normative agreement

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because i want to do it i do it

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what are the 7 stages of compliance

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coercion
tradition
apathy
pragmatic acquiescence
instrumental acceptance
normative agreement 
ideal normative agreement
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what is legitimacy

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a psychological property of an authority institution or social arrangement that leads those connected to it to believe that is it an appropriate, proper and just

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what are the 3 measures of legitimacy

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individuals perceive that police officers act in morally valid ways
individuals believe that the police abide by the rules ad procedures intended to govern their behaviour
individuals voluntarily offer their consent to police activity

25
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what are the 3 measures of legitimacy known as?

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normative legitimacy

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what is imperical legitimacy

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whether you trust the police is based on actual behaviour/experience with the police

27
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what is the procedural justice theory

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that the legitimacy of the police is linked to public judgements about the fairness of the processes through which the police make decisions and exercise authority

28
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what is meant by processes are more important that the outcomes of the police

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the way police interact with you is far more important that the outcome

29
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what is 6 criticisms of community policing?

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who decides what a community is?
who is included/excluded?
difficult to implement
difficult to evaluate impact
value pluralism
officers don't like it (too soft)
30
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what is value pluralism

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two ideologies/beliefs in one community. Police have to try and engage with both

31
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what is problem orientated policing?

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changing role as law officer to problem solver

addressing underlying problems of crime

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what are the 3 key elements of problem orientated policing

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problem not crime
problem requires long term solutions
problems often complex

33
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what system do police use to carry out problem orientated policing

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SARA

34
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what does SARA stand for

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scanning
analysis
response
assessment

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SARA

Scanning

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identifying problems, talking to members of the community

36
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SARA

Analysis

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studying information about offenders and victims to understand what’s going on

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SARA

Response

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implement strategies
Either innovate (think of new ideas) or adapting (previous solutions)
38
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SARA

Assessment

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evaluate effectiveness

39
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problem orientated policing in practise

VIRGINIA

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found crime hotspot in run down flats
applied SARA
redeveloped flats to drive away undesired attributes
40% reduction in robberies of nearby businesses
35% reduction in burglaries

40
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problem orientated policing in practise

OPERATION CEASEFIRE

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aim was to find ways of getting youths away from gangs and hence gun crime
took youths away with guns and social service targeted those part of the gangs who hadn’t been taken away for possession
63% reduction in youth homocides

41
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what are 2 problems with problem orientated policing

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whos initiating it? not the police-so who?

gives lots of discretion to officers-could be doing nothing and pretending to be

42
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what is neighbourhood polcing

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combines community and problem orientated policing

emphasis on visibility, reducing fear of crime and interaction

43
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what kind of policing do the police do now

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neighbourhood policing

44
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what is a signal crime?

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any criminal incident that causes change in the public’s behaviour and beliefs about their security e.g. fear

45
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what is a signal disorder

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an act that breaches situational conventions of social order and signifies the presence of other risks

46
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what is broken windows theory

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where there are high levels of crime, it shows low levels of control. It signals to other communities and criminals that they can commit crimes here

47
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what 3 things can the police do to tackle broken windows theory

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arrest someone
fix the place
be physically present

48
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what is zero tolerance policing

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stopping whoever whenever possible to ‘check’ if they have any crimes with them. Aim is to stop the smaller crimes to hopefully stop the larger crimes

49
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what happened during the zero tolerance policing stage

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the new york miracle

50
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what was the new york miracle

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when people would get stopped and searched in the aim to stop bigger crimes. From 2000-2002 there was a 600% increase in stop and search

51
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what are the 3 principles of stop and search

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nip things in the bud- how antisocial people that they are not in charge
control is shown even against trivial crimes- control
reduce petty crimes

52
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what are the 4 components of zero tolerance policing

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the collection of accurate information
effective tactics
rapid deployment
follow up and assessment

53
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what are the 2 criticisms of zero tolerance policing

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focused mainly on high crime neighbourhoods

‘get tough’ measures can be damaging to communites

54
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what is predictive polcing

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the idea that crime happens in certain places, at certain times with certain people.
Collecting and analysing data in order to maximise efficiency of policing

55
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what are 2 criticisms of predictive policing

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some fields were given PrePol (technology to predict real-time crimes) and hence may have acted differently to decrease crimes
cops stopped following the programme shortly after it started

56
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do any of these policing measures work?

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a bad experience with police is 4-14 times greater to stay in someones mind than a positive one

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