Test 2 actual questions

Question 1

What are the implications of bittner?

Answer 1

1. policing and dirty work-you’re not just dealing with criminals you’re also working with messy people. You get no thank yous
2. means of policing are crude- stems from the first one. If you’re always doing the dirty work
3. Policing is divisive. You can’t be everyone’s best friend

Question 2

Identify the spiral of decline?

Answer 2

1. Parallel between untended property/behaviors and serious crime (small connects to big)
2. physical disorder and social incivilities (police should intervene here)
3. leads to decreased informal social control (people policing people)(neighborhood watch)
4. Increase fear
5. The community is out for themselves
6. Area is ripe for serious violent crime

Question 3

What are the potential limitations to broken windows theory?

Answer 3

1. No Data - There’s no test on the link. Where’s the methodology. It’s default to test all the piece of the spiral of decline at once.
2. People question wether police can influence informal social control.
3. Discretion.- larger in disorder crimes. As discretion grows the possibility of bias discrimination increases.
4. Officer Preferences- There was resistance because the officers didn’t want to do that.

Question 4

What are the three typiciations and why do they do this?

Answer 4

1. Suspicious persons - police have a reason to believe person may have committed “serious offense”. An arrest worthy situation.
2. Assholes - At first glance they aren’t dangerous. those who don’t accept the police’s definition of the situation. they are a threat to prevent the police from doing their jobs
3. Know nothings- Your average citizens- service calls
4. They use these typifications so they can quickly assess the situations they are put in.

Question 5

What is a Patrolman’s view of patrol work?

Answer 5

1. Real police work- Crime control and felony arrests. if they can make a felony arrest it’s a good day but this is rare.
2. Territoriality - Police need to control their geographic space (beat). police work is an observational job. they notice the unusual things going on in the beat. Asshole control
   3.Maintaining the edge - Confronting challenges to authority. They over respond because they feel like they loss.

Question 6

Why is it difficult to control police misconduct?

Answer 6

1. There is a wide scale discretion of patrol officers. They have the most freedom in the whole organization with no direct supervision.
2. Police subculture of secrecy and the use of violence to maintain respect
3. Coercive nature of police work