Test One Flashcards
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three eras
political
reform
community policing
what are the six descriptions of each era
legitimacy
function
organizational design
external relationships
programs
outcomes
political era’s legitimacy, function, organizational design
legitimacy - politics, machines, ward bosses
function - served the political machine
organizational design- decentralized
reform legitimacy, function, organizational design
legitimacy- split the connection between politics and policing
function -crime control
organizational design- centralized
cop legitimacy, function, organizational design
legitimacy- community support law
function - Order maintenance
organizational design- organizational decentralized
what was the goal Williams and Murphy hot spot article
talk about the limitations from the last time.
limitations of the political era
-existence of slave patrols in the south
-class conflict/social unrest (response for when upper case gets worried about certain problems)
-political spoils(certain groups benefited from the creation of the police)
limitations of the reform era
-end of slavery didn’t make African Americans equal
-minority police got kinda better? (generates frictions when they tools cops) (The creation of the professional policing allowed for racism to sneak in with the background checks, and civil exams)
limitations of community policing era
doesn’t work in minority communities because of high crime, fear or crime/police, and heterogeneity
what is routine patrol
Simply drive around a beat and waiting for a call of service
kppe
iv- patrol levels
dvs- crime/citizen satisfaction
unit of analysis - the beat
result- no significant changes within beats
implications- little patrol goes along way.
what is directed patrol
more than just driving around…
non-committed time
proactive/agressive
specfic instruction
use of crime map
Pontiac study (directed patrol)
iv- type of patrol
dv- crime/citizen satisfaction/response time/ fear of crime
results- Found to significantly reduce crime vs routine patrol
what did the Pontiac study do
compare direct patrol and routine patrol
describe two or three policy implications that deals with the communtiy for hot spots
Displacement - crime will just move when it gets busted
overly aggressive- policing in minority communities
