Exam 11: Core Concepts of US Policing

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Aspects of organizational culture include an agency's:

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In the Watchman Style of policing, police are very concerned about community relations or service calls.

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Talk About: -Urban-Dispersion Theory

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This theory asserted that as cities grew, both predators and potential victims moved to the city, increasing vulnerability to urban crime. The police were therefore necessary as integral components of urban society in order to ensure their stability.

The police are agents of formal social control, ensuring that society's laws are enforced.

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Talk About: -Legalistic Style

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Talk About: -Solidarity

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Muckraking journalists published articles about the corruption of local governments and this was one factor leading to:

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In this style, "the law is the law" and it simply must be enforced, without consideration of individual circumstances.

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Policing in the United States is fragmented.

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Talk About: -Pervasive unorganized corruption

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Talk About: -Pervasive organized corruption

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Lessons learned from team policing were later incorporated into community-oriented policing (COP), whose basic philosophy is to foster a positive working relationship between the police and the community.

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If one motorist bribes one police officer $20 to avoid a traffic summons, this is known as:

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Talk About: -Political Era

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Talk About: -Thin Blue Line

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Talk About: -Police-public interactions

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The central theme of the Watchman Style of policing is keeping the peace and not making waves.

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What were some problems with the police system in the Political Era?

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Talk About: -Community Era

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Talk About: -Police

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