Exam 11: Core Concepts of US Policing

Talk About: -Social isolation

Team policing served as the front-runner to today's community-oriented policing philosophy.

The Urban-Dispersion Theory asserted that as cities grew, both predators and potential victims moved to the city, increasing vulnerability to urban crime.

This theory states that as crime increased, social order and systems of informal social control were threatened. This created a public fear of crime and the police were needed to curb both crime and the fear of crime.

The central theme of this style of policing is keeping the peace and not making waves.

This style policing is based on the use of discretion to determine the most appropriate response to a situation.

The primary goal of this Era was to remove the political element from policing.

Talk About: -Community-Oriented Policing (COP)

The environment is examined to identify, confirm, and prioritize problems. This demonstrates which part of the SARA?

Officer Speedy Sam, while off-duty in his personal vehicle, is stopped for speeding by Sergeant Lock M. Up. When the Sergeant approaches the vehicle, Speedy flashes his off-duty badge. The Sergeant does not cite Speedy, only because he is a fellow police officer in a neighboring jurisdiction. This demonstrates:

The values of the Community Problem Solving Era are not politically popular.

The primary goal of the Professional Era was to remove the political element from policing. This was accomplished by:

In 1829, Peel's goal was to develop a police force that would effectively and efficiently curtail riots, public disorder and crime.

The majority of cases were solved from information supplied from the victim to the responding officer, rather than requiring in-depth investigations, such as those portrayed on television.

Social isolation is the fact that police officers often find themselves isolated or removed from other members of the public.

Talk About: -Rotten Pocket

Talk About: -Metropolitans

The duties of the state police are similar to local law enforcement, except:

Talk About: -Watchman Style

The class-control theory suggested that the modern police were created by the rich and powerful to control the dangerous classes and to prevent their upward mobility in society.