Exam 11: Core Concepts of US Policing

Authority is the fact that officers associate primarily with other officers, viewing their colleagues as members of a family bound together by their work.

This theory states that police agencies were developed to suppress mob violence.

Why is London significant to the American criminal justice system?

This policy's main goal is to foster a positive working relationship between the police and the community by using foot patrol, establishing community action groups, and decentralizing police groups.

There is an informal code among police officers that "what happens on the streets, remains on the street."

Talk About: -Municipals

Solidarity includes frustration, alienation, despair and a sense of powerlessness.

In the Political Era, it was nearly impossible to maintain a sense of organizational control, leading to police agencies that were ineffective, inefficient, disorganized, and corrupt.

Decentralization means that there is not one central law enforcement agency, but rather that each geographic area, whether city, town, or county, has its own police force.

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.

Broken Windows Policing focuses on collective efficacy to reduce crime and disorder.

Talk About: -Professional Era

Talk About: -Meateater

Talk About: -Bobbies

Talk About: -Grasseater

Much of the American criminal justice system was heavily influenced by the English model.

Most local police agencies perform which of the following duties:

Talk About: -Team Policing

Talk About: -The Dirty Harry Problem

This 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.