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Three things that must be there to commit a crime - Answer - Desire: Motivation for the
crime. (Hardest one to change)
- Victim
- Opportunity
Key Principles of Community-Oriented Policing - Answer -Partnership between Police &
Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive.
Bill of Rights- Purpose - Answer -Protect an individual's freedoms
Prevent the government from interfering with protected rights
List the players of the criminal justice process. -Answer- Police
Courts
Corrections
What is the purpose of sentencing -Answer- To punish the offender and in most
instances rehabilitate the offender
To make society safe
To restore the victim whenever possible
Explain the various forms of Racism -Answer Individual racism- Believed, unspoken
prejudices and biases on account of race
Interpersonal racism -Happens between people. Includes public utterances of racial
,bias and hate uttered by people
Institutional racism
-Race based discriminatory policies and treatment that are generated and perpetuated
by organizations/institutions such as schools, mass media, governments, banks
resulting in unfair opportunities and consequences
-Occurs within and between organizations
It also encompasses acts carried out by individuals enacting the power of the institution,
for example, a bank loan officer working for a banking institution who racially
discriminates against an individual or a police officer working for a law enforcement
institution who racially discriminates against an individual.
Structural racism
It is defined as the collective way in which history, culture, and institutions create and
maintain racialized outcomes, whether racist intent is involved or not.
-It is broad in scope-it relates to every aspect of life: history, politics, and economics; it
is the base upon which all of the other forms of racism spring
-Indicators of Racism: Power disparities, unequal opportunity, and disparate policy
outcomes according to race: intended or otherwise
Explicit and implicit Biases: Explain explicit biases and implicit biases - Answer -Explicit
- Conscious preference (Positive or Negative) for a social category
Explicit- Preference Like/Dislike for a social category based on stereotypes or attitudes
that we hold and tend to develop early in life that function within our awareness.
Tell the two modes of thinking - Answer System 1- Automatic Effortless, very fast
System 2 - Deliberative Conscious, controlled, slower
Identify the two pronged approach to procedural justice - Answer Individualised person
based approach: emphasizes the personal contact between officer and citizen.
Organisational community based model: the aim of policing is the legitimacy of police
for the entirety of society.
, Four core principals /pillars of procedural justice - Answer -Giving others a voice -
Listening
-Neutrality in decision making
-Respectful treatment
- Trustworthiness
External influences on behavior-Answer-Relationships with friends and family
-Local citizens
-Local media
-Department regulations
-Interdepartmental politics
-Police subculture
Internal influences to behave poorly Answer: Officer's own ethical and moral beliefs and
values
Anger
Greed
Lust
Internal rationalizations made before or after misconduct
Decision making model steps and application of PLUS filters - Answer Step 1 - Define the
problem.
Step 2 - Identify alternative solutions.
Step 3 - Evaluate the identified alternatives.
Step 4 - Make the decision.
Step 5 - Implement the decision.
Step 6 - Evaluate the decision.
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