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Police studiespolicing - correct answer ✔✔the activities of any individual or organization acting legally on behalf of
public or private organizations or persons to maintain security or social order
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - correct answer ✔✔a component of the Constitution Act that
guarantees basic rights and freedoms
constitution act, 1867 - correct answer ✔✔legislation that includes provisions that define the
responsibilities of the federal and provincial governments in the area of criminal justice
legislation - correct answer ✔✔the act of making or enacting laws
criminal code - correct answer ✔✔Federal legislation that sets out criminal laws, procedures for
prosecuting federal offences, and sentences and procedures for the administration of justice
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act - correct answer ✔✔federal legislation that provides the framework
for the operation of the RCMP
social contract perspective (on the role of the police) - correct answer ✔✔a perspective that considers
the police to be a politically neutral force that acts primarily to enforce the law and protect the public
radical perspective (on the role of the police) - correct answer ✔✔a perspective that views the police as
an instrument used by governments and powerful interests to suppress dissent, stifle protest, and help
maintain the status quo
political policing - correct answer ✔✔secretive police investigative activities and surveillance of persons
and groups deemed to be a threat to the stability and status quo of the state
dark figure of crime - correct answer ✔✔the difference between how much crime occurs and how much
crime is reported to or discovered by the police
, police legitimacy - correct answer ✔✔the collective actions taken by the police to enhance the levels of
trust and confidence that citizens have in the police
hue and cry - correct answer ✔✔in early England, the requirement that able-bodied men assist the
police
frankpledge system - correct answer ✔✔An early system of maintaining order in early England
statute of Winchester - correct answer ✔✔a statute that made policing a community responsibility
Justice of the peace Act - correct answer ✔✔centralized peacekeeping duties under justices of the peace
Sire Robert Peel - correct answer ✔✔founded the first organized police service
metropolitan police act - correct answer ✔✔Established a full-time, unarmed police force in London
tiered policing - correct answer ✔✔a model of police work involving a mix of traditional sworn police
officers with new types of police and private security personnel
collaborative policing - correct answer ✔✔The cooperation between public and private police
pluralization of policing - correct answer ✔✔the expansion of policing beyond the public to include para-
police and private security
contract policing - correct answer ✔✔An arrangement whereby the RCMP and the Ontario Provincial
Police provide provincial and municipal policing services
Division Staff Relations Representative (DivRep) Program - correct answer ✔✔in lieu of a union, a
program that provides a RCMP officers with a way to express their concerns to management
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