CRM JST Test 2

For criminal justice test

57 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Industrial Revolution
  • 1780-1820s
Capitalism
social stratification
Homogeneous in colonies
  • All similar values, beliefs, religious beliefs
Heterogeneous
  • During and after immigration
  • Differences in values, beliefs, and religious beliefs
What do police enforce?
Police enforce the social order
The first actual city police was in?
The first actual city police was in Charleston, South Carolina was a slave patrol.
THREE HISTORICAL PERIODS OF POLICING
  • The Political Era: 1840- 1920
  • The Professional Model Era: 1920- 1970
  • The Community Policing Era: 1970- present
  • First modern police dept was created?
  • First modern police dept was created in 1829 in London by Sir Robert Peel. Modern police dept modeled after that. Police are called “Bobby’s”
POLITICAL ERA
  • Expanded versions of watch system
  • No uniforms- only badge and hat
No firearms until early 19th century
  • London mission
    • Crime prevention
      • By being visible to public they would be a deterrent.
    • Fixed patrol beats
      • “Routes”
      • To become familiar with the area and the people in the area
    • Quasi-military structure
      • Based off the military model
      • Ranks
      • To have chain of command
      • Discipline
      • Professional
      • Specialized training
      • Uniforms
PERSONNEL STANDARDS
  • Officers selected based on political connections
  • Types of officers hired
    • No education
    • Bad health
    • Criminal records
Female officers?Academies?Job security? after elections?salary for police?
  • No female sworn officers until 20th century
  • No training academies
  • 1888 Cincinnati created a Police training academy but it only lasted a few years
  • No job security of police
  • After major election many police fired and new hired
  • Salaries high
    • 1880 police officers in big cities earned $900 a year when factory workers $450.
PATROL WORK inefficient because?
    • Foot patrols
    • Huge beats
      • *Chicago beats where 3-4 miles long
    • No communication system
    • Had to locate a police officer for help
    • Weak supervision
    • Sergeants also on foot
POLICE AND THE PUBLIC
  • No close relationship with public
  • Too few officers
  • Personnel turnover high
  • People moved more often
  • Officers used excessive force more readily
  • Lack of supervision
  • Open hostility from citizenry
  • Citizen violence that led to the police caring weapons
  • People arrested normally fought back
CORRUPTION AND POLITICALS
  • Corruption epidemic in 19th century
  • *Police took payoffs
    • *Gambling
    • *Prostitution
    • *Drinking
  • Officers pairs bribes for promotion
    • *NYPD commissioner resigned in 1894 admitting to collecting bribes of over $350,000