Crime and Justice

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Learning Objectives

Chapter 8

• Describe the rules that regulate the use of lethal force by police.
• Explain why a code of silence exists within policing and why a “blue curtain” separates police from civilians.
• Explain the concept of the “working personality” within police and describe what features of police work contribute to this working personality.
• Illustrate the military model of policing and discuss the impact of the model on the incidence of police brutality.
• Explain why the modern police was invented in the cities of the nineteenth century.
• Describe the problem of patronage and corruption in nineteenth- century policing.
• Discuss the key elements of professionalism in policing and the impact of technology and militarization on police-community relations.
• Identify the three key functions of policing.
• Describe the philosophy of community policing and its impact on contemporary policing.