SOCI 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Problem Solving, Due Process
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If a bank gets robbed through online, the first people they call is their own security that they pay to protect. Highest paid police in the world (canada) We don"t have a national police force (rcmp responsible for certain stuff but necessarily a national level) Ex: 9/11: taser; we often use it a lot in canada. Step between a baton and a gun. But taser is an automatic out, without any abilities to talk them down etc. There has been an increase on the cost of policing since the 90"s. Types of courts, provincial, federal, supreme courts. Comparison of canada and usa on their polices. How they vary: community, chief"s goals, individual values, legalistic style, emphases criminal law enforcement (limited discretion, service style which relies on the bureaucracy to provide services (minimum arrests) External forces, such as fiscal restraints, demographic trends, political influences, external competition.