SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Community Policing, Visible Minority, Social Environment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Citizen"s opinions taken into account; policing as customer service ; Age and race are key variables attitudes gauge how well police are doing. Older = good job; younger = bad job. Blacks less favourable view than whites; more likely to be. Hispanics (in us) similar to blacks, but to lesser extent treated unfairly. Other sociodemographic variables ambiguous (gender; ses; education. Canadian & us data comparable level; marital status) Juvenile"s attitudes to police neighbourhoods as high in crime & victims of crime control and long-term attitudes and behaviour important in explaining perceptions. Negative views: young people, visible minorities, those perceiving. Early contact = lasting effects on relationships with agencies of social. Social environment, delinquent subcultures & police contact equally. Minority youth > greater negative views than white youth. Only 1. 6% of youth in hamilton were charged with criminal offence in. 75% of youth are law abiding, rarely in negative contact with law.