CRM 2305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paradox (Warez)
10 Apr 2017
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Describe the evolution of policing in canada. Describe the 5 points of how canadian policing evolved: these are example midterm questions. Bittner: the abandonment of the norm-derivative approach to the definition of the role of the police in modern society immediately directs attention to a level of social reality that is unrelated to the ideal formulations page. Transformation of policing in the 60s/70s: increase in crime, dramatic increase in concerns about crime, changing dynamics of crime and policing, increase in scrutiny of police. Bittner"s realism is premised on this tension between aspirations and their failures. He is saying there is a political idea saying that police become acceptable because we turn towards a utopic agreement and idea of wanting to live in a safe society. We agree to invest the monopoly over the use of force into one group because we want peace. Bittner three traits of police work: 1. Police work is a tainted occupation: 2.
