LCL 1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Crime Prevention, Adversarial System, Selective Enforcement
10 Oct 2017
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Police: history, functions, selective enforcement: how and why. Do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k charter is as good as it is= critical theorists. Need to know the charter, adversary systems and diff perspectives of it exam** Conflict= charter is limited and existence is preventing people from structurally changing cjs on systematic level. Police pul over vehicle, do(cid:374)"t have discetio(cid:374) to take the(cid:373) i(cid:374) custody a(cid:374)d put the(cid:373) i(cid:374) jail: democratic concerns, crim law is enacted through legislative processes, equality of treatment concerns. Paramilitary org which gew out of citizen polciing as society became more urban and diverse- led to state system of policing. History is one of eclipse of pvt prosecution and policing. Self help police community police paramilitary formal police service: self taking turns . More social complexity and fewer close communities= less likely to know offender/volunteers= hard to continue (free riders took adv) Over time evolved into high cost, professional police forces that serve as overnment mandated social control agents.
