SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - High Crime, Project Exile, Toronto Star
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Opp only has jurisdictions on the highway ex. Private policing bigger than public policing hired by private organization non-state police (private security: different role ex. private security post 9/11 people at malls, gated communities, etc, different concerns protection of private property. May end up confronting or arresting citizens. More limited uses of force no gun. Policing function, budgets see toronto star toronto police budgets. What are the choices are the right questions being asked how do we evaluate the police/need for police. Presence (or presumed presence) of police and gun violence dealing with gun violence by general deterrence: work on certainty rather than severity, deter high risk people from carrying guns if you commit a crime, you will get caught. Related approaches use of police presence in high crime areas typically, crackdowns happen in cities/locations with a spike in crime ex.
