CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Order, Due Process, Crime Prevention
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Lecture overview: historical overview of policing, pre-modern, peel model of public police, traditional/professional crime fighting model, roles and powers of police today, test reminders. Policing: the act of establishing and maintaining social order. The dominant approach at the time was looking at the police force; there was an increase in private security. Policing refers to order maintenance of social order. Other kinds of examples of private security agencies: campus security, banks. Slide 3: policing: the activities of any individual or organization acting legally on behalf of public or private organizations . They are set apart from the social institutions; they can enter the private lives of citizens that would not be allowed for anyone else to do. Posting pictures of people that are wanted so people report if they see them. Was shot and killed by a concealed pistol. This person spied trayvon and contacted the police and approached tryvon and shot him and killed him.