CRIM 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Search Warrant, Arrest Warrant
16 Oct 2020
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Principle of accountability: the actions of police officers and police services are subject to review and there are formal channels that individuals can use to lodge complaints against the police. Discretion: the power or right to decide or act according to one"s own judgment. Typifications: constructs based on patrol officer"s experience that denote what is typical about people and events routinely encountered. Recipes for action: the actions typically taken by patrol officers in various kinds of encounter situations. Bias-free policing: the requirement that police officers make decision on the basis of reasonable suspicion and probable grounds rather than based on stereotypes about race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or other prohibited grounds. Over-policing: a disproportionate police focus on a based racialized population or neighborhood. Pretext policing: police stops or searches for a minor reason that are used for intrusive intervention. Mr. big technique: an investigative strategy designed to secure confessions from crime suspects through the creation of an elaborate scenario.
