SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Authoritarianism, Constable, Police Misconduct

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie A.Howells

Document Summary

Police activities, operations and challenges: there is police controversy. Police militarization: occurs when police services use military equipment, tactics and training as regular methods to police civilians. Police subculture: a set of informal rules and expectations that shape police attitudes, values and behaviors. Operations: patrol, traffic, criminal investigation, crime prevention, school resource officers, community policing. Auxiliary services: communications, preserving evidence, records and detention. Jobs are different depending on where police work. Paramilitary organizations: other word for police, organized military lines and have a chain of command where lines of authority are clearly defined by the organization. Chain of command: the lines of authority in a police organization which are clearly defined and range from a constable (on the bottom of the pyramid) to the chief or commissioner at the top. Sworn officers: police officers with the legal authority to arrest and use force (as opposed to peace officers who have less legal authority)