SOC 372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Statute Of Winchester, Police Corruption, Administration Police
23 Jul 2018
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Role of police in society: struggle to resolve 2 issues: Definition of police work (what should the police do?: a. Four elements of police control: 1. Authority: the unquestionable entitlement to be obeyed: 2. Power: if there is resistance, it will be crushed: 3. Persuasion: use d symbols, words, and arguments to convince the individual to obey police orders: negotiation sometimes is good to persuade, 4. We as citizens give them the right to use force (when voting etc. ) federal state and other local agencies. Mancur olson"s argument that government are a necessary feature of modern society: 1. We need public goods: to be secure from harm from other members, to be secure from harm from external danger, to provide public or collective goods (e. g. dams, roads, water supplies, military, 2. Public goods can only be created by coercion: state or government authority is the only way to guarantee public goods, 3.
