CRIM 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Crime Mapping, Informal Social Control, Transnational Organized Crime

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRIM 1100
• Professor: Sema Taheri

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Jusifying their work in moral terms (upholding the law, protecing iv. society, chasing bad guys) helps oicers lessen the dilemmas of their work: bc of this, force may be condoned as necessary for keeping streets safe. It"s the price we pay to cleanse society of punks, crazies, and. Idea that bc people are suspicious of them bc they can use force to gain compliance actually increases oicers" desires to use force on ciizens. Insills shared sense of pride an responsibility in oicers. If suspect admits having commited other unsolved crimes, these crimes are also cleared: however, when a crime is cleared in police iles, suspect will not necessarily be found guilty in court. Iniially, all possible responses to a problem should be considered and vi. should follow from what is learned during the analysis: responses should not be limited to, nor rule out, making arrests f. Idenifying and understanding events and conditons that precede and accompany the problem.