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The Police (The Organisation of the Police (Police force still heavily…
The Police
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Key themes in policing
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Police corruption
E.g. concealment of serious crimes, bribery, the fabrication and planting of evidence, the commission of serious crimes
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Understanding policing
Basics
Work of Michael Banton (UK) and pioneering police scholars like William Westley (US) provided the basis on which a huge body of work has been developed
Banton - sociology for the police (work aimed at improving efficiency, effectiveness, etc.) and sociology on the police (critical work aimed at understanding the nature and impact of policing
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What do the police do?
Crime work - the prevention of crime, the maintenance of order, and detection of crime and punishment of the offender
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Other work - e.g. unexpected childbirths, drunks, emergency psychiatric cases, family disputes, missing persons and traffic violations
Bayley (1994) - 'Patient listening and gentle counselling are undoubtedly what patrol officers do most of their time'
Majority of police engage in 'relief policing' - basic policing organised into shift teams, covering 24 hours, and responding to whatever may arise during the shit.
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Police powers
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Arrest
The Criminal Law Act 1967 created 'arrestable offences': offences that can be made without a warrant
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Serious and Organised Crime and Policing Act (2005) - all offences arrestable so long as the police believe it necessary
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Right to silence
'You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court'
Policing and the Police
Policing refers to a set of process, the police is an institution
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'Police' are not found in every society, and police organisations and personnel can have a variety of shifting forms. 'Policing', however is arguably a necessity in any social order, which may be carried out by a number of different processes and institutional arrangements'. (Reiner, 2010)
Models of policing
Community policing
Originally associated with John Alderson, emphasised the importance of developing close relationships between police and community
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