20: Policing Pt. 2

Question 1

the symbiotic relationship

Answer 1

mutually beneficial relationship between the police and the US military

militarisation of the police
- how PDs and officers draw from and pattern themselves after the military

policification of the military
- how military draw from domestic techniques and strategies of policing while working abroad

Question 2

theory of secrecy

Answer 2

secret as a central means for controlling information in contemporary societies

individual interpersonal level where secrets are necessary to facilitate social relations at the very basic fundamental level

Question 3

what do we do when faced with limited amounts of information?

Answer 3

people tend to compensate by imagining what might be true about the other in order to interact with them

trust as the thing that mediates the gap between complete knowledge and complete ignorance