L5: The Practice of Policing and Policing the Law Flashcards
(38 cards)
What is the most visible component of the Criminal Justice System?
Patrol Officers
What makes patrol officers the most visible?
- there seen on cars, bicycles, horseback, on foot
The Reactive Approach / Incident Based Policing
-incident-based policing
- speed of the response time = best method to catch suspects
- typically officers respond in motor vehicles
Directed Patrol
- orders on how to use patrol time
- certain amount of time in a certain area focusing on certain crime
Proactive Policing
- this approach believes that police spent too much time focusing on how they were organized to do their work instead of focusing on the crime problems they needed to solve
Hot Spots Patrol
- approach where police officers are directed to spend a certain amount of their patrol time in certain locations and to watch for specific crimes
Broken Window Model
- approach suggests that visible signs of disorder ( like a broken window) lead to an increase in crime
-idea that if minor problems are to be left unaddressed, it symbolizes that. no one cares.
Problem Oriented Policing
- The approach was based on the idea that issues considered to be important to the neighbourhood were ignored by the police
- So instead of just responding to incidents the police work to understand the underlying issues
SARA …
-The problem-solving process used in problem-oriented policing
- Scanning
- Analysis
-Response
-Assessment
Community Policing
- a form of policing that was established in hopes of restoring public confidence and trust in the police
- officers work closely with community members to identify issues and provide solutions.
3 aims of Community Policing
- the formation of community partnerships
- organizational change
- problem solving
Zero Tolerance Policing
- where law enforcement is strict. enforces laws against minor offences to prevent more serious crime
- based on the Broken Windows Model
- use traditional law enforcement measures
Predictive Policing
- an approach that uses data to forecast when and where crimes are likely to occur
- The goal is to be proactive rather then reactive
T/F: Arrest can be made with or without a warrant
True.
Important things to note about the proccess of Arrest:
- Police – deciding to conduct an investigation
- Certain legal requirements must be followed:
- Protect from wrongful arrest
- Unreasonable search/seizure
What is protected under Section 8 of the CCRF?
Section 8: Everyone has the right to
be secure against unreasonable
search and seizure
What is “the intrusion of a government representative into an individual’s privacy”
its referred to as SEARCH
What are some typical characteristics of an Interrogation?
*Questioning
*Gather information
*Usually in private
*Videotape – all rules/procedures
followed
What is “…the exercise of control by a government representative over an individual and/or item.”
its referred to as SEIZURE
What is a custodial Interrogation?
- The goal of this specific interrogation is to gather information or confessions related to a crime, which can provide incriminating evidence to the police, to help determine the conviction
What is the main goal of Custodial interrogations?
to obtain confession from the suspect
Name 3 interrogation strategies
- conditioning strategy
- de- emphasizing strategy
- persuasion strategy
What is the conditioning strategy?
involves influencing a suspect’s feelings and choices to encourage them to talk or confess
What is the de emphasizing strategy?
downplays the seriousness of a situation to make a suspect feel more at ease, encouraging them to share information or confess without feeling threatened.
