WEEK 7 Flashcards
(28 cards)
crime doubled when
1960s-1970s
the goal was to improve public and race relations, but it wasn’t taken seriously and failed
community relations bureaus
teams are assigned in the same areas to get to know others, but it’s expensive
team policing
long term process addresses crime through working partnership, to create a safer and more secure community, and made police more accountable to the public
COPPS (community-oriented policing and problem solving)
criminal behavior is a result of disorder and anonymity between people and officers
1982 broken windows theory
getting police out into communities, collaborative, but used the money they were given for other things
problem-oriented policing `
used to try and prevent crime before it happens and is proven to be effective by using communication and trust between police and citizens
preventive policing
tracks 18 different categories that police do, personal and professional categories. uses a red and yellow flag system to keep accountability at all levels
PARS (personnel assessment and review system)
young single officers are given free housing in areas that are more needed to be watched
resident officer programs
communication, respect, accountability, freedom from fear, and trust are all what
5 key areas to build community relations
use of informants, creating modern American bureaus but had to resign for being corrupt
Thomas burns
control crime and pursuit of justice are what
the goals of criminal investigations
detect crime, locate/identify suspects, locate/preserve evidence, arrest suspects, recove4r property, and prepare criminal case for prosecution
the objectives of criminal investigations
recognition, collection, examination, evaluation, and explanation of physical evidence as it appeals to law
forensic science
need to have to arrest, includes blood, impressions, hairs, etc
physical evidence
elements of a crime that proves act is committed
corpus delicti
system of criminal identification based on 11 measurements of the human frame
anthropometry
method of operation, simple method that criminal will repeat
modus operandi
father of criminal investigations, created anthropometry, developed mugshot/police photography
Alphonse Bertillon
replaced anthropometry, the study of fingerprints, and goes back to Romans
Dactylography
all fingerprints are what
preserved
65% of fingerprint patterns
loop
30% of fingerprint patterns
whirl
5% of fingerprint patterns
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