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18 Cards in this Set
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frankpledge
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a system in old english law in which members of tithing, a group of ten families, pledged to be responsible for keeping order and bringing violators of the law to court
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law enforcement
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the police function of controlling crime by intervening in situations in which the law has clearly been violated and the police need to identify and apprehend the guilty person
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order maitenance
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the police function of preventing behavior that disturbs or threatens to disturb the public peace or that involves face to face conflict among two or more people. in such situations the police exercise discretion in deciding whether a law has been broken
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service
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the police function of providing assistance to the public, usually in matters unrelated to crime
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aggressive patrol
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a patrol strategy designed to maximize the number of police interventions and observations in the community
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clearance rate
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the percentage rate of crimes known to the police that they believe they have solved through arrest; a statistic used to measure a police department's productivity
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differential response
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a patrol strategy that assigns priorities to calls for service and chooses the appropriate response
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directed patrol
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a proactive form of patrolling that directs resources to known high crime areas
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incident driven policing
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a reactive approach to policing emphasizing a quick response to calls for service
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line functions
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police components that directly perform field operations and carry out the basic functions of patrol, investigation, traffic, vice, juvenile, and so on
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preventive patrol
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making the police presence known, in order to deter crime and to make officers available to respond quickly to calls
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proactive
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acting in anticipation, such as an active search for potential offenders that is initiated by the police without waiting for a crime to be reported. arrests for crimes without victims are usually proactive
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problem oriented policing
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an approach to policing in which officers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond to the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt citizens to call the police
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reactive
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acting in response, such as police activity in response to notification that a crime has been committed
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socialization
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the process by which the rules, symbols, and values of a group or subculture are learned by its members
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subculture
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the symbols, beliefs, and values shared by members of a subgroup of the larger society
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sworn officers
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police employees who have taken an oath and been given powers by the state to make arrests and use necessary force, in accordance with their duties
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working personality
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a set of emotional and behavioral characteristics developed by a member of an occupational group in response to the work situation and environmental influences
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