Police in America. Steven G. Brandl
Discussion and Review
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1 Why do we have the police? Hypothetically speaking, what would happen if we did not have the police?
2 Is law enforcement the most important aspect of the police role? Why or why not?
3 Why is crime control a potentially controversial responsibility of the police?
4 How can it be argued that the police have an impossible mandate? Beside that it is impossible, why does an impossible mandate represent a problem for the police?
5 Why are many crime control strategies controversial?
6 Why is the goal of crime control difficult to measure accurately?
7 What is deterrence? Why is it difficult for the police to deter criminals?
8 Why is responding to people with mental illness an important responsibility of the police? How should the police best respond to people with mental illness?
9 Many scholars argue that police authority to use force is the defining feature of the police role. Do you agree? Why or why not?
10 Why is a police department not a “one size fits all” entity? According to James Q. Wilson, how do police departments vary in their role orientation?
Fact or Fiction Answers
1 Fiction
2 Fiction
3 Fiction
4 Fiction
5 Fiction
Media Library
View these videos and more in the interactive eBook version of this text!
Career Video
4.1: Day in the Life of a Police Officer
4.2: The Most Enjoyable Aspect of Being a Police Officer
SAGE News Clip
4.1: Claim Filed to Urge Police Reform
Descriptions of Images and Figures
Back to Figure
Data from the pie chart are as follows. Patrol: 30 percent. Criminal matters: 26 percent. Service and order maintenance activities: 13 percent. Administrative matters: 12 percent. Traffic: 11 percent. Other activities: 8 percent.
Part II Police Work
Chapter 5: Police Recruitment, Selection, and Training 81
Chapter 6: Police Patrol 109
Chapter 7: Crime Detection and Investigation 131
Chapter 8: Police Discretion and Its Control 153
Chapter 9: The Law of Search, Seizure, and Self-Incrimination 181
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