political era patrol streets Reform era mafia organized crime and battles fighting crime Community era how the community helped police solve crimes cleaning up communities prositution The new era 2001 involves homeland security counter terrorism police timeline Levels of Law enforcement Federal FBI State state law enforcement Local county Federal Law Enforcement FBI Department of justice Department of homeland security fighting terrorism Drug enforcement agency Treasury department Largest terrorist attack oklahoma city april 19 1995 First car bomb attack NYC Homeland Security Border security checking borders keeping them safe Emergency preparedness provide funding and training for law enforcement involved natural disasters Science and technology how to track terrorists and gather evidence Information analysis interpret and computer analysists Management command other police depts Treasury Department Secret service investigate counterfeitness body guards and protect ATF alcohol tobacco and fire arms IRS Customs Officers Federal Bureau of Investigation Mission protect and investigate 1908 Bureau of Investigations Size 56 field offices all major cities have an office 10k special agents accountants or legal backround International Forensic Science Divisions Crime lab Serial killer unit Child abduction unit Combined DNA index system Critical Incident Response Group Uniform Crime Report National Crime Information Center Crimes Investigated Terrorism Espionage Mail fraud White collar crime Public corruption Federally insured banks Interstate transportation of stolen goods Trans world airline flight 800 july 17 1996 Bombings of embassies in Kenya and Tanzia Bombing of the USS Cole oct 12 2000 Anthrax Attacks 2001 State Police Creation Non urban areas Organization Inter county crime 55 000 state police officers centralized ny pa nj investigations combined with patrol Pan Am flight 103 terrorist attack 1983 World Trade Center bombing feb 3 1993 truck bomb in basement identification bureau maintain criminal records patrol highways provide training decentralized down south special agencys take care of this not the state police down south traffic enforcement on highways investigations state wildlife commission board of alcohol theft bureau County Police 165000 officers Patrol Investigation Serve judicial papers Run the county jail Local Police City municipal County Transit Housing Campus Tribal Local Police Divisions Traffic Investigation Patrol Prevention Gang unit Intelligence Fingerprinting Search and rescue Chain of Command Why is it important know who to report to who your responsible for whos above you and below you paramilitary Police ranking system Police Rank highest rank to lowest Chief commissioner superintendent sheriff Assistant Inspector commander colonel Deputy Major deputy inspector Detective investigator Officer Captain Lieutenant Sergeant Crime in the United States 3 ways to measure Uniform crime reports victim survey self reports Crime Trends Changes in one factor produce a change in another factor Age teenagers Economy parents laid off less crime because home to watch children Social issues higher high school drop out rate higher unemployed Guns 10 teenagers brought gun to school Gangs urban violence nyc and boston police depts Created because of this Drugs most common used in U S marijuana Media influential on teens and crime video games increase violence Medical Criminal justice cracking down on crime decreases crime Supply and demand making money off of goods and regulates price Criminal Opportunity Influences on Crime What is public afraid of Summer highest crime rate because ppl away on vacation and teens home from school and more people are outside December highest murder rate cold depression holidays 1st of the month highest crime because checks welfare ss checks buy drugs gambling Media Murder today vs 50 yrs ago Top crimes the public fears o Gangs o Serial killers and mass murder o Terrorism o Domestic violence o Substance abuse o Economic crimes Statutes Criminal solicitation asking someone to commit a crime break the law Conspiracy planning to do something Attempt Criminal facilitation Assault Homicide someone dies in the hands of another Sex offenses Kidnapping Burglary Arson Larceny Robbery Controlled substances Prostitution Manslaughter isn t always intentional Level of Crime Infraction Jay walking littering speeding Misdemeanor maybe a year of jail fined take a class drug offense Felony jail for atleast a year usually more Elements of Crime Actus reus guilty act Mens rea mental state are you guilty of specific crime Modus operandi Recklessness neglegiance mental state of individual Victims of the crime Crimes against the person Crimes against the property Crimes against justice History of Criminal Law 2000 years ago the Babylonians developed a system forms of punishment Determining guilt 1000 years ago the English developed a system in England 900 years ago English law comes into existence stare decisis common law who makes the criminal law today Sources of Criminal Law common law same crime wherever you go same in all states administrative rules constitutional everyone must follow the constitution Act dangerous to human life Violation of criminal law Appears to be intended to influence government policy Intimidation Live in harmony Extreme distrust of the American ideal of democracy Distrust can have various forms of expression Terrorism Terrorism in U S Colonial America Civil War Terrorism Boston tea party Goals and tactics of liberation groups Violent white supremacy Protestant Christians Congress and the union military enforce equality The ku Klux klan 1871 outlawed by congress as a terrorist group Communism 1920s violence erupts The Bolshevik revolution that created the soviet union Roaring twenties Period of tremendous wealth building Provided a useful background for agitators against inequality Labor strikes were common Red scare First cases of terrorism investigated by FBI 1920 bombing on Wall Street Upsurge in KKK violence First Car Bomb September 16 1920 40 dead and 200 wounded Bolshevist terrorists believed responsible Crime never solved Horse drawn carriage with 100 lbs of dynamite and 500 lbs of shrapnel Domestic Terrorism Explodes 1960s 1970s The expansion of plane travel Post colonial national liberation movements American youth opposition Civil rights for blacks women gays Vietnam war Right Wing Terrorism 1980s White supremacist and neo