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CJ 100 MWF 9-9:50 Lecture 17Outline of Current Lecture II. Police and Job StressIII. History of PolicingIV. Policing in AmericaV. Preventative Patrol VI. Hot Spot ResearchVII. Rapid response timeVIII. Foot vs Motorized patrolIX. Do Detectives really solve crime? Current LecturePolice and Job Stress1.External Stress- Real treats and danger2. Organizational stress- scheduling changes, irregular work hours, detailed rules and procedures.3. Personal stress- work- life, etc.History of Policing--Early middle ages (5th-10th Century)--the frankpledge system required that groups of ten families, called tithing’s, agree to uphold the law, keep order, and bring violators to court--in 1829, Sir Robert Peel created the first official police force in London (“Bobbies”)***--two tennents needed to have effective police force according to Robert1.Policing was localized to prevent a national force that would threat4ed civil liberties 2.Contrilled by democratically elected officialsPolicing in America --by 1840, the political era of policing had emerged (1840-1920)--In 1845, NYC established the first full-time pail police force in the USThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.--The Professional Model Era: 1920-1970--focused on attaining a more efficient government and a crime fighting focus--“the police have to get out of politics and politics has to get out of the police.”--“the community policing era”- 1970-2001--Greater emphasis on keeping order and providing services to the community.--Foot patrols put in! officers were sent to make relationships with the people in the community so that they would know who was there!--Broken Windows TheoryPreventative Patrol--Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment.--Three sections were divided into “reactive patrol” (all preventative patrol withdrawn), “proactive patrol” (4x normal level), and a control group (normal levels of patrol).--All three remained about the same! There was no difference between the three. No measured effect! Hot Spot Research--high crime density areas--Research shows that crime is not spread evenly over all places and times like once thought--Resources should focus on concentrating policing efforts to “hot spots” or high crime areas. Rapid Response Time--put a lot of emphasis on trying to respond to calls as quickly as possible. You can catch the crime!--in about ¾ of crime calls, the police are already in a reactive role.--its always too late. More problems like car accidents trying to make it fastFoot vs Motorized PatrolResearch shows:--Foot patrols do not have a great impact on reducing crime--citizen satisfaction with the police increases.--increase foot patrols do reduce the fear of crime. Do detectives really solve crimes? --detectives were responsible for clearing less than 3% of all index crimes.--reality is bulk of detectives time is spent on cases that will never be solved--so who is responsible for solving the majority of crimes?--- ***Patrol Officer (first on the


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