CRM J 205 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Law Enforcement II Unequal Justice III Public Attitudes towards police Outline of Current Lecture I Unequal Justice II A contextual Approach III History of Conflict IV The Police and Change V The challenges of policing new immigrant communities Current Lecture I Unequal Justice a Rodney King video clip Police beat Rodney kicked him 6 times and hit him 50 times with a baton Police were found not guilty on numerous charges Rodney s book The Riot Within Glad I got seen on tape so people believed me Not everyone involved in this incident was convicted These 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 b Hurricane Katrina II 2005 hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans In 2010 the federal government indicated nine New Orleans police officers for fatal shootings of African Americans during Hurricane Katrina NOPD had failed to properly conduct the interviews and exonerated police officers who were later found to be guilty A contextual Approach a The textbook takes a contextual approach to studying police and racial ethnic minorities by utilizing four specific contexts III Variations by racial ethnic groups Variations by police departments Variations within each racial and ethnic group Variations by department units policing strategy or crime prevention History of Conflict a Throughout history there has been a great deal of conflict between police and minorities b Seem to run in patterns c Reforms in recent years seem to be significantly reducing racial disparities IV The Police and Change a Due to immigration the demographics of the United States are rapidly changing b This presents a challenge for police departments c Between 1980 and 2008 the Hispanic population doubled d Many new US residents don t speak English and aren t too familiar with our laws and police procedure V The challenges of policing new immigrant communities a Reluctance to report crime b Fear of police c Impact of federal immigration enforcement d Misunderstandings due to cultural differences
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