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SOC216 - Lecture Three (9)
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- 1Definition of Police DiscretionCanadian police have a duty to enforce the law, but in some cases can use discretion to not charge
- 2Federal =Criminal Law
- 3Provincial =The administrative of justice (courts, police, corrections)
- 4Use the YCJA when (2)1) Has previously used extrajudicial measures
2) Has previously been found guilty of an offence - 5When the YCJA came into effect ,the number of charges went down and the extrajudicial measures went up
- 6Driving while blackBlack Torontonians had more tickets, consistent with racial profiling of Toronto cops
- 7Blacks areless likely to be released at the scene
- 8Blacks had twice the amount ofbail hearings
- 9When cocaine was involved,the treatment for blacks became even harsher
- 10CardingAllows police officers to stop and question individuals not suspected of criminal activity then log that into a database
- 11In 2013, Carding plummeted butfor blacks it didn't
- 12What is the link between disorder and crimeIf a window is broken and left un-repaired, then soon all the other windows will be broken
- 13When looking for broken windows,look at misdemeanour arrests
- 14When looking for crack,look at hospital discharges
- 15When looking at violent crimes, police look for four levels of offences1) Murder
2) Rape
3) Assault
4) Robbery - 16Critique of the Broken Window TheoryThe effects of employment and drug use are likely to spill over to different precincts
- 17Observed disorder did notlead to higher crime when taking into effect other factors (employment, income, environment)
- 18Definition of implicit biasA person automatically concluded that a specific all-black neighbourhood has a disorder problem
- 19It is not the broken windows theory that is decreasing crime, it isthe surveillance by police
- 20Who are more likely to waive their Miranda rights?First timers
- 21You will be treated better if yousay something incriminating from the start
- 22Three strategies to get suspects to waive their rights:1) Conditioning - structure environment to make it look more serious
2) De-Emphasizing - Tell the suspect that they wanted to get their side of the story
3) Persuasive - Tries to convince them - 23Miranda has influencedpolice behaviour in interrogation rooms
- 24Miranda has reframed howpolice talk and think about custodial interrogations
- 25Miranda has increasedpublic awareness on constitutional rights
- 26Miranda has led tomore effective interrogation techniques
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