Discuss the functionalist perspective of order maintenance, service, and the police

What will be an ideal response?


Functionalism, the perspective that focuses on the structure and functions of various elements in a society, would consider order maintenance (incorporating making the public feel safe) as a relevant and important function for the police. In a sense, the police in a given community serve as the agency that can be depended on to take care of certain residual functions that others are incapable or unwilling to perform. For example, when there is a traffic accident, we cannot expect the roads department of the local municipality to deal with it in an immediate way; this responsibility often goes to the police.

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What will be an ideal response?

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