Describe the three policing styles that are shaped by different community values

What will be an ideal response?


The three styles were watchman, legalistic, and service. The watchman style focused on maintaining order and was associated with declining industrial, blue-collar communities. The legalistic style focused on law enforcement and professionalism and was associated with reform-minded cities with mixed socioeconomic communities. The service style focused on protecting a homogenous community against outsiders.

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One of the roles of the community under community-oriented policing is the vigilante role

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The principle of legality is recognized as a way to ensure:

a. fairness in the administration of justice b. convicts have equal access to appeals courts c. judges have legal training before deciding cases d. lawyers and defendants treat each other with respect

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In the Richard Crafts case study, it was theorized that Richard Crafts was facing a financially disastrous divorce and had decided to kill _____________________________________ upon her return from Germany

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The research published in Delinquency in a Birth Cohort asserted that percent of juvenile offenders were responsible for the majority of violent crime

a. 1 b. 6 c. 14 d. 22

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