03868nam 2200697 450 991045586520332120210615231756.01-282-05608-597866120560861-4426-7924-710.3138/9781442679245(CKB)2420000000004320(EBL)3250452(SSID)ssj0000308159(PQKBManifestationID)11264221(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308159(PQKBWorkID)10250670(PQKB)10575693(CaPaEBR)417321(CaBNvSL)thg00600762(MiAaPQ)EBC3250452(MiAaPQ)EBC4671900(DE-B1597)464816(OCoLC)944177593(DE-B1597)9781442679245(Au-PeEL)EBL4671900(CaPaEBR)ebr11257589(OCoLC)958572120(EXLCZ)99242000000000432020160922e19911982 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReproducing order a study of police patrol work /Richard V. EricsonToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1991.©19821 online resource (256 p.)Canadian Studies in Criminology ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-8020-6475-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Tables --Acknowledgments --1. The Police as Reproducers of Order --2. Research Strategy --3. The Occupational Environment --4. Mobilization --5. Dealing with Victim-Complainants --6. Dealing with Suspects and Accused Persons --7. Conclusions and Implications: Some Comments on Constructive policing --Notes --Bibliography --IndexProfessor Ericson and his colleagues followed the work of patrol officers in a large Canadian regional police force. From their direct observations comes a wealth of information, quantitatively assembled and qualitatively discussed, with insights into the nature of policing.This book reveals that the police are not mere 'referees' of our legal lives, blowing the whistle on our infractions. They are censors of certain types of possibly wrong actions. They are selective in their invocation of criminal law and use the law artfully to restore settings to orderliness. Ericson emphasizes the routine manner in which the patrol officer intervenes and gains compliance from the citizenry. He demonstrates that when the criminal process is invoked, the police maintain fundamental control over the court outcome.Using these findings, he addresses basic questions about the role of police in relation to crime and how it is produced, literally, by the patrol officer. Crime is also seen as the primary basis of police legitimacy, which in turn enables the police to engage in broad surveillance and information-gathering.The author's conclusions about the nature of policing and his discussion of the implications of proposals for reform of police, will generate better-informed deliberation in political and public decision-making and in the general study of sociological theory.Canadian studies in criminology ;5.Police patrolCanadaPolice patrolCanadaCase studiesElectronic books.Police patrolPolice patrol363.2/32/0971Ericson Richard Victor1033952University of Toronto.Centre of Criminology.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455865203321Reproducing order2453353UNINA