Continued Improvement in the Relationship Between Public Police and Private

question 65

Multiple Choice

Continued improvement in the relationship between public police and private security personnel may depend on all of the following EXCEPT for ______.

• A) upgrading private security
• B) transferring some of the public police functions to the private sector
• C) maintaining an independent view of joint projects
• D) increasing knowledge of the value of private security functions on the part of police

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Definitions:

Breakdown Theory

Suggests that social movements emerge when traditional norms and patterns of social organization are disrupted.

Social Movements

Are routine or institutionalized forms of collective action aimed at changing or resisting change to the social, political, and/or economic order. To achieve their aims, social movement members may riot, petition, strike, demonstrate, and establish pressure groups, unions, and political parties.

Civil Society

Is the private sphere of social life.

Non-routine Collective Action

Spontaneous, unstructured group actions that arise in response to unforeseen events or crises, differing from regular, organized collective activities.