1. Chapter Eight Peacekeeping and Order Maintenance
Police in America
Chapter Eight
Peacekeeping and Order Maintenance

2. Calling the Police in Non-crime Situations
Citizen Expectations:
Maintain a social boundary
Relieve unpleasant situations
Counterpunching
Obtain an emergency service
Police response:
Informal handling with no official action

3. Traffic Enforcement Most common type of order maintenance
Police departments and citizens influence traffic enforcement policy
Source of Friction between Police and Citizens
Traffic Enforcement Crackdowns
Drunk Driving
Question over whether crackdowns reduce drunk driving
Risk of arrest for drunk driving is low
Arrest is very time consuming

4. Policing Domestic Disputes
Definitional Issues
Domestic Violence
Prevalence
Calling the Police
Frustration vs. Danger
Replace Picture

5. Policing Domestic Violence
Police response
Arrest
Mediation
Separating the parties
Referral to social service agencies
No action
Factors influencing arrest
Mandatory arrest policies
Preference of victim for arrest
Relationship between victim and suspect
Disrespect to police

6. Other order maintenance crimes
Vice
Prostitution
Street walkers
Ancillary crime
Call girl
Gambling
“victimless” crime
Narcotics
Homeless
Old
New
Alcoholics
Detoxification programs
Mentally ill
Hospitalization
Arrest
Informal disposition
AIDS
High concern of infections, buy relatively low number of cases
Juveniles
Strict enforcement versus counseling and advising