The document outlines various aspects of policing, including the micro-level analysis approach, the role of sociology in studying police, and conflict theorists' perspectives on police as social control. It addresses the challenges faced by minority police officers, explains concepts like quality circles and the third degree, and examines the functions of patrol divisions. Additionally, it discusses selective and full enforcement within the context of functionalist perspectives on police services and order maintenance.

1. 1.
Explain the micro-level analysis approach and how it applies to
individual actions.
2.
Explain the importance of how sociology plays an important
role in being able to study the police.
3.
Explain how conflict theorists view the police and their role in
social control.
4.
Discuss the role and struggles of the minority police officer of
the past several decades.
5.
Describe “quality circles.”
6.
Briefly describe the third degree.
7.
Describe the functions of the patrol division of a police
department.
8.

2. Discuss the functionalist perspective of order maintenance,
service, and the police.
9.
Describe selective enforcement.
10.
Discuss and describe “full enforcement.”