...Jr. November 1, 2010 Assignment Write a 1500 to 2000 word paper that compares and contrasts the roles, responsibilities, and differences of public and private policing. Cite at least two scholarly works (articles or books) or government documents. However, your textbook cannot be used as a source. Public policing has been known to have a monopoly on policing until the increased trend of private policing in the United States. Private policing, while emerging as a new industry, is not a new phenomenon and predates the existence of public police as witnessed today (Wilson 1994). Public and private policing have many similarities, as well as differences and the distinction between public and private police are often blurred. Private police look and behave like public police and describing their function often involves a comparison of the activities and responsibilities of the two. Despite the differences, public and private police tend to mirror each other to a certain extent (Nalla & Newman, 1990). The increase of private policing has been in response to many changes in society such as the increase of "mass private property" (Shearing and Stenning, 1983) in the form of large shopping complexes, cinemas, large retail stores and large compound style housing estates or gated communities. These require constant surveillance for the safety of shoppers and residents. In fact, adequate security has become one of those value-added extras that attract customers and residents....
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...fact that there is racial discrimination makes for some very controversial cases; such as the case of the shooting of Michael Brown, the brutal beating of Rodney King, and the wrongful beating of Abner Louima. All of these incidents happened because of an unfair percentage that police are to show more brutality to a minority group than to whites and there are plenty of facts that support this such as the amount of white officers over colored ones, and the biases and stereotypes that are to blame for “racism” in law enforcement. The case of Michael Brown in Fergusson, Missouri a predominantly black society, with a predominantly white police force, there are multiple stories that both tell stories of what people saw. One account states that the teenager Michael Brown had his hands in the air and was surrendering whilst unarmed; the officer opened fire and killed him. However, what the authorities say is the exact opposite in which Michael Brown actually attempted to attack the officer in his car and tried to take the gun. "Get the f*** on the sidewalk." The young men replied that they were "not but a minute away from our destination, and we would shortly be out of the street," Johnson said. The officer drove forward but stopped and backed up, almost hitting the pair, Johnson said. "We were so close, almost inches away, that when he tried to open his door aggressively, the door ricocheted both off...
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...Inquiry Essay Outline Introduction Inquiry Question – should teenagers have access to the internet? Background information on topic – for the past several years, internet has become the biggest tool used by people all over the world to get answers about anything they are looking for. It is simple to use and accessed to it becomes way easier than it used to be. Today, everyone in general and teenagers particularly use internet for anything. Why is the topic relevant to contemporary society? Why should your audience care? What’s at stake? Teenagers are the people who will represent the united states in the future. Letting them have access to something that will make them change the path every parents dream about for their kids can be a real problem for this country in the future. Parents should be aware of what their kids are doing in the internet. What is your personal connection to the topic? Why are you interested? we have seen many kids going viral because their parents would not let them have access to internet for specific reasons. Parents discover that their kids behave differently in the internet than the way they behave in front parents. Internet gives kids access to stuff that they should not been going without parent’s knowledge which become a big problem for kids fututre What makes you an authority on this subject? As a human being, I will have kids and I would like to know everything about what my kids will be doing on the internet. It is every...
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...each action.Like in the essay “Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell finds himself in a moral dilemma. Our main character a police officer in the British Raj, and he writes about his experience or moral dilemma in his short story, 'Shooting an Elephant. To save face, he shrugged it off as his desire to 'avoid looking the fool'; (George Orwell, 283). In truth, the atmosphere of fear and pressure overwhelmed him. His inner struggle over the guilt of being involved in the subjugation of a people added to this strain, and he made a decision he would...
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...Shooting an elephant - By George Orwell Imperialism is the appellation for a policy, where a ruler in a country attempts to oppress another country. This is mainly the theme and point in the essay “Shooting an elephant” The story is written by the author George Orwell, and centers about this problem which was going on between the British and the Burmese. The essay is written as a metaphor describing the British imperialism, and gives the readers an insight in how George's opposition against the imperialism is expressed. Another theme in the story is the meeting between two cultures – in where it describes the burmese, that despise the British. Apart from that, George himself is going though a process of self-deception, which is showed clearly in this story. George Orwell was born on 25th June 1903, and was a well known English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. George Orwell was one of the most influential English writers in the 20th century, and is mostly known for the novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and the novella “Animal Farm”. George Orwell was working in The British Imperial Police from 1922-1927, where he wrote the essay “Shooting an elephant” as a reflection about the British imperialism in India. The setting is in Moulmein in Lower Burma in the 1920's, and is taking place in a poor city. “It was a very poor quarter, a labyrinth of squalid bamboo huts, thatched with palm-leaf, winding all over a steep hillside.” (Page 112, line 12-14) The society...
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...I have the personal history statement to fill out. At the end of the packet we have to write a small essay on why being a LEO is important to us. This is what I have so far. I'm listing the shoplifting part in the application but I'm not sure if I should leave it in the essay or not. It was a learning experience for me and it turned me around but I'm not sure If I should draw more attention than is necessary to it. Heres what I have so far: "Becoming a police officer with the city of Allen is very important to me for a number of reasons. I was raised in a small town where the police officers interacted with the civilians and were very involved with the community. I believe one of the key factors in promoting a safe community is being proactive and maintaining a presence with the civilians. Growing up in a small community allowed me to observe how much of a positive influence this method of policing can have. By utilizing programs such as National Night Out and Citizens on Patrol, the Allen Police Department builds on the concept of having a strong relationship with the community. I have always respected the role of a police officer however one incident in particular really opened my eyes as to the importance of the position. When I was sixteen I made the mistake of trying to shoplift a music CD from a store. Since I was underage instead of being arrested a police officer came and talked to me. He explained the consequences of such actions and how one incident may lead to...
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...Police Storefronts Essay Lue Banks GCU Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Criminal Justice Home JUS 515 Prof. Vivian December 09, 2015 Police Storefronts Essay During the 1980s and 90s in response to the rising crime and the lack of police manpower, improvements were called for, community policing, “broken windows” policing, “pulling levers” policing, problem-oriented policing, hot spots policing, third party policing, evidence-based policing and Compstat. Police really hate change especially police departments, when it comes to implanting new programs. In the inner-city residents is trying hard to stay “street cred” in order to curb violence. The violence is all about drugs and money, the base cost of this is poverty, disrupted families, lack of opportunity and hopelessness exacerbate youth violence. Homicide was on the rise within poor African American neighborhoods and the leading cause of death among young men. Big cities like White Plains, New York are a typical example with all the downtown developments, where the rich hang out with the poor, where gangs flourished. The FBI conducted a study on violent crimes and between 2005 and 2006, crime increased across the United States. In 2006 violence exploded in White Plains, a fatal gang-related stabbing in March, a fatal shooting in May and in September 2 youth involved stabbings, all occurred in the heart of downtown. During the White Plains Experience the first session consisted of the Youth-Police Initiative...
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...Shooting an Elephant is a short story by George Orwell that details an English police officer’s experience with a disturbance in his town. Commotion is caused by an elephant rampaging through the town. As expected, this event causes great conflict for both the citizens of the town, as well as the police officer. Besides the obvious conflict of physical danger, internal conflicts arise as well. The main external conflict is the fact that a giant elephant is on the loose. Although it is supposed that the elephant is domesticated, it is still large and afraid. Describing the chaos caused by the elephant, the narrator states, “It had already destroyed somebody's bamboo hut, killed a cow and raided some fruit-stalls and devoured the stock; also it had met the municipal rubbish van and, when the driver jumped out and took to his heels, had turned the van over and inflicted violences upon it” (Orwell). Shortly after this explanation is made, it is discovered by the police officer that the giant animal has also killed an Indian by crushing him into the ground. The elephant’s presence threatens the lives of...
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...Running Head: Midterm Essay 1 Midterm Essay Armando 1 Running Head: Midterm Essay 2 Briefly identify and explain the key differences and similarities regarding the UCR, NIBRS, and NCVS programs. The Uniformed Crime Reporting (UCR) Program displays crime data for the United States, as well as for states, cities, counties and colleges. This allows for a comparison among neighboring jurisdictions and among those with similar populations and other common characteristics. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on the frequency and of crimes such as rape, sexual assault, aggravated and simple assault, household burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft. Both systems report different types of information and different details. The UCR program displays statistics for law enforcement administration, operation, and management. The UCR program utilizes what is called the hierarchy rule. If more than one crime was committed by the same person and the time separating the crimes was minor, then the crime highest in the hierarchy is the only crime reported. This seems like a very inaccurate method of recording data, one would assume that all records of offenses were taken into consideration for reporting purposes. The NCVS program collects information on crimes by individuals and households while also providing information on victims such as age, sex, race, marital status. The difference in the two programs is that each serves a...
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...Abstract This essay will be about interview with a professional law enforcement officer. The officer works for the Memphis, TN Police Department. You will examine what was learned after a one hour interview of the daily experiences of law enforcement and traffic violations. This essay will provide reflections from a professional interview with a law enforcement officer and will described situations relating to traffic violations. The steps to get approval for an interview or a ride along require authorization and checking my background. They face frustrations and difficulties each day but can do little to prevent it from happening. Many officers would not agree to the interview until getting higher level manager’s approval. The professional interview with the Memphis Police Department Traffic Officer of Motors was not as excited as I expected. I completed a professional interviewed Sgt. Wilkes of the Memphis, TN Police Department Traffic Division. Traffic Division (Memphispolice.org, 2012) is divided into four sections: Motorcycle Squad (Motors), Special Traffic Investigation Squad (STIS), Special Traffic Enforcement Unit (STEU) and Police Service Technicians (PSTs). Sgt. Wilkes currently works as a Traffic Police Officer for Motorcycle Squad. He has always wanted to be in law enforcement, since a little kid he always had a fascination of becoming a police officer. His background is military experience, in which he served for eight years. His military experience...
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...not afraid to leave their homes and take strolls through the neighborhood at night, whenever they felt like walking to get some fresh air, thanks to the police. The policing throughout the city and in the neighborhood s made citizens feel safe, people were not afraid to leave their homes and sit outside on their front porches. However, as time began to change the world, policing changed as well. In this paper this author will evaluate the past, present and future trends in the interface between components of the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society which involves policing in the United States of America. Sometimes it’s better to let the things in the past, stay in the past but not when it comes to policing, back in the late 1800s and early 1900s police made people feel safe within their community. Police officers would walk the streets patrolling the neighborhood, standing on street corners talking to the neighbors in the community and actually getting to know the people who they help protect. That was when citizens and police officers actually knew each other on a first name basis, when citizens felt police officers cared about them and what went on in their community. During this era citizens felt safer and had a better relationship with the police but as time went on and technology got better the relationship that was developed between...
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...cases. This makes the law easily amendable and flexible to changes for example the introduction of codified rights of individuals in the Human Rights Act 1998. The UK is a democracy therefore people have the right to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly, as stated in Article 10 and 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights. The exercise of these rights is necessary in a democratic society as it is in the interest of public authorities, public safety and the protection of the rights and freedom of others. The right to peacefully protest holds great importance as it demonstrates an individual’s freedom to express. However it is crucial that there is a balance between the Convention rights and the power of police to intervene. This essay will firstly address how the European Convention interacts with UK law, secondly it will discuss the rights of public authorities to intervene and lastly conclude whether the UK’s constitution provides sufficient protection for the right to protest in the streets. The ECHR was signed in 1950 in response to the injustices of WW2, the basic idea of these rights emerge from natural law, meaning there are certain things that are “wrong” or “right”. In 1998 the Human Rights Act was passed which incorporated the Convention into UK domestic law. Before this all cases of breach of convention rights were heard in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. However as signatories to the convention, the UK was still bound to the...
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...2012. The story is about Mr. Kennedy who was in a fight with two officers who were in plainclothes and were cleared by SIU. The two officers were approaching Mr. Kennedys residence when he yelled at them to leave thinking they were the jehovah’s witnesses from before. They continited to knock and Kennedy and his girlfriend ran downstairs thinking they were drug dealers. Kennedy had approahced the two officers and was shoved when he became to close at that point Mr. Kennedy pulled ne of the officers hoodies over his head and was then taken down by the officers who used force to do so. Kennedy had told investigators that the two officers had not identified themselves. After investigation the SIU cleared the offciers on the charges and stated that the officers did not use excessive force to sedue the individual. Police officers are to protect the communtiy from the criminals that try and cause harm to the people of the community. In this incident the police were in plainclothes and were not recognizable as police officers. To Mr. Kennedy thought that the officers in plainclothes were wolves instead of sheepdogs and that is why he was assaultive with the officers. If the sheep had known they were sheepdogs he would not of acted the way he did. Since the police officers did not leave when Mr. Kennedy had asked them to, he thought they were there to hurt him which resaulted in him being assaultive towards the officers and that reasualted in the officers using force on Mr...
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...George Peshkov Professor Carra Glatt 10/28/2015 Shooting an Elephant Essay Whether it be financial decisions, how much time to spend on studies, or whether or not to go out for a run, there are always conflicts through an average person’s days. These conflicts are usually met through an understanding of morals(both internal and external), the outcomes of the decision, and how much effort is required. In George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant there are constant showings of conflictions in the narrator’s morals. These conflicts include, the narrator’s social status and powerful authority, how he views the other officers, and whether or not to shoot the elephant. These conflictions in morals leads to a lot of misunderstanding, which is the main...
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...Eric Arthur Blair, with the pen name George Orwell, was a young man when he went to serve in the Imperial Police Force which was his firsthand look at colonialism (Larkin). After about five years, he abruptly decided to leave Burma and become a writer, and his first novel was actually set in the north of Burma. People from Burma think to believe that Orwell’s best works, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, are about the country itself (Larkin). While they may be about Burma, they were not just about the country, but how colonialism was affecting their society. Colonialism, as Orwell observed, was very harmful to the colonists and caused it’s people to become oppressed and hateful (Sobel). Because he was in authority he felt that he, even...
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