Policy Issues and the Police AJS/582 February 14, 2012 Abstract Community policing is a new idea that has been introduced to law enforcement. The program is federally funded and was created with the intentions of providing citizens the opportunity to work collectively along side with the police to diminish fear and crimes within communities. By examining police departments within the Unites States which has implemented community policing
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The Responsibility Project – No Phone Zone Day In every community members, has a responsibility. One of the most important responsibilities is social responsibility because it requires of us to make a difference. The issue in the video is using the cell phone while driving. Use of a cell phone while driving is an organizational issue because it disrupts the justice system and results in many victims. According to the No Phone Zone video an estimated 812,000 drivers use mobile devices
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February 8, 2015 Community policing requires that approaches to serious crimes be done in creative and innovative ways to ensure that there is long-term improvement in terms of security. In community policing, all crimes are treated as serious social problems and are dealt with accordingly. This kind of policing is not concerned about eradicating crime. Furthermore, number of arrests or crime rates is not the measure of success (Kappeler & Gaines, p. 89). It is concerned about ensuring
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Assess different Marxist views of relationship between crime and social class Marxists believe that the capitalist system is just a way in which the ruling classes control and exploit the workers, and it focuses on the unequal conflict between these two sectors of society. Marxists believe that the capitalist system is criminogenic – which means that by its nature it inevitably causes crime. Marxists see crime in the capitalist system as something the ruling class can use to control the working
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client is decided mainly by a few factors such as law enforcement, and the way offenders are prosecuted in the judicial system (Ruler, 2013). Law enforcement officials apprehend people who they consider law-breakers and a threat to society. Police officer have discretion to decide when to enforce the law, therefore, the discriminatory process of correctional clients begins with their decision. Typically, police officers apply their judgement based off social beliefs and personal sentiments instead of analyzing
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with, are hate crimes. Though one would think that race would be the biggest if not only target, social classes are a target as well. Hate crimes are not always necessarily random or even uncontrollable acts. Crimes that are motivated by race typically happen when a racially or ethnically person begins to notice a migration of individuals without the same racial or ethnic roots. Hate crimes with social classes happen when people feel as if they are need to improve their communities by ways of getting
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has always been an active part of society. Surveillance is regarded as a way to monitor social activity of a virtual or physical nature with the aims of ensuring safety and stability for those who can be directly or indirectly impacted by what is occurring. The emergence of the Internet and other technologies has made surveillance more of an asset rather than just a vehicle of ensuring safety and protection. Media and internet companies have created platforms that maximize the exploitation endured by
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In her article “Friend Game: Behind the Online Hoax that Led to a Girl’s Suicide,” Lauren Collins informs her audience of the story of Megan Meier, a thirteen year old girl who committed suicide after experiencing online bullying from a fake Myspace account. A profile under the name Josh Evans was tailored to Megan’s desires, drew her in, then cruelly berated her to the point that she took her own life. Megan Meier grew up in the town of Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, in a close-knit neighborhood in
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Pros and Cons with Female Officers in Law Enforcement Abstract There are many factors in which comprise the impact of females in policing, one in which how they are treated within the work environment. Other things do come into play when trying to increase females in policing such as expanding on the diversity being accepted in police agencies. Many females think they are treated unfairly and unjust according to the system, it seems to always come back to the fact that women feel like they
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strategies ensuring its survival. Key Stakeholders: 1. Ontario Film Review Board: looking to lose its conservative image allowed more explicit videos. Media and public outcry forced the board to review its decision by including community members in process. It was losing credibility as several adult film distributers bypassed it due to lack of enforcement. 2. Police: Increasingly concerned about unregulated adult video stores and increase in sexual assaults. They did not agree with OFRB’s guidelines
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