In the United States, policing has been an evolving concept given the desire to strike a balance between keeping law and order and the need to safeguard citizen’s rights granted by the constitution. There are three eras of policing history reco Continue Reading...
The Impact of Higher Education on Law Enforcement Officers\\\' Use of Force and Community Policing PracticesAbstractThis study aimed to address the research problem of whether requiring a higher education or college degree for law enforcement officer Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice Computers and Their Effects upon Police Efficiency Computer technology has transformed the modern day police department. Numerous systems now provide assistance in fields ranging from communication, to information storage and retri Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice System The author of this report has been asked to answer two general questions about the criminal justice system. First, there is to be a discussion of the differing views of the criminal justice system as it current operates, thos Continue Reading...
Survey Research DataThe research question for this survey is: What are the psychological biases and tendencies apparent within the law enforcement community that influence their decisions to engage in more aggressive behavior towards minorities, defi Continue Reading...
Leadership in Law Enforcement Role of the leader within those criminal justice organizations By reviewing contemporary literature on criminal justice the study gives informed analysis of the expected standards and ethical practices that good leader Continue Reading...
Role of Discretion in Law Enforcement Human civilization has always been defined by the establishment of ethical codes, laws which individuals must obey for the greater good of society, and for every rule that mankind has devised there have been tho Continue Reading...
Racial Profiling When discussing law enforcement and crime prevention, one inevitably hits up against a philosophical impasse -- the rights and freedoms of the individual are inherently at odds with the purpose of the government which has its intere Continue Reading...
Controlling Legislation Role of the Law Enforcement Community The Role of the Law Enforcement Community in Combatting Hate Crimes Hate crimes are a form of domestic terrorism. They send the poisonous message that some Americans deserve to be victi Continue Reading...
Learning, Motivation, Performance of Employees of Public Safety Organizations The motivation is defined as the intrinsic phenomenon affected four factors: temperament, situation, tool, and goal. Typically, people are motivated to achieve their goal Continue Reading...
Policing Operations: Hidden Dangers, Real Weapons, and Potential Technologies Police officers are, undoubtedly, society's primary protectors. These individuals undertake assignments knowing that they could be placed in lethal danger, and do so in o Continue Reading...
Police Ethics Ethics, therefore, is not something that a policeman learns in the classroom -- yet, training classes are regularly scheduled -- and this picture of student not understanding why he is in the classroom is indicative of the problem of p Continue Reading...
Police Function The Functions of Policing at the Local, State and Federal Levels The functions of police work are highly complex and filled with myriad unpredictable challenges. Officers must place their safety and their lives at risk every day in Continue Reading...
Police Crisis Intervention A crisis refer to a case, characterized by a precipitating stressor event, a view that an event will lead to distress, and diminished functioning when it is not possible to relieve the distress using known coping resources Continue Reading...
Police Ethics Description Ethics is a delicate topic in the context of policing, as police officers are often coming across situations when they need to act on account of their instinct rather than on ethical thinking. Individuals are subjected to Continue Reading...
Police Operations The Police have the most dangerous, though the most rewarding, job in the world. They risk their lives to protect the weak and maintain public order. Because of the many hazards they face, many officers die in the line of duty. A p Continue Reading...
Law Enforcement Areas of Interest Law Enforcement Moral Code of Ethics: Although various police departments have individual rules and morals based upon the community in which they live, there are universal morals and ethics which police officers mu Continue Reading...
This model provided for a hierarchical chain of command based on rank but there are many experts who argue that such system is out-dated. New systems where command is much less centralized and individual police are allowed autonomy in their specific Continue Reading...
law comm. tech Innovations in Database Communication Technologies for Law Enforcement The proliferation of computer, digital and web technology have all had a significant impact on how civil and public administration functions are performed. The ab Continue Reading...
When officers complete training, they are expected to explain the benefits of their learning, describe the purpose of learning, analyze ill-structured problems in order to determine if they are suitable for problem solving and to evaluate the need f Continue Reading...
Many unintended consequences have resulted from this "war." Research on legitimate medical uses of banned substances, such as marijuana, have been hampered by legal road blocks. Violence stemming from drug-trade disputes has become an international Continue Reading...
Even landscape plantings and pavement designs can "develop a sense of territorial control while potential offenders, perceiving this control, are discouraged" (Otterstatter 2008). A well-maintained area can create a sense that the potential crimina Continue Reading...
367 Although the incidence of deadly force use has likely remained steady in the first five categories, Russell and Beigel emphasize that based on the increased attention being directed at the "stake-out and drugs" category, these rates are likely Continue Reading...
Police Culture and the Perpetuation of the Officer Shuffle Martha L. Shockey-Eckles conducted this ethnographic study in her pursuit to understand social change in the society. She aimed to identify key areas in need of change. The author worked tir Continue Reading...
Police Intelligence: Rapidly Changing the Way Police Organizations Fight Crime Since the professional era of policing, the traditional role of the police officer in the United States has primarily been that of crime fighter. Law enforcement officers Continue Reading...
Cole (2007) discusses how in many cases, incidents of police brutality, can often be confused with various self-defense tactics or an actions that a suspect may have taken resulting in the use of force (such as: resisting arrest or attempting to ph Continue Reading...
Police Officer Stress One of the toughest jobs is working in law enforcement. Part of the reason for this is because police officers are expected to go between two different extremes. As, their jobs can be very boring and tedious due to the routine Continue Reading...
Police Systems and Practices Question Set Discuss how temperament can impair communication? The ability control one's temperament at all times while working as a police officer is crucial to the performance of daily duties, because there are many i Continue Reading...
Police Organization Operations The police department is one of the most significant departments in the supervision, maintenance and implementation of the societal order. It is the one that is entrusted with most of the communal maintenance of peace Continue Reading...
One of the major things that management can do is increase traffic control. From the Department of Motor Vehicles, which screens people before issuing identification, to officers in routine traffic stops and roadblocks that look for suspected terror Continue Reading...
Officer two believes that these requirements may help an applicant reduce on-the-job mistakes. What is the most interesting aspect of their answers is that both officers indicate a greater level of experience and/or education than they report having Continue Reading...
Police Reform in Post-Authoritarian Brazil A majority of new democracies entail an unbelievable illogicality of an immensely feeble citizenship coalesced with a stern description of the constitutional guarantees. In order to explicate this disparity Continue Reading...
Future community corrections should also address economic, social, and cultural development of the society. This involves executing correction programs such as work releases. Work release programs would enable inmates to focus on transition and hea Continue Reading...
One of the additional oversights in the Proposed Consent Decree is that it does not address the sensitive matter of cell searches of two-person cells that are focused on one inmate. The cell search conducted by Officer Anderson and Sgt. Belker was Continue Reading...
Conclusion It is evident that job stress is a reality for police or law enforcement officers; therefore, developing educating program as well as, providing counseling to the police officers will definitely increase efficiency of the organization. Continue Reading...
Law Enforcement Practice, Procedure, Training, and Administration Standards: Local police departments range in size from those employing fewer than ten officers to those employing over 30,000 officers, as in the case of New York City's NYPD, the Continue Reading...
Police departments often need to address issues of organizational culture. That speaks to how things are done in the department. The culture is often focused on the procession of crime and criminals and not on prevention. An introduction of communit Continue Reading...
Police Management: Throughout history, police management has experienced numerous changes because of the various significant changes that have continued to occur in the society. The emerging trends have contributed to the development of new policin Continue Reading...
police officers have discretion when dealing with domestic violence? Answer: YES with qualifications. An in-person survey might work best here because citizens don't all see police as protectors of society; some see them as threats. Discretion is l Continue Reading...
