I will be writing my research paper on police subculture and how the affects of police subculture impact the body of the law and how it relates to crime. Police subculture is an array of standard procedures and values that rule law enforcers activates in relation to their contractual responsibilities. Police officers were ranked the fifth most stressful job in the world. Since police work is very stressful‚ police officers have to deal with many hostile individuals in the public and therefore they
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A police officer’s duty is to maintain public order‚ preventing‚ and detecting crime. The concept of police officers‚ also known as cops‚ and law enforcement has been around ever since the ancient Romans had a theory that an organization of "peacekeepers" would reduce the crime and violence being committed. This theory stuck with society and is still around today. People of law enforcement have a mission when they step into their police car‚ that mission is to enforce the rules of conduct or law
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Police Misconduct Amanda Winter University of Phoenix October 7‚ 2011 Police misconduct can happen in various ways in the criminal justice community. Police Brutality Police brutality is a type of police misconduct. This type of police misconduct can sometimes be confused with the police use of force. “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary” (US Legal Inc.‚ 2001-2011)
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article‚ How Police Justify the Use of Deadly Force were written by William B. Waegel‚ and the article was published 1984. In the article‚ Waegel mostly discussed how police would do in danger situations and how they feel when they shoot‚ and subculture in their workplace. The questions for this assignment—“How does the police officers’ workplace subculture help the police? What factors help create the officers’ workplace subculture?” The answer for the first question—How does the police officers’
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Policing Essay Police discretion poses an interesting paradox in our democratic society. As Ramirez et al (2000) explains‚ we entrust the police to enforce the law‚ to maintain order‚ and to use legitimate force if necessary ’. Not only do we expect police to complete this rather demanding task‚ but we also expect them to accomplish these tasks by treating the public in a fair and even-handed way ’. Thus a major problem is the over policing ’ and stereotyping ’ of marginalized groups such
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Personal Side of Policing Response CJS/210 Stress plays a big part in people lives. Police stress‚ however‚ comes from the negative pressures related to police work. Stress can come from a lot of things such as‚ threats to officers’ health and safety‚ boredom alternating with the need for sudden alertness and mobilized energy‚ responsibility for protecting the lives of others‚ continual exposure to people in pain or distress‚ and the need to control emotions even when provoked and
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thelawdictionary.com‚ police brutality is defined by‚” the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians.” Police brutality is very common in District 9 as police are extremely violent towards the ‘prawns’. Furthermore‚ police or military take advantage of their position and physically harm the aliens unnecessarily. This coincides with the police brutality that occurred during the Marikana strikes (image on the right). This violence was not only caused by police trying to maintain
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comes to mind when we think of “Police Officers”. In elementary school‚ the most common phrase students would be asked was “what do you want to be when you grow up”‚ and the most common response would be “a police officer”; and now sadly‚ most are rethinking this occupational choice. The authority that most cops these days believe they have is over the top; they think that they can take advantage of everything and everybody simply by the power of their badge. Police officers need to have more discipline
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Police Officers are a symbol of justice in the public eye. They represent a long storied tradition of courage and sacrifice to uphold and protect the law. Officers are expected to maintain the highest degree of ethics and personal behavior throughout their careers. Great lengths and expense go into each and every recruit. All of this hard work and dedication is to help form and shape the best men and woman within America’s police force. However‚ what happens when the trust has been broken and
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Police Ethics Law Enforcement has been around since the beginning of man. The Code of Hammurabi‚ a book of 282 different codes‚ which specifically spelled out punishments for crimes‚ was followed back as early as 1700 B.C. (Geo Quest‚ Current Events‚ 00113492‚ 10/28/2005‚ Vol. 105‚ Issue 8) In the Bible’s story of Adam and Eve‚ God cast Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden as a punishment for breaking the rules. (The Holy Bible: Genesis Ch.3) These types of historical records display the
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