The five main responsibilities of the police are to enforce the law‚ arrest offenders‚ crime prevention‚ preserving the peace‚ and providing services to the citizens of our communities. The main policing style that relates to officers is personality type‚ life philosophy‚ and problem solving. The policing styles are usually grouped into the watchman‚ that can be a bully to maintain peace‚ but they are also willing to give warnings or help people stay out of trouble in exchange for becoming an informant
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Running Head: Women in Policing Women in Policing Derrick Jones University of Phoenix Women in Policing Law enforcement is one of the oldest professions in this country. Law enforcement is a profession that has been primarily dominated by men since its inception more than one hundred years ago. This paper will discuss in detail the emergence of women in the profession of law enforcement. The author will discuss some of the contemporary issues that face women in the performance of their
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Community Policing What is community policing? According to The Committee on Law and Justice‚ Community policing (problem-oriented policing‚ neighborhood-oriented policing or community-oriented policing) is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime‚ with community members helping to identify suspects‚ detain vandals and bring problems to the attention of police. One of the most effective means of involving the community
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Effectiveness of Community Policing To understand the effectiveness of community policing we first must understand the concept regarding community policing. Community policing is both a philosophy and an organizational strategy that allows the police and the community residences to work closely together in new ways to solve the problems‚ fear of crime‚ criminal disorder and at the same time increasing the community living conditions. Community policing implies an agreement‚ almost like a formal
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Policing as we know it today has developed from various political‚ economic‚ and social forces. To better understand the role of police in United States society‚ one has to know the history of how policing became what it is today. The following paper discusses the views of the historical context of police which helps us better understand how political‚ economic‚ and social forces have shaped the social institution of policing. First‚ in "The Evolving Strategy of Policing‚" George Kelling and Mark
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Future of Policing University of Phoenix CJS/210 4/27/2013 The field of police work is constantly being forced to develop and improve its protocols‚ procedures‚ and practices in an effort to keep pace with the ever-changing society in which it operates and criminal behavior it seeks to eradicate. While the history of policing has been marked by substantial changes throughout time‚ the work of modern-day police officers and officials demonstrate some of the most substantial adaptations
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WHAT IS POLICING? This essay will describe policing‚ and the role that is carried out by a number of professionals and ordinary people in our society. It will briefly illustrate how they help to control social order in the community. It will briefly describe the profession of the police‚ and that of community police‚ security guards‚ customs officers‚ and bouncers‚ and how they have helped‚ and continue to help reduce crime‚ and attempt to maintain order in our society today. Policing is depicted
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Ethnicity and the Police Part II Police Brutality and Corruption: New Orleans Police Department By Brittany Jackson Staff Writer BATON ROUGE- New Orleans Police Department is known for its harsh brutality‚ corruption‚ discrimination‚ and deadly force. The issue of citizen complaints has been a controversial concern in New Orleans. The complaints of citizens are generally a racial issue. African American civil groups have commanded civilian evaluation as a way of presenting independent assessments
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background. So with that being said I would start off the class with the history and background of policing. The modern concept of police was started in London in 1829 by Robert Peel. Robert Peel felt that the law should be responsible up to the prosecution phase but the trial‚ conviction and punishment phase should be the responsibility of another party. However‚ Robert Peel’s approach and community policing one thing is the main goal and that’s prevention of crimes. (http://voices.yahoo.com/law-enf
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The topic my group did was gender policing and violence against gay men. I feel like this is an important topic‚ especially today‚ because of the ongoing changes that our society is seeing. The constant changing‚ and growing of not just gay men‚ but the LGBQT community as a whole. In today’s society‚ more and more people are coming out about being gay‚ or bisexual‚ or transgender. Unfortunately‚ the violence against these same people are also increasing. I also think that even though the violence
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