I define community policing as an effort for law enforcement to involve the community in improving social capital. Community policing is an important factor in promoting a decrease in crime. Community leaders and its citizens work with police officers to improve neighborhoods through community projects and services. For example‚ there are neighborhood watch teams‚ which help patrol the community to improve safety. Law enforcement also has community initiative programs that work with and help at-risk
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Aging in a Rural Community Wanda W. Jones Webster University Introduction Living and aging in a rural community has many challenges. The aging of America in rural communities has gone from being the prominent lifestyle of American citizens to approximately a quarter of the country living in rural areas. Because elders prefer to remain in their homes and age in place‚ living in rural communities presents barriers that are not easily overcome. Transportation is a critical component of aging
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Since the inception of America’s Community Colleges‚ the American society has become better educated. The community college system has educated more than forty percent of the United States population. In addition‚ the community college system has increased at four times the rate of four-year colleges and universities‚ however the community college system‚ because of their “open-door” policy‚ has enrolled a disproportionately large share of college students of color and first-generation students
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Research Method Paper A Community Needs Assessment Research is conducted in a variety of different ways using different methods and methodologies. How these methods are used is imperative to how clear and accurate research will be. Community needs assessment is a research method used by many researchers that assists in finding gaps within a particular target group within a particular community. Throughout this paper I will discuss what a community needs assessment is and when and how it is
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Community mental health is a vast concept with various initiatives and programmes under its umbrella. The area chosen for the purpose of the assignment is to address community mental health initiative addressing psychosocial needs of the people who have experienced massive forced displacement and/or identify as refugees. People migrate due to economic crisis‚ natural disasters‚ construction of dams and various others reasons that lead them into search for other opportunities‚ away from conflict and
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still exists but the culture and community has drastically changed. Method Participants The participants chosen for this community assessment were the members of Honoka’a community as a whole. The assessment was based off a geographical location encompassing the 2‚258 occupants of all ages (suburbanstats.org). Assessments and Measures When assessing the town of Honoka’a the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats were used to determined how the community functions as well as the Walk Around
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Essay 1: Community‚ Responsibility‚ and Guilt The novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of Santiago Nasar’s death. More importantly it tells the story of what values and honor mean to a community and to what extent one can go to maintain that standard. A central theme in the novel is how a society can pressurize its people to act and behave in a certain way. They feel bound by a standard that if not kept‚ then it will bring shame to their family. In the novel
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HEALTHIER CITY and HEALTHIER COMMUNITY To compare with last few decades‚ now healthy communuties and healthy cities are more important issue. Many government‚ many associations and people try to answer this question “What is a healthy city?”. This question may be answered that a healthy city has regularly changing and developing social and physical environment. These social and physical environment can be explained enough food‚ clean water and air‚ adequate resources‚ good income
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that “ The community of faith can only exist through the sharing of that faith‚ which is focused in its ritual form of worship” (Morrill 21). As a young child I would grow impatient when my mother spent time after Church‚ with what I viewed as nonsense prattling. Now that I am older‚ I can see the importance that community is to the Church. Church communities are not only formed when the assembly is participating in the liturgy or service. Additionally‚ the ways that a Church community fellowships
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Benefits of Community College Comm/215 Vin. S University of Phoenix August 29‚ 2013 As seniors prepare to graduate from high school this upcoming school year‚ many have to decide on whether to apply to a four year university or stay close to home to attend college. This decision can be difficult for some because of the rising cost of universities‚ grades‚ and test scores determining entrances into their desired school‚ or even if college is the right fit for them. Community colleges are
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