The most significant problems police officers face are job stress‚ fatigue‚ violence and brutality‚ and corruption. For police officers dealing with stress is part of the job. Law enforcement officers are called on to serve and protect the innocent and the guilty. They must be mindful of the rights of the criminals they arrest as well as the victims the help. Police officers must follow rules and procedures they didn’t create and don’t always agree with. An officer’s hours can be unpredictable
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CORRUPTION… Corruption is notoriously difficult to measure. It’s not just because it is an illicit activity. In part it’s because the concept itself is undefined and relative. “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” Corruption is damaging because it gives an undue advantage: Corruption in India is a major issue and adversely affects its economyIn 2011 India was ranked 95th out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Some of the largest sources of
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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 Corruption Police Corruption in policing is viewed as the misuse of authority by a police officer acting officially to fulfill their personal needs or wants. There are two distinct elements of corruption; misuse of authority and personal attainment. The police officer stands at the top of the criminal justice system in a nation where crime rates are high and where the demands for illegal goods and services are widespread. These conditions create a situation in which the police officer is
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1. Name and outline one theory of social change. The Conflict Theory of social change centers upon the premise that radical change in society is constant and inevitable‚ as existing social conditions will always contain the beginnings for a different future. The conflict theory has its origins in the writings of Karl Marx. Working in the late nineteenth century‚ Marx believed that all societies were primarily influenced by their economic base‚ and specifically by the relationships that exist between
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Traivion Sharp Professor M. Harris Transfer Salon October 20‚ 2014 Money and Corruption Abstract While money will always be important to our society‚ its perceived value is diminishing our standing towards more important matters such as Human behavior‚ relationships and politics. I have always been around or known someone that’s always had lots of money because they had a good paying job or because their family inherited lots of money over time. I never had lots of money growing up or had
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contrasting the functionalist perspective with that of the conflict theory Marxist and functionalism are similar in that they see that the way society is structured as an important part in determining the way people have relationships and behave between themselves. This is known as structural perspective. Both functionalists and Marxists believe that people are portrayed as creature within the social system. The view of both conflict perspective and functionalist perspective as it refers to
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Police Ethics and Deviance Police officers are presented to the community as a support system. Society is given a conception that the police are to protect and to serve the community. However when ethical standards are breached and deviant behaviors prevail in policing society is affected and intimidated. Ethics Ethics are values and a system by which acts are judged. Many ethical behaviors are learned in childhood‚ family‚ educational‚ and community experience. All levels
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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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specific to the lived realities of individuals and groups. When analyzing conflict‚ it is most useful to understand the process of identity as manifesting in specific places and times‚ within particular relationships‚ to achieve discreet ends. Identity entails a series of negotiations between individuals‚ groups‚ structures‚ and cultures. Maintaining critical awareness of this process (Cook-Huffman’s “project”) keeps conflict analysis available to explore modes of connectedness and understanding in
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