2014). The everyday role of a police officer requires a great deal of responsibility‚ discretion making‚ customer service skills and community policing practices. This essay will discuss critical factors and important issues relating to police legitimacy and the contributions discretion making‚ customer service and community policing make to legitimacy of policing for members within the community. Prior to the reform era police were described as authoritarian‚ fearful‚ unapproachable and unethical.
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technology has continued to grow police have tried to move into a more proactive role while still allowing people to enjoy personal freedom and the right of presumed innocence. As part of the movement toward proactive policing‚ law enforcement are utilizing technology called predictive policing. With this system officers gather data and analyze it for patterns in order to understand the nature of a problem. The officers will then create strategies and tactics designed
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In the watchman style of policing‚ agencies are essentially concerned with the order and maintenance aspect of policing. This particular style‚ as Wilson explains‚ is concerned with maintaining social control by stifling illegal activities which ultimately mitigates disruptive behavior. “Because the watchman style emphasis is order maintenance‚ it makes distributive justice the standard for handling disorderly situations. Just as all patrolman find themselves preoccupied with order maintenance to
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Popular American Culture Paper Adrian Clegg SOC/105 Febuary 17‚ 22011 Dr. V. Nita Evans Popular American Culture Paper According to Merriam-Webster culture is “the customary beliefs‚ social forms‚ and material traits of a racial‚ religious‚ or social group” (2011). Popular culture is “the opposite of high cultural art forms‚ such as the opera‚ historic art‚ classical music‚ traditional theater or literature; popular culture includes many forms of cultural communication including newspapers
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Policing in the America is a working progress and evolving. There is a constant struggle between protecting the rights of the people as requested by law and really serving and protecting the people. There are three eras of policing‚ the political era (1840-1930)‚ the reform era (1930-1980)‚ the community era(1980-present). The political era was an era that was characterized by political influence‚ corruption and relationship building. It was an era controlled by the local governments in which the
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Question and Answer Kimeca LaSalle University of Phoenix CJA/ 384 January 15‚ 2012 Social Disorganization Question and Answer * What is Social disorganization? Central to social disorganization theory are the neighborhood mechanisms
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me and they did not feel they were very pertinent to my life. I had spent a great deal of time anticipating my trip to Hawaii in the months prior to writing this paper‚ and I realized that I really did not know very much about Hawaiian culture and history. So there I had it‚ the perfect topic. My paper would be about Hawaiian culture‚ legends‚ and traditions. What I Know Hawaii is made up of numerous tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean and consists of eight main islands; Hawaii‚ Kahoolawe
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Chapter One Discussion Paper Culture is the accumulated knowledge of a social group passed on through generations‚ including beliefs‚ customs‚ and behaviors. My Culture Raised in a home with Korean and Mexican influences‚ I had very contrasting cultural influences growing up. While my mother is full Mexican‚ my father is half Korean and half Yugoslavian. Language‚ Music‚ and Cuisine are just some of the prominent cultural influences in my home. While I do not personally speak Spanish or Korean‚
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Problem-Orientated Policing originated in the late 1970’s when professionals sought out to improve the quality and effectiveness of policing. There are several issues within policing such as lack of efficiency‚ inconsistency‚ and ill-equipped leadership. Police have numerous duties ad task to fulfil; they deal with not only civil matters‚ but criminal offenses as well. However‚ it is important to assure that each job is being completed to the officer’s best ability to diffuse the situation while
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6/10/2014 CJ201 History in the Making Beginning with the Three Eras of American Policing American policing began in the middle 1800’s. Policing began to change America with the first era of policing. There are a total of three eras of policing. Each era of policing changed over time and advanced during each era. The first era is called the political era. It lasted from 1840 to 1930. The second era is called the reform era. The reform era lasted from 1930 to 1970. The last era is called the community-problem
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