As a law enforcement officer‚ my fundamental duty is to serve the community; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception‚ the weak against oppression or intimidation and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all to liberty‚ equality and justice. I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all and will behave in a manner that does not bring discredit to me or my agency. I will maintain courageous and calm
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Practitioner Interview: Officer Leon Epps The role of police departments has profoundly changed since the 9/11 attack on America. Departments across the nation not only have to continue “traditional” law enforcement‚ but are also faced with being the “first responders” to acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events. Nonetheless‚ the day-to-day activities of a police officer are still primarily within the context of the criminal justice system. An interview with an officer can provide
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In social psychology‚ I have become fascinated with social cognition‚ the way we think about ourselves and the way we think of others. The phenomena’s I find most intriguing is the way we conserve mental effort and self present. One way we conserve mental effort is by reducing the amount of thinking we have to do when meeting someone new and this is done by stereotyping. Stereotyping is best defined as a widespread belief about a certain group of people. It allows us to quickly respond to a situation
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CJC 111- Week 6 Writing Assignment Daniel Brewer CJC 111 Instructor Alyssa Lang February 16‚ 2014 Chapter 7 our text describes many cases that have changed how law enforcement may and may not conduct police activities including the searching of suspects‚ seizure of evidence and arresting suspects and the rights of those suspected of illegal and criminal activities. Out of all these cases the one that has had the most influence on the initial contact with individuals
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Social Psychology We can all relate to a time in our lives where we might have acted differently because of social influence‚ opposed to if we were by ourselves. Social psychology is the scientific study of how we think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another. Most times conformity‚ adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard is why we tend to behave differently than normal. There are a couple types of influences that reflect such behavior. Normative social influence
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delegate financial resources to these departments. Being tasked with performing a job more efficiently and still using the same levels of resources requires a creative and lateral approach. One such method for meeting this increased demand in law enforcement is the employment of call volume analysis and the subsequent changes in scheduling that the results suggest. In most cases‚ the solution is the addition of a "power shift." The most common complaint from the public regarding policing is the
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A big problem in todays world dealing with law enforcement officers is how high the stress level is and what stress can do to a person mentally and physically. Law enforcement officers have a higher rate of stress in today’s world because of everything they endure. Could be anything from a traffic stop to seeing people that die right there on the side of the road. They see everything and were only human so it has to take a toll on them in someway. All people are different so it could affect others
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Module 1 Doing Social Psychology blz. 3 t/m 14 Social psychology The scientific study of how people think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another. Forming and testing theories Theory An integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events. Hypothesis A testable proposition that describes a relationship that might exist between events. Correlational research: detecting natural associations Correlational research The study of the naturally
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Research methods Abstract In social psychology there are many researchers who investigated and challenged different theories within including well respected psychologists including; Sheriff(1935); Jenness(1932); Asch(1951); Crutchfield(1955) and Mann(1969). The aim of the study was; guessing how many sweeties were in the jar in a competition fashion and testing if the participants conformed to their guesses. The hypothesis was ’ people would conform under group pressures of the pre-set guesses
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Module 1: doing Social Psychology Wednesday‚ August 29‚ 2012 3:54 PM Social Psychology: The art of people-watching in a scientific manner. Theory: a broad explanation for a wide set of phenomena‚ strongly supported Concise: coherent‚ systematic‚ predictive‚ widely accepted. Strongly supported by many lines of evidence. Must be testable and falsifiable Generated more exploration Applicable to life Hypotheses: the edited Theory. What constitutes a good theory? Have your theory; generated
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