Contributing Factors Impacting the Incline of Teen Pregnancy The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of the Western Industrialized world. An estimated 820‚000 American teenage girls become pregnant each year (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). The United States’ teen pregnancy rate doubles Canada’s‚ is four times the rate of Germany and France‚ and is eight times higher Japan’s teen pregnancy rate (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). With 34% of our nation’s teens having
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Community Policing will be discussed. When talking about the generation gap‚ the term “modern cop” will be used to capture all generations after the “boomers” in this essay. The earlier generations have blended fairly successfully within the traditional
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2 Team Assignment Policing Development and Operation Trends Paper General Questions - General General Questions Write a 1‚050-1‚400-word paper in which you analyze the organizational management‚ administration‚ and operational aspects of policing within policing organizations. In your analysis‚ be sure to evaluate past‚ present‚ and future trends pertaining to the continuing development and operation of the field of policing and how these evolutions impact various policing organizations (local
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Policing Functions ReshaHarris Criminal Justice 394 August‚ 22‚ 2012 Warren‚ Wyatt Policing Functions The functions of police work are highly complex and filled with numerous unpredictable challenges. Officers must place his or her safety and their lives at risk every day in the interests of maintaining order‚ protecting the public and apprehending law-breakers. The result is an occupation filled with stressors‚ pressures and dangers. American law enforcement remains a sector composed
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Most people are aware that certain areas have higher crime rates than others. Throughout the years of policing‚ there have been different tactics used to stop crime and disorder from occurring in these areas. One of the tactics being used is offender-focused hot spot policing. This type of tactic focuses on small places or groups of people in small places‚ and tailor specific solutions to problems using careful analysis of local conditions. This tactic has been used as an effective way to reduce
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Community Based Policing: Improvement For The Police And The Community. There has always been a love hate relationship between the public and the police. When called upon to help‚ they can be something sent from God‚ but when they are writing tickets‚ or taking a friend to jail‚ the view changes from a savior to a presence that is unwanted and often hated. An effort to improve the public view of law enforcement is being attempted by many departments. Using different styles of policing techniques
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many departments. Using different styles of policing techniques‚ mainly community based policing‚ has proved to be the best way to improve the image of law enforcement. Community based policing can best be defined as‚ "a collaborative effort between the police and the community that identifies problems of crime and disorder and involves all elements of the community in the search for solutions to these problems" (Willard Oliver). Community based policing is the idea that the role of the police
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certain types of crimes may lead officers to generalize about a particular group and act according to the generalization rather than specific behavior” (2013). While supporters of this practice believe that it is necessary‚ critics believe biased-based policing (racial-profiling) is a violation of civil rights and takes a heavy toll on police-community relations. For police agencies‚ keeping the balance between public safety vs. civil rights is not an easy job. The principle job for law enforcement is
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Community policing is a philosophy that police officers enforce the law with the people of the community‚ not just on the people. Building a trusting relationship between the community and the police officers that serve that community is essential for this philosophy to be effective. Mutual trust and cooperation is the goal‚ hoping to establish an active dialogue between the local law and the citizens they serve. Community policing combines a focus on intervention and prevention through problem
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Community policing presents an opportunity for law enforcement to connect with the surrounding community and build a relationship that benefits the criminal justice field but also the community. Unfortunately‚ majority of officers only interact with citizens when a crime occurs. Traditional policing is reactive verse being proactive. In the traditional approach‚ there has to be a criminal act before officers intervene which in turn means that someone has to be a victim first. If officers continue
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