According to the growth complex orientation, the purpose of the criminal justice system is to build an ever growing bureaucracy; administering justice and controlling crime are tools that are used to increase the agency’s size and power (Kraska, 2004). In an effort to meet the organizational ends in the most efficient way, scientific methods are established in order to create rules and regulations, which will get everyone to perform their duties in the same technically efficient and predictable manner. Instead of focusing on the outcome (doing the right thing), the rules and regulations become the standard for performance. Using statistics allows police departments to defend their enforcement practices. When someone…
Within any organization, it is important for the chief to delegate roles and functions to each department as applicable. As a result of effective administration, the departments come together to achieve a particular goal. An analogy of this method would be that of the mechanisms of a clock which has plenty of unique working parts that, when put together, will tell the time. As such, the roles and functions of police organizations will be identified along with their role as it applies to the law. There are various types of police agencies ranging from the local to federal level which will also be described. Finally, the specific role and function of patrol work will be explained.…
Organizing police departments in a militaristic manner is a theory that contends to lessen corruption amongst the police officers within the department. Depending on how stringent the military model is followed, a police department could have a well functioning system or it could create quite the opposite and develop a department full of corruption, chaos, and mismanagement. Because a department uses the military as a model to develop itself, it does not mean that it is foolproof. Many factors outside of organizing can lead to a well-balanced department or a department as involved in crime as the criminals from which they swore to protect the public. Using a hierarchy of command in departments gives a sense of stability, it delegates responsibilities and it has a person who is…
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In the “Rixton” case study there is obviously issues with the department itself from the top to the bottom of the department. The chain of command is not enforced properly which creates further issues when concerning “authority-level principles” from being applied to issues that present themselves. The initial depiction of this department starts with the description of the small size of the police force (36) and generally small city it serves (16,000) while also introducing the top cop, the highest level of their police department, Chief Walter Eager (Cordner, 2016). It would be easy to assume a smaller department would be easier to maintain and produce high quality problem free police services, but that would be a mistaken assumption in this case.…
American law enforcement organizations is hierarchal and it is a bureaucratic structure adopting ways of the military. The quasi-military structure found in police departments will emphasize the importance of specializations in task, duties, objectives, and responsibilities. Each level in the chain of command has specific authority and tasks to carry out. Historically speaking, Peel’s principles of a professional police organization can be seen in today’s philosophy of community-oriented policing (COP). Peel’s principles emphasized the following guidelines for a professional police organization: (1) a police mission statement and core values; (2) crime prevention; (3) respect or citizenry; (4) respect for the law; (5) minimizing the use of…
Criminal justice organizations include the court system, corrections, and the police departments. Each of these organizations and agencies deal with many challenges daily and the leaders of the agencies must have the knowledge to handle the challenges. Each organization and agency in the criminal justice system plays a role, and leadership is the basis of the role in each agency.…
As we begin lets first get an understanding for what a police organization is defined as. “The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder. “ (“The Role and Responsibilities of the Police”, 2009) A police organizations role is usually defined as an agency within a defined…
Law enforcement in the United States has numerous functions that vary. There are three basic levels of law enforcement, local, state, and federal. These organizations are set up to meet the public’s needs. They do collectively work together to achieve many duties. This common purpose is to protect citizens and enforce the laws passed by legislators at the local, state and federal level of government ("Ehow Money", 2013). Each level is appointed their own responsibilities and procedures. The functions of the organizations are actually very similar ("Term Paper Warehouse", 2012).…
As public expectations of police change from crime fighters to public safety problem solvers, police administrators must modify their organizational structure in order to meet broader mission statements…
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Police organizations traditionally respond to criminal activities and criminal acts after they have already occurred. After the crime is committed and after police officers arrive at the scene, future investigations and routine patrols are done. The police organizations are characterized in several ways; routine patrol, rapid response for service, arrests, investigations, and law enforcement sharing information. Each of these characteristics plays an important role within the policing organizations. Policing strategies and police organizations have dramatically changed throughout the years. During the…
Leadership and management tend to oppose one another in terms of needs. Leadership is tasked with recognizing when management in its quest to complete tasks, is hamstringing the organization with its actions, confront the problem, and institute change. Despite the differences in leadership and management, criminal justice organizations share many qualities. These shared qualities revolve around the unity of purpose of law enforcement encompassing upholding public safety through the agencies actions are the primary shared quality. While agencies do not perform the same tasks, or have the same structure, the purpose of public safety is paramount and is what binds the four primary components of the criminal justice system, police, corrections, probation, and security according to Allen & Sawhney (2015). The functions of each may be different, but through the interdependency binding the components together, the American criminal justice system diligently carries out its role in…
Police and law enforcement play a critical part of keeping peace in our society and trying to make sure that criminal activity is kept at a minimal from the local to the national levels. The five main responsibilities of the police are to enforce the law, arrest offenders, crime prevention, preserving the peace, and providing services to the citizens of our communities. The main policing style that relates to officers is personality type, life philosophy, and problem solving. The policing styles are usually grouped into the watchman, that can be a bully to maintain peace, but they are also willing to give warnings or help people stay out of trouble in exchange for becoming an informant, the legalistic officer is usually the hard core officer that will always have an arrest if a crime has been committed, and the service oriented officers that take the law serious, feels that their job provides them with the opportunity to help people.…
Policing is made up of many systems and subsystems to sustain order in society. The three major subsystems include operations, administration, and auxiliary services.…