Predictive Policing Information Systems Decision Making CIS500 October 21‚ 2013 To efficiently compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets‚ we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. One popular technology that is used by police departments is COMPSTAT abbreviated for computer statistics. Compstat is a "strategic control
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In policing today the police profession is commonly known as the most stressful of professions. There are many factors that can cause stress in policing. Four of these stressors are external stress‚ organizational stress‚ personal stress‚ and operational stress. External stress is a type of stress that can be caused by things such as real threats and dangers during any shift on a police force. Some examples of this stress can include anything from the public’s lack of support to traffic issues
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important that people know the signs of behavioral health issues and know where they can get help. Often people with these issues feel ashamed and do not reach out for help. This can lead them to doing other things that might cause harm to themselves or others. Currently‚ I’m working on a masters in Sociology. In my program‚ we study society‚ especially human behavior. Recently‚ in one of the classes‚ we discussed behavioral health issues. This portion of the class got me very interested in the subject
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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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It’s never easy being a business manager of a large company. There are so tasks and responsibilities that come along with being a business manager. Many people will say that their job is easy and they wish they had it‚ but in reality‚ it’s not that easy. There are so many responsibilities that come with being a business manager. Responsibilities include: the hiring of employees‚ evaluating the employee’s job performance‚ the discipline actions‚ the termination‚ the diversity‚ harassment‚ manager
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The history of the Police Jared Glover CJA/214 Introduction to Police Theory and Practices Professor Nicholas The history of the Police Ever since people have been somewhat civilized they have been making ways to protect themselves and their property. In our modern times our tax money goes to the police force in our community and our country to enforce laws and protect the citizens. In this paper we are going to look at the contributions of Sir Robert Peel to the modern state of the police
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idealism is what changed the policing system and made it more organized than it was in the previous centuries. During the nineteen century‚ unification of the police department happened in many of the western European and Americans countries. Although for example in America‚ we got out penal code from the United Kingdom we also got our ideas about the police department itself. The concept of modernity and how it would interact with the policing system is where feared the policing system itself. Unification
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Bùi Minh Thắng – KTTT55B Critical thinking assignment Selections 11A and 11B The two arguments discuss about whether Gay Marriage should be allowed or not. As far as reasonability is concerned‚ the first argument “Equal treatment is real issue – not marriage” is less strong than the second one “Gay Marriage Unnatural”. In the first argument‚ the writer (USA Today) had some good reasonings and didn’t use so many rhetorical devices. The ultimate ground of this argument was seeking for an equal treatment
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There were several different forms of early policing with kin policing and nightwatch being two of the earliest styles. Kin policing was a style of enforcement where family members or tribes enforced the informal and customary rules of the group. Punishments meted out from this type of policing were brutal and tended to fall into the category of “an eye for an eye”. Nightwatch was a collection of citizens who patrolled at night monitoring the city for fires and other problems‚ eventually progressing
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Community Policing and Problem Solving Policing John K. Forrest II CJS/210 August 15‚ 2010 Travis Coldwell Community Policing and Problem Solving Policing When police departments and crime rates of the past are examined there are some apologist who believe that America would be in a better law enforcement situation provide the policies of the past we put back into use. With the public becoming more technologically advanced and criminal’s awareness of prosecution avoidance‚ community
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