Community policing is about working with the community‚ earning their trust and respect‚ and solving problems rather than simply making arrests (Edge 79). In the United States‚ between the years 2006 and 2010‚ a staggering 52% of violent crimes went unreported (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). This percentage is equal to approximately 3‚380‚000 unreported crimes (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). Therefore‚ it is important for citizens to be able to trust and respect police officers. If they do
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Police Stress page2 The first type of stress is external stress. The way that this stress is described is by stress that is caused by real threats and dangers. A few of these are like a call like a man with a gun and other dangerous type of situation. With this kind of stress it is able to affect a police officer on the job. This is because this is where the danger is and when these types of situations happen at. The way that this type of stress
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Police corruption becomes apparent in many different forms. A basic definition for police corruption is‚ when an officer gets involved in offenses in which the officer uses his or her position‚ by act or omission‚ to obtain improper financial benefit (“corruption”). The main reason for such corruption is typically for personal gain‚ such as bribery and gratuities; not only is this type of misconduct illegal‚ but it weighs a heavy toll on the local towns and state. The topic of police corruption has
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How Teen Pregnancy Impacts a Community Marna L. Diaz Mental Health and Community Concepts Milwaukee Area Technical College February 19‚ 2012 Abstract Even though rates have declined over the last 20 years‚ the United States still has one of the highest instances of pregnancy among adolescents in the developed world (Magness‚ 2012). The rates of teen pregnancy are highest among the poor and uneducated; these communities also have high infant mortality rates and STD morbidities. This paper
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There have been three different models developed in modern policing which are intended to address some of the shortcomings within the police system. In the following paragraphs‚ I will analyze‚ compare and contrast the effectiveness of two of these models. These are‚ community policing and intelligence-led policing. David Phillips initially devised intelligence-led policing‚ community policing was a joint effort between John Alderson and Robert Trojanowicz. I will first explore the reasons that motivated
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Kevin Joseph English 11 Mrs. Kennedy-Brooks Period 3 11/18/09 How does Injustice Negatively Affect a Community? What is injustice? Injustice can be defined as an abuse of power‚ tarnished reputations‚ and death to the innocent. When people in a community are treated differently it makes people feel out of place. It makes them think that they do not belong. The book Honky talks about the author of the book‚ Dalton Conley. His family is the only white family that lives in a predominantly
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Policy Development � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �12� Community Oriented Policing Policy Development Dale A. Miller CJA/463 Sunday‚ August 29‚ 2010 Johnny McLoud - Hoover University of Phoenix Introduction A community based policing program needs three key elements: Community identification‚ Methods of helping the community‚ and Police involvement within the community. This can be hard to do because the changing face of society is forcing many police organizations to make many changes in the way they
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How do people define a community? Some many define community upon several features such as ethnicity‚ race‚ occupation‚ gender‚ or on geography. Others many define community as a group of people that come together that have similar interests and ideas. “In the United States‚ we pride ourselves on rugged individualism and the pioneering spirit; at the same time‚ we believe in collective values” (Shea 259). Community remains a group of people that have the same interests and intentions and community
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have a negative effect on the community and the victim. When people see it on the news doesn’t make it seem like a problem because the news tends leave out how that person is not emotionally stable and how they feel after that. People think that it doesn’t affect communities because it only affects the one person but it does. Hate crimes affect communities as a whole. Hate crimes affect communities. Hate crimes often give or put a
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How does tragedy affect community? Tragedy is an event causing great suffering‚ which is what happened 15 years ago. On September 11th‚ 2001 terrorist hijacked planes and attacked important buildings. That day many lost their lives and many more were injured. Our community deals with tragedy by making memorials and showing pride in our country. One way we deal with tragedy is by showing pride in our country. For example‚ in the President’s speech he did with a bullhorn he was dressed as a
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