Setareh Salehi Cop in the Hood Peter Moskos‘‚ Cop in The Hood‚ is the story of a sociologist going native by going through the Baltimore police academy‚ becoming a cop and working for over a year. The book follows Moskos chronological journey‚ from the academy to the street and the last part of the book is dedicated to a pretty thorough analysis of the War on Drugs. The first interesting observation from Moskos’s work is his analysis of the police academy as relatively useless for the job:
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pressure patrolling the streets of our communities in uniforms with a marked vehicle and not to mention to receive income for their services. Police has evolved overtime; in this paper I will describe the impact of Sir Robert Peel on the evolution of policing and its history. Sir Robert Peel Paper Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) updated England’s criminal code. He established the first modern police force in London‚ whose members were nicknamed after him "bobbies." Sir Robert Peel wanted a police force
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Police Agencies Historically‚ policing in America mimicked that of the English. American ideas expanded on the English way of policing‚ to start an era of ever evolving police agencies. In the beginning policing was considered the civic duty of members of a community (Schmalleger‚ 2009). These “drafted” officers were not paid or trained. Appointed Sheriff’s were motivated by money‚ and lost focus on enforcing the law. Policing was considered reactive in nature (Schmalleger‚ 2009). This began
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THE PHILADELPHIA FOOT PATROL EXPERIMENT: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF POLICE PATROL EFFECTIVENESS IN VIOLENT CRIME HOTSPOTS∗ JERRY H. RATCLIFFE Department of Criminal Justice Temple University TRAVIS TANIGUCHI Police Department Redlands‚ CA ELIZABETH R. GROFF Department of Criminal Justice Temple University JENNIFER D. WOOD Department of Criminal Justice Temple University ∗ C The authors would like to thank Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and the executive team at the Philadelphia
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CJA/204 August 8‚ 2011 Abstract Historically‚ policing in America mimicked that of the English. American ideas expanded on the English way of policing‚ to start an era of ever evolving police agencies. In the beginning policing was considered the civic duty of members of a community. These “drafted” officers were not paid or trained. Appointed Sheriff’s were motivated by money‚ and lost focus on enforcing the law. Policing was considered reactive in nature. This began to change as did society
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effectively govern the vast landscape. However‚ with the lower mainland being quite extensive and diverse‚ the question still remains if there is a need to create one cohesive unit to provide ample service to the public or remain with the model of policing that is employed now. Therefore‚ this paper will analyze the positive and negative aspects of regionalization of the police services in the lower mainland and its relationship with Canada’s shift towards
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Future of Policing Paper Natasha Stewart CJS/210 July 13‚ 2012 Paul Amodeo Policing as historically been a reactive enterprise. Law enforcement efforts are focused on responding to citizen request for service. Policing at the state and local level is structured to meet the demands for service. Ideas such as community policing as well as problem oriented policing have attempted to move policing into a proactive‚ future-oriented process. Policing will be greatly impacted by the rapid changing
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(Stephanie‚ 2010). The problem with this particular type of research is that it uses qualitative data and surface marijuana production information to assess how to innovate policing policies and attempted strategies. In preliminary research‚ the common idea that there should be a different research method explored to enhance marijuana policing results was a continuing trend. The missing research must allow officials to accurately judge the performance of current policies their affects of the drug distribution
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investigations have been differentiated. The ‘reactive approach’ to investigation occurs when a police responds to a crime that has already taken place such as murder‚ or theft. On the other hand‚ the ‘proactive approach’ to investigation occurs in response to an ongoing criminal activity or even before the crime has been committed. For e.g. the police may get information that a gang is going to commit a crime in a particular area. In other cases‚ the police may patrol an area which they think is very prone
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Criminal Justice Trends Paper CJA/484 December 16‚ 2013 Criminal Justice Trends Paper Introduction For the past 50 years‚ America’s criminal justice system has encountered several significant changes dealing with courts and policing. According to Marion and Oliver (2006)‚ the historical Supreme Court rulings like Mapp v. Ohio and Miranda v. Arizona mold the way courts and law enforcement handle individuals charged with committing crimes. This paper will discuss the evolution of courts
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