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    Community Policing

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    Community-Oriented Policing Model and determine if it is or isn’t proven to be an effective way of policing. Crime has been a major problem and concern for law enforcement as early as the 1900’s. Citizens had become fed up with such high crime rates and order maintenance issues‚ and felt something needed to be done to prevent crime and restore order. There are several policing strategies that have been implemented from the traditional model of policing to the Community-Oriented Policing Model in how Police

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    The criminal justice system in the United States has traditionally operated under two fundamentally different theories. One theory is the Crime Control Model. This theory is characterized by the idea that criminals should be aggressively pursued and crimes aggressively punished. The other theory is the Due Process Model. This theory is characterized by the idea that the rights of the accused need to be carefully protected in any criminal justice investigation. (Levy‚ 1999) The Due Process

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    Throughout time the police have had one major function and that is to serve and protect the public. Policing is different in every country in the world; therefore‚ we cannot generalize that the police perform their job without issues in every country; however‚ in Canada and United States the police have done an excellent job in reducing the rates of crime‚ but they have done a horrible job at maintaining their public image and have not resolved multiple other major pressing issues. Thus‚ some government

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    valuable to have in order for the police to do their job effectively. Community policing can help strengthen the relationship that is broken. Community policing is a philosophy that rest on the belief that honest citizens in a community have the responsibility to participate in the police process alongside the officers. It aims to establish active and equal partnership between the police and the public. Community policing is a management style or organizational strategy that promotes proactive problem

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    Develop an initiative to reduce the use and sale of drugs within a community that might be proposed to a police chief as a cost effective and practical solution. Summarize‚ if any‚ the involvement of each major component in the criminal justice system in this initiative. Write a paper outlining your initiative. Use external resources to support your ideas.  Law enforcement agencies take a critical part in prevention strategies as well as community-based prevention groups. Most communities have

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    police and the police must be able to fulfill each demand. Some organizations may react to their environment differently which are categorized into two theories. “The theory of uncertainty and dependence is how organizations maintain a balance throughout changes between organizational outcomes and environmental expectations. The theory of natural selections is how organizations to reach their environment efficiently (Gaines & Worrall‚ 2011).

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    Reactive Policing

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    ------------------------------------------------- Reactive vs. proactive policing Allison Hendricks February 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix/axia policing February 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix/axia policing Reactive patrol is police responding to specific requests from individuals or groups in a community that provides “immediate” response to calls. Reactive patrol provides help to ensure that calls are responded to in an efficient and timely manner. Reactive patrol also involves the

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    recognized violation of cultural norms" while crime is defined as "the violation of a society’s formally enacted criminal law". While there are many different theories that explain wh y people commit acts of deviance and crime‚ there are three micro level theories referenced in the text. The Labeling Theory‚ the Differential Association Theory‚ and the Control Theory all help to explain why people behave in deviant ways. Becker’s Labe ling Theory of deviance involves a few different components

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    biological theories of crime? How do such theories differ from other perspectives that attempt to explain the same phenomena? Biological Theories of Crime These theories are provided by contemporary criminologist who relates the interaction between surrounding social and physical environments with biological influences and how it in turn shapes behavioral propensity and criminal activities too. Many researchers think that it can be passed down to their child to be more risk of committing the crime. The

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    Control Theory The Control Theory can also be used to explain the crimes committed by Briere. Control theorists begin with the premise that all people will commit crimes if there are not adequate social controls to prevent it. The question therefore would not be why did Briere grab Holly on that fateful spring day‚ but what prevented him from doing it prior to his 35th year. According to Detective Greenaway‚ one of the most sobering revelations during the investigation of this offence was the discovery

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