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    ERA OF POLICING” OCTOBER 26‚ 2012 MODULE 1 ISSUE PAPER QUESTION 2 Kelling and Moore in their article “The Evolving Strategy of Policing” state that in the 1970’s police agencies entered into a new organizational strategy known as the ‘Community Era. ‘ They contend we are still in this era in 2012. They further describe this era as something “new” and “different.” It is through this strategic era and its employed tactics that police continue their quest of crime control

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    I think the theory that best explains our current issues in the United States is the control theory that Sociologist Walter Reckless developed. Control theory emphasized that we have two control systems that tries to stop us from deviating away from mainstream. These two control systems are like our superego. It represents our moral thoughts and conscience influenced by our environment. One control system is called the inner controls which are our own moral thoughts. The second control system is called

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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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    Public Policing Versus Private Security Michael Lemke 502 October 17‚ 2011 George Gallitano Abstract Several distinct differences exist between public policing and private security. The ability to enforce the law and maintain order in society rests with public policing. The agencies that receive money to perform protective and loss-prevention duties that the police officers do not handle are private securities. Public policing and private security agencies do offer the same services and duties

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    life-courses theories of offending Given that this paper is concerned about young people and the patterns pertaining to the onset and desistance of offending it is immediately apparent that age and crime are key variables. Seeing that the age-crime relationship is the genesis for DLC theories it is for this reason that such theories are considered to bear much relevance to the present study. This approach is further validated by research evidence indicating that the relationship between age and crime are

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    pointing out a theory. The alien conspiracy theory is most widely known organized crime of today. This includes the west coast area of Las Vegas‚ the Midwest with Chicago and Cleveland‚ and the east coast New York‚ and Boston. The alien conspiracy theory is blamed for outsiders and outside influence widespread of organized crime in the U.S. society. This organization gained prominence during the 1860s in Sicily and that Sicilian immigrants are responsible for frame work of U.S. organized crime. Which

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    Toward a Marxian Theory of Deviance‚ by Steven Spitzer‚ critiques the way that traditional theories explain deviance‚ offers components for a theory of how deviants are produced and more specifically explains their production in a capitalistic society using Marxian theory. Traditional theories placed attention on the individual and ignored important aspects surrounding the subject like the political and social structure of that time‚ both are critical and contribute to the definition of deviancy

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    MSc in Security and Risk Management: Module 1- Crime and Crime Prevention 2767 Words No single theory when considered in isolation has the capacity to fully explain criminal behaviour in contemporary society. To what extent do you agree/disagree? INTRODUCTION The causes of criminal behaviour have been intensively researched over many decades but there is still considerable debate about what it is that makes a person

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    The meaning of crime A crime can be defined as any act or omission of duty that results in harm to society and which is punishable by the state. You should take particular note of the fact that a crime‚ by definition‚ harms society as a whole. For this reason‚ while not undermining the impact that crimes have on particular victims‚ crimes are prosecuted by the state‚ i.e. it is not the role of the victim to prosecute the person(s) committing the crime. Accordingly‚ criminal cases in Australia

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