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    Role of police in society

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    It is widely regarded that the police in any given society have a difficult job to fulfill. Dealing with criminals and placing themselves in harms way on a day to day basis is indeed‚ an admirable calling. Although seen as difficult‚ there is an underlying sentiment in the general public that the job of law enforcement officers is relatively strightforward. Simply put‚ their job is to arrest the "bad guys". This is true to a point‚ a large part of their job is to arrest these so called "bad guys"

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    Policing In American Society Paper Darlene Union CJ 214 April 11‚ 2011 Axia University of Phoenix Paul Frankenhauser Policing In American Society Paper The policing and the U. S. government organization relationship is one where the policing organization have rules and guidelines set by the government that they must always follow in order to run a well organize system. The governments have

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    Modern Policing

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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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    Aksiutina Eliza Taitelieva FYS # 15 Long essay #3 What is the role of moral education in modern society? Our life is a long process‚ which permanently changes and develops. Nowadays modern society lives in incredible rhythm‚ where the main purposes are earning money‚ earning money and earning money. Also purposes are to have a power too. It is not good for society in whole. Society consists of simple persons‚ who are a nature existence with emotions and feelings

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    What is the role of police in society? What would happen if the role of the police were lessened as it applies to the theory and practice of community policing? The role of the police is to protect the community. Policing is depicted as a way of crime control‚ policing refers to organized forms of order maintenance‚ peace keeping‚ rule or law enforcement‚ and crime investigation. Meaning the government is charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of a community‚ and that the department

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    Police History Policing

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    Police History Kenna Puckett CJA/214 October 20‚ 2014 Eric Crawford Police History Policing in the United States dates back to the 1800s‚ but the police of the modern world are much different from the first police that took patrol. The first patrols did not have cars or two-way radio communication‚ but they started off always evolving policing and law enforcement organizations. In our current time the government has a direct relationship with law enforcement which affects policing practices. Federal

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    Police departments do things differently from one another. Each of them have their own policing style. A policing style is a collection of the police department’s methods‚ routines‚ and processes (Jihong & Hassel‚ 2005). The department’s policing style serves as a reflection of the department’s culture and affects all aspects of police work in that community. In 1968‚ social and political scientist James Q. Wilson conducted a study on police departmental styles (Jihong & Hassel‚ 2005). He studied

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    What Is Policing?

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    WHAT IS POLICING? This essay will describe policing‚ and the role that is carried out by a number of professionals and ordinary people in our society. It will briefly illustrate how they help to control social order in the community. It will briefly describe the profession of the police‚ and that of community police‚ security guards‚ customs officers‚ and bouncers‚ and how they have helped‚ and continue to help reduce crime‚ and attempt to maintain order in our society today. Policing is

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    Police and Society

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    Question 3: To whom do the police account? To what extent do current arrangements enable the police properly to account to the community for their actions? 1. INTRODUCTION: The community demands accountability from the police. The community has conferred upon the police powers which are not conferred upon ordinary individuals in the community. In any democratic society based on the rule of law and responsible government‚ it is fundamental that police independence be balanced with accountability

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    Police and Society

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    Police and Society Quiz One: Police and Society Roberg (2005) argued that the history of policing can be traced all the way back in time to where the family enforced the norms and customs of conduct. The Roman then introduced a police force of twenty-four hour patrolling‚ and continued on to the development by the England on the emphasis of prevention. This method of prevention was then carried over to America and has exceeded by far. Today we have our police departments that were based off of

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