Community Oriented Policing In spite of the fact that the United States still exceeds many other industrialized nations in overall crime and violent crime‚ it has been effective in decreasing its crime rate‚ particularly during the 1990s. While some coalitions have attributed this positive development to changes in socio-demographic trends and rigid enforcement approaches‚ one coalition highlights the success of the community-oriented policing and problem-oriented policing in eradicating the root
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A geopolitical community is the most traditional view of a community. It consists of a geographical community and a political community. It is geopolitical because a geographical boundary is usually what is followed when creating a political boundary. An example would be a river that separates two counties. In my community‚ the Cooper River separates Berkley county South Carolina and Dorchester county South Carolina. A phenomenological community shares the same mind-set in values‚ beliefs‚ interests
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Research Method Paper A Community Needs Assessment Research is conducted in a variety of different ways using different methods and methodologies. How these methods are used is imperative to how clear and accurate research will be. Community needs assessment is a research method used by many researchers that assists in finding gaps within a particular target group within a particular community. Throughout this paper I will discuss what a community needs assessment is and when and how it is
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the local community in your article? After reading this article I found the community to be affected drastically. Crime rates increased and people were angry so something had to be done. By deinstitutionalizing‚ we are not allowing the people who need the help to get it. In this case‚ a mentally ill patient was out unsupervised and set fire to downtown building. This fire resulting in two women killed and many angry residences in the community. Drastic changes needed to be made. Community viewpoint
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A discourse community is essentially a group of people that aggregate together at a time when their interest may meet. I’m a member of an immoderate number of discourse communities‚ as are others I’m sure. Interestingly‚ when I mull over what community I can say I find most attractive‚ there is almost no confusion on which community that is. Quite astonishing‚ really‚ since most would likely have multiple favorite discourse communities. It wasn’t until I thought deeply about this particular matter
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Ann M. Johns‚ a well-known linguist has studied the way communities communicate with each other and the specific ways they do so. In “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership‚ Conflict‚ and Diversity”‚ Johns defines communities of practice as something that “refers to genres and lexis‚ but especially to many practices and values that hold communities together or separate them from one another” (500). Communities of practice are groups of people who use distinct language‚ objectives
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574 in 2000. (Gorman‚ 20) Is the future of Franklin‚ Nebraska a steady decline with an end as a ghost town in the future? Franklin has a chance to reverse this trend with lots of community involvement‚ and by taking immediate action. There are many obstacles in the way of meeting the goal of making our small communities more livable and desirable. In the case of Franklin‚ there is a core group that has been in charge for many years and that is not easily convinced of the need to change. “Why change
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Running head: The Importance of Schools in a Community "The Importance of Schools in a Community" Community Development Executive Summary This case study will focus on the effects of a redistricting decision in Calvert County‚ Maryland. There were three possible plans that were being considered. The redistricting plans centered on the opening of a new elementary school in central Calvert County. The proposed plans would all have profound effects on three different schools and many neighborhoods
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a. What does community service/ volunteerism mean to you? I define volunteerism as the act of willingly and voluntarily doing things to help others when you get nothing tangible in return for efforts. This may be done for a number of reasons which should not include gaining publicity for the individual initiating the activity. It is humbling and rewarding to serve others. I believe one can benefit from volunteerism by growing their knowledge base about the activity in which they are participating
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The purpose of this essay is to connect a discourse community I am a part of and finding a genre that focus on reading and writing. Every human being is a part of discourse community. A discourse community for me is where I am working at. I have been part of this discourse community for three years now. I work at Valle Optical it is an eye care clinic. It is located in Southwest Detroit. I am an assistant. Being an assistant means having to assist patients with any questions they have in regards
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