Running Head: Women in Policing Women in Policing Derrick Jones University of Phoenix Women in Policing Law enforcement is one of the oldest professions in this country. Law enforcement is a profession that has been primarily dominated by men since its inception more than one hundred years ago. This paper will discuss in detail the emergence of women in the profession of law enforcement. The author will discuss some of the contemporary issues that face women in the performance of their
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History of Policing During the late 1700s and early 1800s‚ a breakdown in social control led to disorder‚ crime‚ riots‚ and public health issues in England. The 1780 Gordon riots brought a 50-year debate on how to provide better public safety. One man fighting to improve law enforcement was the home secretary‚ Sir Robert Peel. In 1822‚ Peel’s first task as home secretary was to meet the demands of Parliament for a reform of the criminal laws. During this time of rising crime statistics‚ Peel
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A breakdown of the responsibilities shows that the UK cybercrime policing in 2010 involves services run by both state policing and partner agencies. Cases of fraud and related forms of cybercrime such as identity theft are reported to the new action fraud reporting centre was established in late 2009 in conjunction with the National Fraud Authority; both are policing agencies. Cases involving obscene images and racial abuse are forwarded to The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) an independent organisation
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Community policing goes hand in hand with community service and public relations. Although they share a lot of the same concerns and ideas‚ community policing focuses more on the organizational‚ strategic‚ and tactical side of things (Cordner‚ 1996). According to Gary Cordner‚ community policing is a philosophy that uses organizational strategies which help in supporting problem-solving techniques and also address concerns in public safety issues‚ for example‚ crime‚ social disorder
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Ajs502 Community Policing Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy October 22‚ 2012 A police officer’s duty is to keep the peace‚ maintain order‚ and solve problems within the community. Their role as officers is selfless and demanding. Duties of a police officer include patrol‚ answering calls‚ conducting interviews‚ investigations‚ traffic‚ make arrests‚ and report writing. Each officer is sworn to serve and protect a national average of 1‚000 citizens per officer (Barnard‚ 2008). In big cities
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the community; however there is barrier standing between them. The police have been coming with strategies focusing on breaking these barriers that began during the reform era. A rebirth of community policing was established in the 1980’s to reconnect the police and the public. Community policing is best defined as a philosophy and a strategy which promotes community engagement‚ participation‚ and problem solving. It’s based on the assumption that the community and the police are one entity. The
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Community policing is a method of enforcing the law and philosophy based on the perception that collaboration and support of the society and police can help reduce crime‚ the fear of crime and to alleviate the social problems that lead to crime and. The members of the community help to identify suspects‚ to restrain offenders‚ report crimes to police and to address the social problems that lead to increase in the crime rates in the first place. Community policing advocates for organizational strategies
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Minorities and Policing 1 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated Dorothy J. Fells Criminal Justice 131 C. Thompson December 6‚ 2001 Minorities and Policing 2 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated If we look at the past‚ we can see that there is no warm tradition of community cooperation between the African-American community and law enforcement. Minorities and Policing is an important topic because it deals with issues pertaining to how minorities are
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In the early 1800s to1980s‚ patrolling and investigating were the traditional methods that the police force were using to implement crime fighting. Uniformed police officers would patrol the streets to prevent crimes that were in progress and to catch criminals. However‚ researches since the 1960s has shown the limits of both patrolling and investigating for reducing crimes. This method did not show any effectiveness on crime preventions and reducing criminal activities. Police patrolling still
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Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson notes in his article “Predictive Policing And Reasonable Suspicion‚” that law enforcement must acquire either “probable cause” to search or “reasonable suspicion” to seize an individual. He argues‚ “Because predictive policing does not provide personal knowledge about an ongoing crime‚ or particularized identification of the suspect involved‚ it cannot support the weight of reasonable
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