Introduction
This chapter will examine pertinent literature that is associated with the problems addressed in this thesis. In chapter one, a brief synopsis was outlined regarding how Asian communities viewed law enforcement, and the various types of barriers that has created challenges to recruit Asian-American applicants. As the population of Asians continue to grow in the United States, there has been a greater demand for law enforcement agencies to create police-community rapport with the Asian community. With a larger population of Asian-Americans across the United States, more challenges are placed on police departments to recruit qualified Asian-American officers to mirror the Asian community. The philosophy of community-oriented policing …show more content…
The lack of trust and confidence between Asian immigrants and law enforcement is one of several reasons why U.S police department struggle to recruit qualified Asian-American officers. Vietnam for instance, has deep cultural roots in Confucianism, and its political philosophy system has affected society by ways of corruption and nepotism (Warner, 2013). Around the year 200 BC to 100 AD, a powerful Chinese dynasty called the “Han”, had invaded the Northern coastal region of Vietnam and eventually ruled the entire country for more than 1,000 years (Ray et al., 2010). The Han Dynasty implemented their belief system known as Confucianism in Vietnam, and it was a system of ethics based on the teachings of a Chinese philosopher name Confucius. According to Alpha History (2015), “Confucianism was not a religion per se, but stressed morality, self-discipline, loyalty, obedience to one’s elders and superiors, as well as humaneness and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others” (p. 2). The theory behind Confucianism was to obtain …show more content…
They were concerned how they would assimilate into mainstream America, after having to experience the horrors of war and police corruption back in Vietnam (Cao, 2011). The United States has always been a nation of immigrants ever since the early days of European settlers. Immigration has transformed America with diversified cultures, ideologies, and religions. The settling immigrant population has occurred during four peak periods and they are as follows: (1) the people of the original colonies; (2) westward expansion during the middle of the 19th century; (3) the rise of cities at the turn of the 20th century; (4) the early 1970s and into our current time (Hipsman & Meissner, 2013). Due to mass immigrations that have occurred in the United States, immigration policies were implemented to “Confer a benefit upon a small number of citizens and permanent resident aliens within the U.S. U.S immigration policies also has the ability to bring family members abroad into residency and U.S. citizenship” (Feere, 2010, p. 12). Asian immigrants not only have to assimilate into mainstream American culture, but they must also acknowledge various federal, state, and local laws which they are not fully accustomed
This chapter will examine pertinent literature that is associated with the problems addressed in this thesis. In chapter one, a brief synopsis was outlined regarding how Asian communities viewed law enforcement, and the various types of barriers that has created challenges to recruit Asian-American applicants. As the population of Asians continue to grow in the United States, there has been a greater demand for law enforcement agencies to create police-community rapport with the Asian community. With a larger population of Asian-Americans across the United States, more challenges are placed on police departments to recruit qualified Asian-American officers to mirror the Asian community. The philosophy of community-oriented policing …show more content…
The lack of trust and confidence between Asian immigrants and law enforcement is one of several reasons why U.S police department struggle to recruit qualified Asian-American officers. Vietnam for instance, has deep cultural roots in Confucianism, and its political philosophy system has affected society by ways of corruption and nepotism (Warner, 2013). Around the year 200 BC to 100 AD, a powerful Chinese dynasty called the “Han”, had invaded the Northern coastal region of Vietnam and eventually ruled the entire country for more than 1,000 years (Ray et al., 2010). The Han Dynasty implemented their belief system known as Confucianism in Vietnam, and it was a system of ethics based on the teachings of a Chinese philosopher name Confucius. According to Alpha History (2015), “Confucianism was not a religion per se, but stressed morality, self-discipline, loyalty, obedience to one’s elders and superiors, as well as humaneness and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others” (p. 2). The theory behind Confucianism was to obtain …show more content…
They were concerned how they would assimilate into mainstream America, after having to experience the horrors of war and police corruption back in Vietnam (Cao, 2011). The United States has always been a nation of immigrants ever since the early days of European settlers. Immigration has transformed America with diversified cultures, ideologies, and religions. The settling immigrant population has occurred during four peak periods and they are as follows: (1) the people of the original colonies; (2) westward expansion during the middle of the 19th century; (3) the rise of cities at the turn of the 20th century; (4) the early 1970s and into our current time (Hipsman & Meissner, 2013). Due to mass immigrations that have occurred in the United States, immigration policies were implemented to “Confer a benefit upon a small number of citizens and permanent resident aliens within the U.S. U.S immigration policies also has the ability to bring family members abroad into residency and U.S. citizenship” (Feere, 2010, p. 12). Asian immigrants not only have to assimilate into mainstream American culture, but they must also acknowledge various federal, state, and local laws which they are not fully accustomed