Law enforcement terminology

Van Maanen, J. (1978) explains how police label citizens in public in various scripted ways. The first and worse label is the “assholes”, next is the “suspicious person”, and last is the “know nothings”. The police in their culture and occupation view these individuals much different and this can have a high cost associated with it. The assholes get treated the worst and are likely to become victims of physical street justice. The know nothings are the least likely to receive street justice.…

From the political spectrum to portrayal of the law enforcement in mass media, race and ethnicity are prominent in a number of cases. In the movie End of Watch, the examples of race and ethnicity issues between the law enforcement and the citizen are presented. In End of Watch, a variety of segments from the movie involving law enforcement dispute develop the themes of ethnicity and race, and their relation to police deviance, social disorganization , and immigration and police. End of Watch…

Have you ever wonder what it takes to be a police officer or the sacrifice they have to put with everyday of their lives. Being a police officer is not easy its difficult job to put up with. Police officers have to work long hours, writing reports, and dealing with different people everyday. It’s a job that many can’t do. In this interview was able to ask some questions with local police officer and get his view and life as a police officer. Everyone has their reason for what they want to be in…

and school teachers.” (Goff p.162) The police services rely on the community to not only make themselves successful, but also to help make the community a safer place for people to live, and/or work. The main goal of Community Policing is not to stop law breaking, but to make sure that there is no fear in the community so that the residents feel safe, and know nothing bad will happen. But, it is to also get the community involved with one another. One of the goals that Community policing would…

Reentry programs have been developed to assist the offender with a successful transition from prison to the community. Prisoner reentry has become a major topic as communities are seeing a greater number of prisoners released each year. In 2008, 683,106 inmates were released from state and federal prisons which is a 20 percent increase in the number of inmates released in 2000 (Wikoff, Linhorst, & Morani, 2012, p. 289). In 1999, Attorney General Janet Reno asked criminal justice officials to…

Emergency standby seems to be problematic for policing, because citizens believe they should be utilizing the downtime to proactively patrol neighborhoods for crime. Citizens like to see high police visibility. Emergency standby mode is simply not seen as a core function for police officers. Unlike other first responders, the police core function isn’t to primarily be in emergency standby mode. They must be patrolling and responding to calls-for-service, according to citizens demands. Police…

The challenge ascertaining whether there is a solution to the apparent lack of empathy between police departments and minority groups, so often exaggerated by the media, and my career with Burke’s Law interviewing and investigating both the police and minorities easily lead me to selecting: B. Insufficient empathy between police and minority groups in the United States. How to increase empathy between police and minority groups in the United States. My beginning research started with the United…

Introduction. The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, is located 40 miles West of Boston, with a population of 181,045 residents, making it the second most populated city in New England. Worcester is also home to over nine colleges and universities that is world-renowned for research and development in biotechnology and the life sciences. The city prides it to be a smart city with vibrant cultures, and educational institutions such as, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester…

A group of masters candidates from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy compiled this report for their client, the SAFE Center, an anti-trafficking organization located in College Park, Maryland. The SAFE Center provides direct services to trafficking survivors (regarding legal, medical, mental health, and economic empowerment), engages in research to improve those services, and advocates justice for survivors. This report contains an in-depth explanation of trauma,…

not having to call the police to force that person out the mall. Sometimes that isn’t the case as mall cops have the right to arrest people and even carry an armed weapon which is legal in some states. People don’t think highly of mall cops as law enforcement but with the right to arrest and carry a weapon you can beg to differ. Mall cops should be better understood for these reasons listed above for they are misunderstood…