Police Tactical Unit

factors that affect crime and incarceration rates. A main one is policing. This is because police officers play and important role in crime control and correctional population.4 A report by the Brennan Center was done to try to fill in the gap in research on the affect policing has on crime. In the 1990s, there were innovations in the way policing was done. Those innovations include “increases in the number of police officers on the street; community, problem-solving, and ‘zero-tolerance’…

The book “Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work” was written by Paul Babiak and Robert Hare. When writing this book, both Babiak and Hare tried to give us the tools in helping us as readers to be able to discover psychopaths in the work place. As we as readers, read this book, we notice that Babiak and Hare also give us some guidelines and tips to helping us defend ourselves against psychopaths as well. This book gives detailed descriptions of a psychopath’s attitude, skills, and quirks…

Hirschi’s Social Bonding Theory links the beginning of criminal behavior to ties that bind people to society which have been weakened. Hirschi assumes that all individuals have the potential for committing crime, but most do not for fear of damaging close relationships. Those who have strong bonds are less likely to commit crime, while those with weak social bonds are more prone to criminal activity. Hirschi believes that the social bonds a person has with their society consists of four…

Differential Association Theory The complexities of the American society over the years have paved the way for social problems like crime and violence in the country. Theories within criminology attempt to expound why and how crime happens. This is done through evaluating various facts that are connected to the individual’s criminal behavior and the crimes they commit. The Differential Association Theory is one of the theories that explain crime in the field of criminology. In the modern…

Chapter Four, Show Trial, of Amy Bach’s Ordinary Injustice depicts a case of wrongful conviction that occurred over twenty years ago. Michael Evans and Paul Terry, both ages seventeen, had been charged with raping and murdering nine-year-old Lisa Cabassa. The crime occurred the evening of January 14, 1976, when Lisa and her eleven year old brother Ricky were walking to a friend’s house and got separated. Later when Ricky returned home he and his family realized Lisa never made it home. The only…

The article, ‘Tactical Balancing: High Court Decision Making on Politically Crucial Cases,’ by Diana Kapiszewski, talks about 7 different approaches which judges use when deciding a case. One of these approaches is the Justices’ ideology. For this approach, whoever the Justice prefers for the policy and whichever side they fall on in the ideological spectrum will determine which side the Justice will lean towards in their decision making. The second tactical approach which Justices use…

Crime anticipation and tackling with criminal behaviour are duties of the police service, depending on the category of crime targeted by the police service that particular crime seems to decrease .The security in protecting goods, houses and cars have increased dramatically in the 20th century. Assembling it more challenging to be victims of crime by maintaining…

In an article published in the Social Problem on February 1, 1975, Charles Wellford tackles the main usage of labeling theory based off the criminal law- violating behavior. Wellford addressed the nine assumptions developed by Schrag (1971) that distinguish labeling theory from other theoretical theory in hope to eliminate the validity of this theory for the criminology. The nine assumptions are: 1) no act is initial criminal, 2) the definition of criminal depended on powerful side, 4) people…

Kidnapping is simple; pick a target, abduct them, threatened their family for ransom, and then trade the target for the ransom. However, kidnapping the wrong person can be a big mistake. In the short story, “The Ransom of Red Chief”, by O. Henry, Sam and Bill, two small time criminals, kidnap a ten-year-old named Johnny Dorset. They intend to ransom him off, but Sam and Bill are unaware of the ten-year-old’s rowdy behavior. Johnny’s tortuous games compel Sam and Bill to create a plan to return…

enforcement are unionized. Like ordinary unions, police unions involve coordinated attempts to seek policies and practices that uphold police officers’ best interests. However, Veatch (2008) also posit that collective bargaining is used to influence policymaking in police work, such as when group leaders meet to discuss the implications of new technology like body cameras. Simply put, any major policy change that results in a noteworthy modification to police officers’ livelihood on or off the…