Prevention

George Kelling and Mark Moore (2002) argue that American police agencies entered a new “community era” of policing over twenty years ago. Constant changes to the way police operate has been a constant theme from the beginning of policing history. Kelling and Moore (2002) examine the progression of police strategies in detail dividing them into three distinct eras: the political era, the reform era, and the community era. The community era emerged around the same time James Wilson and George…

Communities are also affected by the extent of stress involved with its law enforcement agency’s officers. Negative stress on police officer’s can be very destructive within a community-oriented policing program. Studies have shown officers’ have subjected themselves to drinking alcoholic beverages as well as using or abusing controlled substances or prescription drugs while in the performance of their duties. Officers’ substance abuse negatively affects their communities in that they are…

Substance use control systems are intended at protecting the health of communities from detriment caused by the non-medical use of illicit drugs while maintaining the availability of those substances for therapeutic and scientific initiatives; drug use prevention encompasses any action focused on preventing or delaying the initiation of substance use and the potential transition to problem drug use. Dissuasion of Drug misuse is one of the crucial provisions of international drug control methods.…

employment discrimination so they make sure that their primary goal is to strengthen and expand the employment rights as well as economic security of victims of a gender-based violence (legalmomentum.org. n.d.). Another advocacy is the Family Violence Prevention and Service Act (FVPSA) which provides the main federal funding to help victims of domestic violence and their dependents (such as children) (womenshealth.gov. n.d.). Therefore, any programs funded through FVPSA provides shelter as well…

Prevention strategies that violate civil rights undermine trust, or compromise police legitimacy, intentional or not, are counterproductive (The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, 2015). Reinforcing community engagement for collaboration on crime prevention strategies is an important part of the processes put in place to decrease criminal activity. Community leaders and…

What is Community Policing, also referred to as Community Oriented Policing? Wikipedia describes it as “a type of strategy that focuses on police building ties and working closely with members of the community.” This type of policing was established in 1994 by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. This Act promoted community policing and was a cornerstone of the Clinton Administration. The positive effects of this type of policing have been very positive throughout the years and…

Addiction is medically defined as a chronic brain disease in which an individual compulsively uses drugs, often times leading to health problems, as well as self-destructive and harmful behaviors (“The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction,” n.d.). Drug addiction is considered a brain disease because these substances can cause changes to the brain’s normal structure and functioning of neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers. Drugs like marijuana and heroin mimic the structure of these…

structured but there should be a strong system with clear/strict punishments, adult training, and more involvement between adults and their students because their opinion is the one that matters. All of these factors are included in the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, which has been a huge success so hopefully it will become more popular in schools. Ron Banks also discusses in his article, “Bullying in Schools” that a program should include, “ A parental awareness campaign can be conducted…

enforcers continue to evolve with new tactics that the thieves are displayed and now terrorist’s .High power such as the president must protect him or herself from terrorist hacking into their account and raiding their identity. Although identity theft prevention is highly needed in case of fraud, we just consider a main cost associated with.Hence, The amount…

In America we are currently faced with a crisis. A crisis that must be solved in order to save the lives of both police officers and civilians. The bigger issue at hand is to find a solution to crime. Community policing is an organized system that would be carried out by local police departments to allocate officers to certain areas. The purpose of this system is to get the police officers that are assigned to the area, familiar with the people who live there. Community policing is not new as a…