Unit 12 P5 – identify the approaches used by public services to reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour. M3: analyze how the strategies used by the local community public services, work to reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour D2: Evaluate a local public service initiative designed to address crime and its impact on the community The purpose of my research is to provide an overview of existing knowledge about how public services and third sector organisations reduce crime and support witness, victims of crime. Once I’ve achieved the aim from above, then I will give indications of effectiveness. Firstly, I will recognize the methodologies used by public services to counter crime and disorder. Then, I will state how the public services and third sector organisation support the victims and witnesses.
Community Policing. The broken windows theory emphasized the role of police in improving the capacity of communities. The policing efforts goal was to develop partnerships between police and residents in distressed neighborhoods in an effort to prevent crime and promote early detection of minor offenses. Neighborhoods became safer to prevent any other serious crimes from happening. Page 2 II – The Pros and Cons of the Broken Window Theory.
CompStat which is short for Computer Comparison Statistics, is used in the Law Enforcement field because “it is an innovative business management process, system, and strategic methodology that assists an organization in achieving its mission and goals.” (Godown, J., 2013.) The CompStat is important to the management principles of Law Enforcement because it is transferrable, compatable, and it is replicable. Law Enforcement agencies use this method as a crime control process which in turns create reoccurring meetings that happens on a regular bases and where an assessment is performed to look for areas that can use improvement. This method is so equipped and versitale that it can also analyze the numbers of crimes and their locations as well as the amount of arrests and suspects that have been apprehended. It also gives you a list of the victims that the crimes happened to, it provides the days and times in which the criminal activities occurred.
The telephone made life easier for people to be able to call the police instead of going to find the police to report a crime. This also made it quicker for the police to respond to a crime and it was also used to let the office know that they were on their beat. The two way radio was ver useful to an officer which helped his respond time also. Fingerprints was a very helpful to investigations and when the finger prints where put into a data base it not only helped officers in the crime they committed but it helped the investigator in a different state to identify same person that committed the crime there too. Crime labs where developed so that they could note all of the evidence and what the evidence curtails.
If there is no one out there preventing crimes from occurring, people are more prone to be injured. the next form of policing is problem solving policing. This types main focus is preventing crimes from occurring in the first place. During the process police analyze the crimes. This helps them find patterns on how certain crimes are committed.
I am going to analyse the implications of two pieces of crime and disorder legislation. The police reform act 2002 is supporting legislation which was brought out to focus on the police force improving the main parts of the act are: to continue the reduction of crime, to tackle persistence offenders more effectively, to improve detection and conviction rates, to tackle anti social behaviour, to reduce the fear of crime, to provide
Criminal Profiling August 13, 2012 CJ230 Police operations and Administration Criminal Profiling Criminal profiling defines as the investigation of a crime with the hope of identifying the responsible party, based on crime scene analysis, investigative psychology and behavioral evidence analysis. Many claim that criminal profiling is a science or an art. Criminal profiling’s use helps law enforcement make positive evaluations. Behavioral scientists and criminologists use the criminal profiling technique to examine criminal behavior. In the future criminal profiling will go further to help investigations and help in the predictions for future actions of criminals.
He began shifting the Department’s strategy from a reactive, efforts-based approach to a proactive, results-based approach. He focused on preventing crime before it began by sending more officers out on patrol rather than having officers sit in offices waiting to respond to 911 calls. He followed the “broken windows” theory and his police force went after “quality of life” misdemeanors with the belief that enforcing such misdemeanors would lead to a reduction in more serious crimes as well. In addition to pushing officers to be more proactive in the fight against crime, he introduced new performance measures that monitored managers’ plans for action and such action’s results. Prior to these measures, and in other police organizations across the country, work had been gauged in terms of effort (e.g., how many 911 calls were answered).
(2) Police can become more responsive to the citizens they protect and serve. Crime rates would be reduced. (3) Local municipalities could incur cost savings by reducing the number of police officers on staff. (4) Local communities and neighborhoods less served by police could begin to receive better support (i.e. greater response times, stronger police presence through more frequent drive-through and armed foot patrols in neighborhoods, etc.).
Policing Functions Paper Name Class Date Professor Policing Functions Paper The law enforcement officer plays an extremely important role in society by ensuring that functions in society run smoothly and criminal offenders that cause disruptions through committing what has been deemed a crime are apprehended and made to pay for their offenses. One function of the police officer is to provide security form members of the community and investigate crimes that occur while another is to develop processes or programs in society that will aid in preventing crime and ensure the safety of members of the community through effective and proactive responses to crime problems. The police officers role is to prevent and control conduct widely recognized as threatening to life and property and aid individuals who are in danger of physical harm (Stevens, 2005). Law enforcement responds to crime incidents as well as accidents and other public safety incidents that occur in society. They provide aid to members of the community in need and identify potential crime problems in society as well as establishing relationships and bonds with community members to ensure their cooperation in crime situations and to develop joint solutions to potential crime issues.