The criminal justice system has changed as a whole. In today’s world, the focus is more on the protection and equality of it’s citizens. According to America's System Of Criminal Justice (1967), [Any criminal justice system is an apparatus society uses to enforce the standards of conduct necessary to protect individuals and the community. It operates by apprehending, prosecuting, convicting, and sentencing those members of the community who violate the basic rules of group existence. The action taken against lawbreakers is designed to serve three purposes beyond the immediately punitive one.
The people of Manchester understood this and knew that if they did not take action their city would not make it under these circumstances. The community began to attempt to solve problems themselves and teamed with law enforcement officials to make this happen. In this paper an attempt will be made to delve briefly into the efforts of the community as they teamed with local law enforcement to create an initiative that was successful as the community attempted to solve their problem. The drug problem in Manchester had grown to the point where each person that was individually met had someone in his or her family or knew someone close that was addicted. Crime was up, petty crimes of theft and simple assaults were up, crimes of murder had risen, and the city was desperate.
Police Organizational Theories The major organizational theories associated with policing would be: the contingency theory, the institutional theory, and the resource dependency theory. Each theory has certain merits and downfalls, and determining which is best is dependent upon each individual jurisdiction. The Institutional theory is best described as Community Oriented Policing, or COP as it is more commonly known. (Crank, 2003) COP is a theory of policing where the main idea is that police agencies operate in relation to their community’s social and political environments. Essentially, the police will base their use of assets in a manner to reduce crime by building ties within the community and having a presence in neighborhoods.
“Professional Courtesy in Policing" Ethics, or moral conduct, are of major importance in the Criminal Justice Field. If the police force condoned unethical behavior, there would be very little, if any, justice being served. But what is unethical behavior and how do we judge moral conduct? Just as we all see this world through different eyes, we come to decisions through different life experiences. Due to the uniquely stressful work environment, Law Enforcement have created an occupational subculture with its own informal code of ethics.
1. In a Community Oriented Policing environment, it is important for officers engage in community building. Explain the elements of community organizing and various obstacles police may face in attempting to do so. (Thurman & McGarrell, pages 96 – 101) Thurman and McGarrell explain that community organizing is planned attempts to alter neighborhood interactional patterns in order to make communities stronger and to solve community problems. One of the elements of community organizing is the locality development, which is known as an attempt to create new, problem-solving people such as board committees and councils within that community.
The overall purpose and meaning of this article is to send the message that police officers can play a unique part in disrupting the disorder process. If police officers focus on less serious crime and disorder of a neighborhood then serious crimes like felonies will not be able to surface as much. This is because the community will participate more and become more social, and they will develop their own set of rules. A main section of this article that I want to point out is the idea that foot patrol decreases crime rate. In the article it states that police officers didn’t like the idea of foot patrol too much but because they did it relationships with the community was formed and people were less afraid to go outside.
If someone has been in a lot of trouble with the law, they probably aren’t going to have very many good things to say about police officers. Where as if somebody is related to or close to a police officer, they might have a better perception. Police-community relations are very important for the police and for the community. The community needs to be able to trust the police and vice-versa. If an individual has a bad experience with a cop, they are going to tell everybody they know and therefore those people might form negative perceptions based off of that.
Tommy Ly 10/13/11 Module Six Class Debate Community Oriented Policing (COP) versus Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Community-Oriented Policing Community-Oriented Policing grew out of public dissatisfaction with police forces that were perceived as “occupying armies” rather than public servants—and with police concerns about increasing calls for service. The idea behind COP is that if police departments can work with other agencies and community groups to address underlying problems, the quality of life for citizens will improve, and police calls for service will decline. Policing under the COP model is multi-dimensional and proactive, depending heavily on officers' abilities to took at situations from a “big-picture” perspective and to problem-solve creatively. The COP approach means that officers use a range of skills: social work, negotiation, grass-roots organizing, planning, and others. Citizens get to know officers as human beings, not just “robo-cops” in blue.
When the group with the most power changes, the acts that are considered to be criminal change. Society is affected by the concept of the “choice theory” because it needs to figure out what punishment fits the crime to keep other criminals from committing the same crimes. Society need to make this laws to have control over law and order within their societies. It allows them away to keep law abiding citizens saver in their own
The transcription of information by law enforcement officers is a new popular trend. This type of transcription helps officers to keep their notes straight and can be referenced fairly easily by the officer when working a case. The future of law enforcement is going to continue to change with the technology. Budgetary and managerial aspects of the law enforcement community and the rest of the criminal justice community will continue to be an issue. This is an issue that will most likely not change in the future of the criminal justice