The Development of Policing Taneka Lewis AJS/502 Timothy Cariker April 7, 2014 The Development of Policing Policing has been a major part of society for decades. Men and women across the United States risk their lives to ensure that people they know and do not know remain safe. The police and their place in government is a vital key in society. Our modern day law enforcement has continued to change as the demand for more peace rises. Thanks to a man named Sir Robert Peel we have today what is known as police departments, police officers, and police uniforms.
Some argue that the police’s most defining feature is their capacity to use coercive force (Katz & Walker, 2008). Force may become physical, as well as the power to arrest, and the use deadly force. It is important to keep in mind that there are laws set in place to limit the amount of force an officer uses. Such laws have allowed for better policing practices and an improved police/community relationship. Although police use of excessive force still arises from time to time, the number of incidents has dropped dramatically over the years.
The use of less-lethal weapons decreases the percentage of injuries obtained by officers and offenders alike. During the mid 19th century, law enforcement officers used wooden clubs, better known as batons, to control aggressive behavior and individuals who were out of control. The use of firearms came into the picture during the 1800's. Firearms were distributed to the officers as a response to the growing number of armed criminals. Today's law enforcement agencies have begun to become more proactive with less-lethal tactics and weapons to help combat criminal activity and lower the dangers for both the officers and offenders.
I think this book will help in letting us know what is to be expected of law enforcement agencies, and how they think. Intimate Warfare: Regarding the Fragility of Family Relations. By Justine Van Lawick, (2009) APA citation on previous page. This book shows us that family relations is not always a safe place as we hope that it would be, this book studies violence in the domestic circle which conjures up a lot of questions. People within family relationships are likely to be threatened, humiliated, smacked, raped or murdered.
A number of researchers have argued that many crime problems can be addressed more efficiently if police officers focus their attention on these deviant places. The appeal of focusing limited resources on a small number of high-activity crime places is straightforward. If crime can be prevented at these problem places, then police will be well positioned to lower citywide crime rates. In Policing Problem Places, Anthony Braga and David Weisburd make the case that hot spots policing is an effective approach to crime prevention that should be engaged by police departments in the United States and other countries. There is a strong and growing body of rigorous scientific evidence that the police can control crime hot spots without simply displacing crime problems to other places.
Police officers differ from civilians and neighborhood watch members in many ways, though notably in the areas of equipment carried and training. This additional equipment and training give police officers more authority and responsibilities than civilians. Since the police handle community safety as a part of their jobs, civilians should defer to them in all areas of community policing. Civilians and members of the neighborhood watch or volunteer policing agencies may not have the equipment or training that police officers have, but they can still assist law enforcement officials in many ways. The most powerful thing an individual can do to help prevent crime is to be aware of their surroundings and to know what to do in certain situations.
The checkpoints have probably saved thousands of lives and this would not be possible if the police could only check for intoxication after someone has violated the law. When I go through checkpoints, I often see people being arrested and wonder if they would have been caught without the checkpoint. Miranda v. Arizona, Mapp v. Ohio, and Michigan State Police v. Sitz all have, in my opinion, a substantial impact on policing. Following the rules after the Miranda v. Arizona and Mapp v. Ohio rulings can ensure the individual’s rights are protected as well as not leaving any loopholes open for appeal. To me these rulings “seal the deal” for the suspect (defendant) when adhered to correctly.
However, changes have been made to correct the issue and results have been promising. The criminal justice system has implemented community corrections and began educating and providing rehabilitation services to inmates. This has reduce overcrowded prisons because of the alternative punishments to incarceration. It has also reduced recidivism rates by giving inmates the necessary skills to become productive law abiding
In my county we have a lot of sexual offenders and the county is not that big we need to get a hand on this and let them know we won’t allow them to hurt another child or adult. In conclusion we have discussed community correction and how it affects society. We have also talked about my hypothesis about community corrections and its effectiveness in the criminal justice system. We talked about foreign countries and their prison systems along with the United States system. I think that Community Corrections is a wonderful opportunity for individuals to get a new start at life and should continue to help offenders in the
Firearms control and Gun control standoff The debate of Firearm control is highly argued among American citizens. The article “Firearms control” by Helen Shaffer and the article “Gun control standoff” by Kenneth Jost question and debate the legal possession of a Firearm. They attempt to bring up the abuse of firearms, the ease availability of firearms, and lax licensing to be the main cause of crime and violence. The first article “firearms control” takes an emotional approach followed by proven information to prove the point that firearm ownership has clearly been abused, or limitations on the ability to purchase and carry firearms, effectively counter violence. Shaffer begins by stating that “outbreaks of juvenile violence in American