Bec Beck's Journal Of Community Practice: Engaging The Community

The corrections system has gone through the medical model, the community model, and the crime control model over the last century. In the late eighteen hundreds, the belief that incarceration itself did not reduce crime was emerging. Community based sanctions, like probation and parole, were thought to be great additions and that they would work well in conjunction with incarceration. (Wodahl, 8) Between

Policing is a very difficult, complex and dynamic field of endeavor that is always evolves as hard lessons teach us what we need to know about what works and what don’t work. There are three different Era’s in America’s policing: The Political Era, The Reform Era, and The Community Problem Solving Era. A lot has changed in the way that policing works over the years in the United States.

In cities and towns across the country, tragic deaths of citizens in confrontations with police have have spiked a wave of distrust for law enforcement. The bad perception for law enforcement is unfair to the officer’s who are dedicated, and mean well in their duties, yet unfortunately, it has created tension between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Due to the recent deaths and confrontations, reform proposals and new policies have been a national conversation to implement new initiatives to strengthen the bonds between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve. Although, confrontations between law enforcement and citizens in the community have spiked, the concept of community policing is not new. Throughout the years the philosophy of community policing has been to

Today in the United States, society is faced with various types of social issues like the homeless, and police violence. As the United states continues to grow larger in population, so does the number of citizens who that will be without a home. The United States has always been known as, “The Land of the Free,” but larger populations make crowded cities a haven for crime and police violence. The homeless and police violence tends to share similarities in some of the different aspects of both social issues surrounding them. The homeless and police sometimes can set fear in citizens, they both happen to hover mainly in the inner cities, differences are that while the homeless may be suffering at young ages from disease, the police are dealing with complex racial tension that with proper training can lead to a successful relation with society.

Every civilization in history has had rules, and citizens who break them. To this day governments struggle to figure out the best way to deal with their criminals in ways that help both society and those that commit the crimes. Imprisonment has historically been the popular solution. However, there are many instances in which people are sent to prison that would be better served for community service, rehab, or some other form of punishment. Prison affects more than just the prisoner; the families, friends, employers, and communities of the incarcerated also pay a price. Prison as a punishment has its pros and cons; although it may be necessary for some, it can be harmful for those who would be better suited for alternative means

Which way is the right way to go? It is a phrase that is easily asked but rarely easily answered. In today’s day and age, police departments are often pondering that very same question. In this paper I will explain why some have chosen the path of partnership and taken up the method “Community Policing.” Conversely, I will explain why others have chosen a “broken windows” style approach to end societal disorder and crime. Lastly, I will try convince you which method will be more reliable

Society has developed a series of programs meant to assist individuals in being able to successfully integrate and re-integrate the social order. Through being subjected to such programs criminals and potential criminals gain a better understanding of their role in society and of the fact that they need to adopt a lawful attitude in order to experience positive results in life. The fact that they are encouraged to get actively involved in social activities influences individuals in adopting lifestyles that are in accordance with the law. This basically means that potential criminals are unlikely to engage in criminal acts as long as their needs are met and as long as someone provides them with constructive activities that take up most of their time.

In this paper, we will be discussing how community corrections affect society. In addition, we will examine my hypothesis about community corrections and their overall effectiveness in the correctional system. Furthermore, we will describe prison systems in foreign countries, as well as how other nations view and practice imprisonment. Moreover, we will discuss what might happen with the United States prison systems if we adopted another country’s prison system. Finally, I will give my thoughts and recommendations on the type of community corrections to implement in my community.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and discuss the three different policing strategies known as, broken windows, zero tolerance, and problem oriented policing. Each of these strategies have both their pros and cons throughout this paper I will be describing each of these strategies along with discussing a few articles in relation to these strategies. In light of the recent tension between law enforcement and the community, specifically minorities ill also be discussing how these strategies have either helped or hurt communities.

There is clearly a need to reduce violence in the minority communities; however, getting to the root cause of these crimes can be challenging. Having a department that is reflective of the community they serve is important, but not the panacea. The community policing philosophy that engages the broad spectrum of community provides the basic foundation for police-community engagement; however, for a diverse community such as Queens, law enforcement must break down the bulwark with tailored solutions. First, the community must be separated by cultures and languages. Second, each group must have an advisory board consist of community members and leaders. Finally, law enforcement must engage each of these communities with the same message and effort in their outreach attempts. This is referred to as individualization of community policing. By empowering each community to have an equal voice without being over shadow by larger, more vocal communities, NYPD will be able to identify the root cause of issues that has pervaded the

Police subculture – The effect on community policing – William Courtice Relationships between employer and employee can arguably have significant impact on the outcome of corporate goals and initiatives (Rousseau, Ho & Greenberg, 2006). The dynamics of the relationship between police services and police officers are similar to civilian corporations; therefore the outcome of police initiatives are impacted both positively and negatively by that relationship. For the past 30 years, a shift from traditional styles of policing to a community-oriented style of policing has been occurring (Liederbach, Fritsch, Carter & Bannister, 2008, p.272); however, according to Chappell (2007) an underlying resistance to change has existed through a subculture

Some analysts have claimed that situational crime prevention has been the fastest-growing worldwide, yet much of this programming has been carried out without knowledge of its scientific foundation. Situational crime prevention has developed equal opportunity reduction and many such programs have been crafted on the basis of experts’ own judgment and experiences. Lack of knowledge with scientific research substances situational crime prevention has resulted in some inadequately thought out initiatives, which have been widely criticized (https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publicaions/abstract.aspx?ID=235583).

The way that client fulfillment has ended up such an imperative piece of business and modern settings may be mostly the purpose behind this development in government and police administrations. Klockars (1988) alluded to the "talk" of community policing and contended that in spite of the fact that we all desire for the accomplishment of the elevated objectives of community policing, it can 't work in all actuality. Others have upheld the idea of community policing and contended that it meets expectations extremely well actually and has reasonable applications in our wrongdoing ridden groups. This is a paramount open deliberation, in light of the fact that we can 't stand to waste cash on something on the off chance that it doesn 't work viably. Just if community policing profits the police, group, residents and government if we dispense the labor and cash to execute and support it. Before considering the contentions for and against community policing, we have to characterize and clarify its ideas. This talk is restricted.

Many citizens have become annoyed with the crime in their neighborhoods. They have organized block watches, citizen patrols, along with neighborhood cleanups, and started harassing slumlords that allow drug dealers to use their properties. (Brown Art. 122). Among many of the crime fighting tools, the involvement of

This is the case in almost every prison; prisoners join gangs and resort to violence for protection. Without teaching prisoners how to live a moral and ethical lifestyle, all they learn from prison is how to cheat, lie, manipulate and steal. When their sentence comes to an end and they are released back into society, they often find themselves jobless and homeless because most employers refuse to hire someone with a criminal record. Without a job, they resort to the only thing they know how to do, crime. Do we really want to be releasing these people back into society? Of course not. We need to invest in rehabilitation and correction for criminals if we want to keep our society safe. Incarceration alone only keeps the criminal away from society for the duration of their sentence, and without rehabilitation, they are bound to repeat their past mistakes.