As a young child growing up in Davidson County, North Carolina, I never imagined the person that I have become today. While I did not “hate” school, I was not fond of the experiences that it brought. School was more of a means to an end, than a true quest for knowledge at that early point in my life. Upon graduating from high school, I knew that if I wanted to succeed in life I would need to go to college. However, after a brief experience at Appalachian State University in the early 90’s, I…
figure out if any of the tactics the law enforcement agencies created and used actually worked to reduce gun violence in the youth culture. Throughout the article, a total of eight case studies were presented to show eight different cities’ efforts to police the gun crime happening within their city. The three different methods that were implemented by the law enforcements in the eight different cities include: the reciprocal control, the punitive legal control, and the “soft” legal control. The…
In the United States, the criminal justice system follows two unique diverse models that protect the people. One of these models is the Due Process Model and in this model, the rights of the defendant are equally and fairly treated. Which this process being the main objective of this clause. The second model is the Crime Control Model and in this model strict punishments to the defendant committing the crime be forced but also protecting the individual 's rights as well. Both these models…
together the victim, offender, their families, members of the community and a facilitator. The police act as gatekeepers and are responsible for the divisionary actions taken such as to arrest, give warning or recommend FGC, of which 75% of young offenders are recommended by the police to FGC (Maxwell & Liu, 2007). FGC is based on Māori dispute resolution and can be both court mandated and directed by the police. Within New Zealand FGC can…
erupted as one of the main reasons for police brutality. Scandal after scandal have been broadcasted throughout social media, causing people to dislike law enforcement. This has caused riots/marches to break our throughout various cities in the Unites States. With the “spirit of capitalism” Weber would describe it as the difference between the wealthy and the working class and the restricting striving gains that are presented to them. This would lead to the police brutality, due to the…
In the past few years, the technology utilized by police has continued to change and evolve. Beginning in 2013, hundreds of police departments began to utilize body-worn cameras on their officers. Over the last few years, whether all police departments should implement these programs has become a rising issue. Body-worn cameras provide departments with unbiased evidence of officer interactions with the public. They have been shown to improve department transparency, improve officer and citizen…
Boys by Victor Rios, and Between Good and Ghetto by Nikki Jones really pointed out how much youths struggle in the juvenile justice system. I say the word struggle because they are the ones that get hit had the most by the higher authority such as police officers. I am not talking about white youths, I am simply talking about the African American girls and boy and Latino girls and boys. They are picked on so bad by officers because of their skin color. Officers suddenly feel as if they are being…
my goal of keeping a nationwide military out of India is to have a country wide vote. The vote will decide if we should have national military or if we should have a small police force instead. If we win the vote to take away the national military, immediate action will be taken to take away the military and form a small police force. If the vote is lost no further action will be taken and the vote will not occur again and the national military will…
The first article is written by Barry Goetz and Roger E. Mitchell (2006) called “Pre-arrest/booking drug control strategies: diversion to treatment, harm reduction and police involvement” and the second article is called “Drug Enforcement and Crime: Recent Evidence from New York State” by Edward M. Shepard and Paul R. Blackley in 2005. Summary Goetz and Mitchell (2006) discusses the United States drug policies is pluralized and should emphasize public health and therapeutic measures. Goetz and…
kind of law enforcement ever since he graduated from college in 1995. Prior to entering the Delaware State Police, Officer Brietzke worked with the Chatham Police Department in Massachusetts, the United States Border Patrol, and the Department of Veteran Affairs Police Department. He started with the Delaware State Police in July of 2002. According to Officer Brietzke, the Delaware State Police follows a militaristic ranking structure starting with Trooper being the first rank an officer…