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    Using Anderson’s “code” as a guideline and drawing on evidence from the HBO series The Wire and Peter Moskos’s book, Cop in the Hood, this essay will argue that the code of the street shapes the informal rules of inner city policing while, concurrently, inner city policing propagates the code of the street by the promotion of legal

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    witnessing, the incident of Ferguson, I became dreadfully discontented to discovered that people today have self-established the immense belief that people of color are the primary cause of danger, and therefore, they must be regarded as hazardous creatures. Moreover, the reason triggering the detrimental policing was due to the color of the victims, illustrating the ugly truth of racial profiling still remains intact to our society. Although racial profiling and prejudice are disavowed publicly by

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    The aim of this dissertation is to assess whether residents of Cliff Terrace, Treforest are reassured by neighbourhood policing in their community. This aim will be achieved by carrying out primary research in relation to feelings of reassurance amongst the residents. Evidence collated by Tuffin et al in 2006 suggests that certain acts when carried out by the police can significantly reduce fear of crime and increase levels of reassurance amongst the public. This evidence will be applied to the

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    There is no doubt that policing is a stressful career, the whole purpose of law enforcement is to serve and protect the public and that can put a lot of pressure on a police officer because they’re the people who are called first when tragedies happen and the community reply’s strongly on the police to make the neighborhoods that they live in a safer place. Policing is a stressful career because of the tragedies that officers see when they are on the job responding to a call, which can also be a

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    Peter Kraska in his study “ Militarization and Policing—Its Relevance to 21st Century Police “ defined militarization as “ the implementation of the ideology, militarism. It is the process of arming, organizing, planning, training for, threatening, and sometimes implementing violent conflict. To militarize

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    Community policing is a concept and approach which recognizes that law enforcement alone cannot solve the root causes of crime. Law enforcement agencies are not staffed, trained nor equipped with all of the tools necessary to address the underlying factors that contribute to crime and disorder. A collaborative approach, enlisting the input and participation of public and private stakeholders will provide the greatest resources in the comprehensive effort to address the underlying factors contributing

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    Increased militarization of law enforcement officers fails to take into account both the purpose of law enforcement and the violent history of American policing, and is furthermore a perceived solution to a problem that is in fact reproduced by increased militarism. The presence of a highly militarized police force has an inciting effect on feelings of aggression, tending to escalate violence rather than

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    Examine the Militarization of Police The war on drugs is what initially gave birth to the militarization of police in communities across America. Unfortunately, post 9/11 war on terror has strengthened the military persona. Innocent citizens including children have fallen victim to this new military of law enforcement in our homeland. With legislations and procedures like a capability in defense resources that allowed the Pentagon to transfer excess military equipment to police, local law enforcement

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    the lawlessness of the old west and the efforts to revive efficient police work, America has been ever advancing its protection of those who live in the White House, the suburbs, the slums, and even those struggling on the streets. The History of Policing in America is not derived from one origin of time but rather taking the highest qualities of protection from within itself and countries of both friend and foe. The first

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    Since 9/11 police powers have expanded, with the principle aim of preventing terrorism and anticipating potential terrorist threats to the community. There are both positive and negative implications of counter-terrorism policing in the administration of justice in Australia. This essay will explore these implications and discuss how such matters affect Australians. In specifically negative effects such as counter-terrorism operations often being directed at specific groups, defined on the basis

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