Broken Police Theory

When it comes to the topic of police reform, many agree that our country is long overdue for it, however, the questions are how exactly do we, as a nation, go about changing one of the most powerful structures to exist in the country. While some believe that reform must come from within the individually flawed police departments, others argue that the entire criminal justice system needs an overhaul. In this Response essay about Ta-Nehisti Coastes’ essay “The Myth of Police Reform,” Coates is saying, that the criminal-justice system is not working as well as it should. They are putting people, especially African Americans in jail or killing them. Some people have a mental or physical disability or a have a drug or alcohol problem that

Some people think assigning officers to communities can be rewarding and some people think it is a form of punishment. Whatever the case may be, people need some form of protection. Crime is very real. Today’s violence seems to go far past those standard reasons. As humans, people tend to overlook or forget who are there to protect the society from disorderly people. The good order of a community is important to those who lived and worked in the community. In other words, the little things matter to a person in his or her community. There will always be a person who cares and will take charge in the community.

At the age of 19, just after beginning college, I was looking for some excitement in my life. I was working full time, attending school full time, and caring for my young son. At the time, I wanted to work beside the coroner for Richmond County. I took it upon myself to directly call the coroner’s office asking if there was any type of work I could do, especially ride along on a few calls. Although I was told there was nothing I would be allowed to do, I was given the name and number of someone who worked for a local transport service. I called the person and again was given the same response. However, just a few short weeks passed, I received a random phone call from the manager of the transport service asking if I would be willing to leave in two days to

The Broken Windows theory predicts that police can most effectively fight crime by focusing their efforts on targeting disorder, minor crimes and nuisance behaviors. The theory has had a positive impact, but has also raised some challenges. The police can play a key role in disrupting this process. If they focus in on disorder and less serious crime in neighborhoods that have not yet been overtaken by serious crime, they can help reduce fear and resident withdrawal.

What I did not realize until earlier this year was that maybe for once I was actually the person in need of help. In January of 2016, while working a midnight shift as the shift supervisor, I was on a traffic stop with another officer. During the traffic stop I went to pick up an item on the ground and as I bent over to get the item, I heard that

Many people may disapprove of certain things in life that we may have second thoughts about. Regardless of whether an individual may feel as if they are doing something that is best for them, some people may still dictate an individuals every move. What makes an action or person deviant? The question will always arise many different discussions because of the different norms that we may face within the society, on a daily basis. Deviance is a socially constructed term that may bring about many different definitions over time. In regards to sociology of deviance, the definition may include many factors. Many people usually refer to deviance as the ability to do the right thing or the action that takes place once it occurs. Throughout this case study I will analyze how police deviance affects many social norms, and theorist who examined aspects of some sociological theories. Also I will discuss police crime that does not follow certain norms and expectations of social groups in the world today.

Beginning in the 1990’s, crime numbers began to fall and and there are many explanations for the decrease in crime. To begin, the police began using new catching approaches by changing aspects such as an increase in enforcement of nuisance activities. Additionally, they began to invest in their technology and started to identify crime hot spots. The hot spots are where crime is found most often but never recognized.

Cities seek to improve their position in all three of the systems of stratification – economic, social, and political (Kantor, 2013). Currently, the city is at a stand still in these three categories. With the recent media reaction to the crimes, the social aspect of the city is damaged in the south end of the city with fear of crime, Residents in this area are becoming more reluctant to go outside and congregate with others due to the recent headlines of big crimes. The economic aspect of the city is affected in the suburban areas of these crimes. Homes that are up for sale may now take even longer to sell due to recent headlines. Politically, the Chief of Police now has questions to answer as to his approach from here on out with patrol strategies in the south end of the city. Esther Hyatt stated in his article, “Crime has plummeted from synergistic improvements in public safety with input from law enforcement, community agencies, residents, elected officials, and media partners (Hyatt, 2011).” The chief may look to these strategies by taking advantage of the publicity for patrol

Police brutality comes in different forms from the 1800’s to now. Whether it was lynching, harassment, beatings, shootings, etc. Police brutality has caused major uproars all around causing people to come together to fight for what is right. Many friends and families have been affected from deaths and injuries caused by police. Some people might even believe the victims deserve it. There are good cops out there, but some police throw on their uniforms and abuse the power of being the authority.

The second generation of reformers arrived in the early 1930s and brought two waves of police reform through the late 1960s. The progressive movement consisted of the society’s upper class members, who formed multiple municipal groups and campaigned for government to run more systematically like a business, in which there was more accountability held regarding the public, and against all forms of corruption throughout government. The second form of police reform was brought by police administrators, most notably the first Police Chief of Berkeley, California in August Vollmer. The main objective of the second reformation was to turn policing into some sort of profession (Panzarella & Vona, pg 223). As noted by Fogelson, the main objective of

Have you ever felt you were the victim of discrimination or seen someone who is being subjected to misconduct? Who would you turn to for help? Maybe you would think about calling the police. But what if the police were involved in the discriminating acts? For many people, these hypotheticals are an everyday reality, due to police corruption. Police corruption is an issue in today’s society because a select group of law enforcement officers have shot unarmed people, arrested people without appropriate reason and abused the trust of the courts and the public.

Knowles, Persico and Todd (2001) found that African-Americans are more likely to be stopped when in a vehicle than white individuals, for example, African American constituted 63\% of motorist stops but their proportion of the population was 18\%, however, it was argued that this is reasonable because this particular racial group are more likely to commit crimes compares to others, hence validating a number of stops. Knowles, Persico and Todd (2001) developed a model of law enforcement behavior through traffic searches, it tested whether racial disparities in searches reflected police maximizing behavior or racial prejudice. In equilibrium, they found that there should be the same probability of both groups carrying contraband but one race

The term paper attempts to examine the problem of Police Corruption. Police force is the only body in the society who are given authority to use the force towards citizens, any malpractice in the police

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

When we think of the police, we normally think of the brave men and women out on the street, enforcing the law, catching criminals, helping out the public in cases of emergency and making us feel safe in general. Most of the Police in most of the world is like that which is a good thing, However in the United States of America the police here are a bit more ruthless. Most of the police officers are very nice people and they really do want to help out in their community, but unfortunately there are some bad and corrupt cops in the system that will break the law and do some bad things. In the Modern world most bad cops are seen as racist and trigger happy. They don’t kill for fun of course but whenever they feel threatened they are trained to feel as though they need to take down their target since they are taught to make sure they don’t do something that will end up killing them. While nobody is at fault with these cases it is unfortunate that it does happen. Thankfully most of those cops are not as bad as the actual corrupted ones where they do business with drug lords and take their money just so that the criminals don’t get ratted out and so that they can continue their business. While there are some organizations that are corrupted the people in America do have power and a decent morality to do something about it. There are many organizations and cases that happened in the supreme court that has changed how the police behave and act when they are out on the