Three-year-old Danny is a typical little boy. Playing hide-and-seek, pretending to be a superhero, playing with Lego blocks, and making mud pies in his yard are just a few of his favorite activities. Moreover, his parents, Julie and Todd, are college educated, live in a wealthy gated community, and are financially stable. They have shown unconditional love for their son Danny since birth, provided him with a supportive family, and are making sure to instill him with the values they find to be morally just. In all perceivable aspects, they live a normal, happy, and healthy life. However, there is one aspect about Danny that government officials have determined make Danny a potential future criminal; Danny tested positive for the “warrior gene”, …show more content…
Across the country, many police forces have begun implementing programs like the Domain Awareness System, a program designed in 2012 by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Microsoft (Karoliszyn 338). “The Domain Awareness System retrieves, analyzes, and instantly displays information from more than 3,000 surveillance cameras, 911 calls, number-plate readers, and other sources”, Karoliszyn explains (338). Arguably, Karoliszyn states that with programs like the Domain Awareness System in place, it is possible for police units to prevent crime before they ever happen (338). Despite the provided evidence, people should answer the more concerning questions before putting their faith in these crime-predicting …show more content…
There are too many what-ifs to argue that may prevent an individual from backing the programs without reservations. With a stable home, an unwavering support system, and a family who provide mental health counseling if a problem ever does occur, what if Danny grows to become a happy, healthy adult who learns how to deal with his supposed aggression in healthy ways? Assuming children can and will become criminals is sure to cause an insurmountable amount of detriment to their mental health. Perhaps if the American government spent more of its income on providing more mental health services across the nation, therapy could counterbalance any deficits that individuals present, thereby reducing the criminal activity before it ever
One of the programs they review is the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) program. To prevent juveniles from repeating the same crimes they would keep them in the community instead of locking them away in jail. The juveniles would have family therapy, individual therapy, group therapy, and other types of support. As a result, “MST participants had a rate of recidivism of 22.1 percent…the individual therapy group which had a recidivism rate of 71.4 percent…those that participated only temporarily in the MST program also had a reduced recidivism rate of 46.6 percent compared to the control delinquent group MST participants had a significantly lower recidivism rate” (May, Osmond, and Billick 298). This programed showed that like the J RIP the delinquent juvenile who get help from their community are more likely to not go back to crime. The review also mentions, “one of the main goals of MST is to decrease the juvenile delinquents association with other delinquent youths, while facilitating familial support through communication and guided problem solving” (298). Because most criminals gain support from other criminals and learn new ways to commit crimes from them by keeping the influence away it shows the juveniles that that’s not the best route to
aware of your surroundings and report anything suspicious...”1 This is a simple example of what Intelligence-led policing looks like. Using multiple methods to gain information to help in the apprehension
The dispute of police body cameras truly hit the media hard this week. Blasting from the headlines all citizens were aware that Michael Brown was lethally shot in Ferguson, Missouri. This prompted officers to become fortified with body cameras. This technologically progressive world that we live in today has shaped a world of tweeting, posting and uploading. It’s about time that police departments take advantage of the tools accessible to them, especially with the advancement of equipment. The move forward in technology will help to alleviate speculation on any misconduct perpetrated. There now will be hard honest evidence of any crime committed against a police officer.
The first study looks at “How Cops See Themselves.” In this particular study it, “aims to identify health and wellness predictors of officer self-regard and physical confidence.” Tewksbury, Richard and Allen Copenhaver. “How Cops See Themselves.” International Journal of Police Science & Management, vol. 18, no. 4, Dec. 2016, pp273-280. EBSCOHost, doi:10.1177/1461355716669368. What this sentence is saying this study is trying to identify the health of police officers and try to determine how to help future officers that have emotional stress.
"Precognitive Police," by Henrick Karoliszyn, addresses what police are doing about violence in cities across the country. Many police departments are using precognitive policing. Precognitive policing can range from computer programs to DNA analysis. Precognitive policing is the up-and-coming method used by police departments across the country. Many are starting to believe that the this method will be the solution to many of the nation's crimes. But with many different ways of precognitive policing, who's to say what is best, or maybe all methods should be used together.
From the night watch in Boston, to the present day policing, law enforcement has behind in the world of technology. As time rolled through the political era, professional era, and community-oriented era, police patrols would use the rapidly advancing technology in their favor. "Those were desperate times for policemen in a hostile country with unpaved streets and uneven sidewalks, sometimes miles from the police station, with little prospects of assistance in case of need.... It took nerve to be a policeman in those days," this was reported by Chief Francis O 'Neill of the Chicago Police Department in 1903. With only having a printing press and a multiple-shot revolver over a hundred years ago, the advancement in technology today has helped improve the policing methods in patrol quite significantly. However, technology would eventually out-run the police.
Even thought this program is not based on empirical research maybe in the future it will be. I recommend that empirical evidence be implemented into the program because mental health treatments can reduce crime rates. It can reduce detention rates among a majority of individuals from teens to adults. Having empirical evidence as assistance in preventing inmate’s recidivism rates are beneficial not only to the mentally ill patient, but the community as well.
In order to install a stable baseline for law enforcement agencies in this field, the U.S. DOJ (Department of Justice) should establish national standards for the research and development of new technology including auditory, visual, and biometric data, “less than lethal” technology, and the development of segregated radio spectrum such as FirstNet. These standards should also address compatibility, interoperability, and implementation needs both within local law enforcement agencies and across agencies and jurisdictions and should maintain civil and human rights protections. Law enforcement implementation of technology should be designed considering local needs and aligned with these national standards. Finally, law enforcement agencies should adopt model policies and best practices for technology-based community engagement that increases community trust and
In preparation for my debate on the topics of intelligence-led policing and Compstat policing, I have discovered the many advantages and disadvantages of using intelligence-led policing and Compstat policing. According to Carter & Carter (2009), intelligence-led policing is the collection of and analysis of data relating to crime, used by law enforcement in “developing tactical responses to threats and/or strategic planning related to emerging changing threats” (p. 317). When applied correctly, intelligence-led policing is a tool used for information sharing in identifying threats and developing responses to prevent those threats from reaching fruition (Carter, 2011). One of the advantages of using intelligence-led policing is its incorporation of data analysts. The role of the data analyst in the context of intelligence-led policing allows them to take specially trained analysts to take raw data from information found in reports and translate it into useful information for the officers, allowing the police to deploy resources more effectively and efficiently (Griffiths, 2016). Another advantage is its application through preventative and predictive policing (proactive policing), in which law enforcement take data and identify crucial variables such as terrorism or the emergence of criminal organizations, in hopes of stopping the problem at its roots (Carter, 2011). Terrorism is especially important and emphasized after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers in
Intelligence-led policing is the new standard of information sharing among law enforcement agencies across the country at all levels. Before intelligence-led policing gained popularity most law enforcement agencies did not freely share information amongst each other, which lead to huge gaps in the functioning of law enforcement agencies. Many believe that this laps in sharing is what lead to the 9/11 disaster. All police agencies must form a cohesive approach to a central system of intelligence gathering and information dissemination. By doing so, they may better achieve a common goal for the unified approach to policing. This process of intelligence-led police may seem like a simple concept, but it involve the many departments working together which can cause confusion and angst among them.
5). Intelligence is not the information collected; it is the finished production of the collected data after it has been evaluated and analyzed. More often than not, predictive policing is misunderstood. The misunderstanding lies on both over emphasizing its capabilities and under estimating how predictive policing can help make the community a safer place. In addition to the misunderstanding of this practice of policing, it is often a challenge for law enforcement to stay parallel to the crime trend, and patterns. It is argued that instead of working with information collected to anticipate new crimes, policing officers’ preference locations where known crimes have already been committed (Casady, 2011, p. 2). Although effective, this is not an accurate practice of intelligence-led policing, as it does not fully account for future crimes and activities.
Since the September 11, 2001, law enforcement agencies across the nation recognized the need to integrate intelligence into their current community policing approach. When intelligence is available, decision-making is more effective and efficient. Intelligence enables law enforcement agencies to implement policies and procedures necessary to combat the concerns of the community.
Some people may not have a psychological disorder that put them in prison and others may never recover from their illness. This program is a good idea if combined with other forms of punishment as well.
The use of technology in the policing domain has been rapidly adopted over the past few years. However, it should be noted that the process of adopting and effectively using technology in law enforcement, begun more than 50 years ago. For instance, it become apparent in the 1950’s that computer would enable easier storage and retrieval of large amounts of data. More recently, advancement in technology has incorporated more sophisticated ways of transmitting and analyzing information, therefore aiding the law enforcement process (Button, Sharples & Harper, 2007). The police have found various aspect of technology useful; predominantly, computer crime mapping has been widely adopted and consequently received a lot of attention
Historically, technological innovation has served as the substance for intense changes in the organization of police work and has presented both opportunities and challenges to police and other criminal justice practitioners, according to Janet Chan, a social scientist who has studied how information technology affects the way police do their jobs.1 Noting that .information is the stock-in- trade of policing,. Chan has identified three general imperatives driving law enforcement’s evening investment in information technology. Using information technology in policing has add that more efficiency to the police department. Comparing the old-fashioned way of patrolling the streets to combat crime to then use them of using technology to predict the crime area and patrolling in advance deters crimes from happening. There are many advantages associated with using information technology in policing. Comparative analysis shows that using information technology (IT) to combat crime has save lot of resources and time in the police department. There are a number of other advantages that can be associated with the use of information technology in the police department.