What is community policing? How does it differ from traditional policing? Does community policing offer a real opportunity to improve policing services in the United States? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
• Community policing represents a movement away from an exclusive police emphasis on the apprehension of law violators and signifies an increasing level of positive police–citizen interaction. Community policing is built on the principle that police departments and the communities they serve should work together as partners in the fight against crime. While promising, community policing remains difficult to evaluate and faces resistance from officers wedded to more traditional crime fighting as well as a shift in resources towards antiterrorism.
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a. True b. False
Critics of conspiracy statutes believe these statutes increase the risk that people will be punished for what they say or think rather than for what they do
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
For criminals, an offense can permanently alter one's identity, and the idea that they now become known solely for that one past act is called:
a. Retributive imaging. b. Responsive shaming. c. Primary persona. d. Master status.
Many criminal justice scholars speculate the most widespread form of violence in the United States today is
a. rioting in the streets. b. family violence. c. demonstrations. d. workplace violence. e. school violence.