Chris Washington
CJS/205
03/06/2015
Ryan McNeal
There are different forms of communication, as we go through our everyday process we use different forms of communication all day long withier we are aware of it or not. Within those forms there are verbal and nonverbal communications, and in the criminal justice field there are defiantly times you should use these two forms of communication.
Non-verbal communication, also known as body language according to research it states that only about 10% of communication involves the actual words people say, but 30% of communication is the way in which people say those words, called voice intonation. All the rest of our communication, about …show more content…
Emotional barriers may include police officers having low self-esteem or another form of depression. Officers with low self-esteem questions themselves/ lacks self-confidence and even fears being put down or even ridiculed by former officers. The physical barriers can also develop a form of a breakdown in communication. Some physical barriers messages can’t be transmitted and that can be caused by faulty equipment. An example a defunct radio transmitter a way officer communicates with one another in which they can’t because the transmitters are not working. Semantics involve the selection of words you choose to aid you with your communication. If the wrong word is chosen obviously, the communication will not be as effective and the entire message can be misread. Ineffective listening also plays its role in hindering the communication process. If an individual is not fully engaged in the speaker perhaps because the topic does not interest them, , or development of your own biases or set opinions on what is being said have been established in which you with a closed mind, this can lend to ruining the communication between you and the sender. To develop strategies to overcome the barriers that occur as a police officer you must first understand the barriers. You must see the barrier just as you would any other obstacle how can you get around or through certain barriers/obstacle. Once you understand different types of barriers and how they come about is how you as an officer develop strategy to overcome the different types of