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    What is the role of police in society? What would happen if the role of the police were lessened as it applies to the theory and practice of community policing? The role of the police is to protect the community. Policing is depicted as a way of crime control‚ policing refers to organized forms of order maintenance‚ peace keeping‚ rule or law enforcement‚ and crime investigation. Meaning the government is charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of a community‚ and that the department

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    Police and Society SWOT Analysis (Paper #1) Ever since September 11th‚ 2001 a lot of Law Enforcement agencies were created. Many were federal level agencies and others were state level agencies. When asked to compare two different Law Enforcement Agencies‚ I chose to compare and analyze the Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco‚ Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The reason I chose to compare these two agencies is because I feel that these two agencies have

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    teller. It is also known as being an informer or someone who shares advice. In the latter day urban society snitching is considered to be one of the ways of getting yourself in unwanted trouble. Like they say don’t go sticking your nose in other people’s business‚ snitching is exactly the opposite of it. Growing up in today’s urban society it has become a debate whether or not snitching is good or bad. Everyone is entitled to their

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    Police Influence on Society CJA/344 The historical backdrop of policing in assorted neighborhoods has not been a charming piece of our history. Prejudice and partiality was a regular encounter on an everyday beat of a cop. At one time the police drive just comprised of Anglo-Saxon men of a certain stature and weight and did not comprise of different races nor were ladies even permitted to in business settings‚ since a ladies ’ "place" meaning

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    Pastoral and Nomadic VS Urban-based societies The earliest societies of humans came in two basic types: pastoral and nomadic societies and urban-based river civilizations. Between these two types of society‚ there were large differences in economic development‚ political structure‚ and even to some extent gender relations. The fates of these two types of societies were also very different. The nomadic society began hundreds of thousands of years ago and still consists of the same fundamental lifestyle

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    Workshop 2 Learning Objectives Chapter 6 Objective 1 Explain the police mission in democratic societies. The mission of the police is wide in scope. It includes enforcing and supporting the laws for the country they not only serve‚ but live in. They are tasked with not only preventing crime‚ but also investigating them and arresting those who violate the law. They serve as peace officers‚ working not just to maintaining peace in society‚ but also improving it. They are also expected to be there when

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    Urban Gentrification and Urban Morphology The term ‘gentrification’ has myriads of interpretations from different geographers‚ and sociologists. Ever since‚ there has been protracted debate on its methodology‚ consequences and whether it constitutes a dominant or residual urban form. The term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by the Marxist urban geographer Ruth Glass (Glass‚ 1964) to describe the influx of wealthier individuals into cities or neighbourhoods who replace working or lower-classes

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    Urban legends have long been included in our culture as traditional stories that often provide a moral conclusion cultivated and spread either orally or written on paper. Many of these tales are often misunderstood as a false story‚ however these tales are derived from real life events‚ and are exaggerated and modified as time passes. Urban legends commonly reflect the fears of a society and often include warnings that prevent a certain action or else something unfortunate will happen to the person

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    for a Rural Society to Move to an Urban One There are several changes that would be necessary for a rural society to transform into an urban society. Examples such as control of water‚ establishment of a government and laws‚ the invention of new technology and money‚ the construction of walls‚ and unfortunately slavery and social stratification. These would all benefit the establishment of an urban revolution One of the major necessities for development of rural societies into urban would be water

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    Policing Urban Poverty Chris Crowther Policing Urban Poverty This page intentionally left blank Policing Urban Poverty Chris Crowther Lecturer in Criminology Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College High Wycombe Foreword by Alan Walker Professor of Social Policy University of Sheffield Consultant Editor: Jo Campling First published in Great Britain 2000 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills‚ Basingstoke‚ Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout

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