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You are a lieutenant in a department of 70 officers and 30 civilians.  Your agency manages the regional dispatch center and the emergency management director for your city works for your chief.  You have been tasked to develop a plan for dealing with flash mobs in your community.  The population of your town is 75,000 people of very diverse backgrounds.  There has been a long standing history of juveniles loitering at the mall but now with flash mobs, people are getting hurt and the mall is demanding that the police department eliminate the problem.  The mall does not want their security officers involved because of liability problems and expects your agency to solve the problem.  Using various theories we have discussed, draft a 700 to 900 word overview of how you would resolve this matter and what course of action will you be presenting to your chief.
I have left the scenario vague.  Use critical evaluation  skills and critical thinking skills to work out the process.  Don't be afraid to research other law enforcement agencies' applications to similar situations, just be sure to give the proper attribution.  I don't want you to simply regurgitate another department's process.  Yours is to be an original analysis and recommendation
The paper need not be APA 6 formatted but you will need to correctly format your citations and references. 
W 6 D Q    View the Youtube video by clicking here.  After viewing the video, describe which theory we have discussed that is most relevant to the issue of revealing the names of juveniles publicly and also which theory you would use to solve the problems of juvenile crime in D.C.  Your initial posting is due this Friday at 11:59 p.m.  Your post to another student's posting should be completed by next Wednesday.
If the link above does not work, you can cut and past the following link in your browser: http://youtu.be/4HFLB8w-BH8

You are to post a substantial posting by Wednesday by 11 59 p.m.  You are to post substantial responses to two other student's posts by Friday at 11:59 p.m. Refer to the syllabus for information on the requirements of postings such as minimum words and APA 6 requirements.
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Identify Hirschi’s four elements of social bonding. How does his social bonding theory differ from his self-control theory?


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After much searching and reading and comparing the idea of labeling theory probably supports this the most.  Labeling theory basically is the idea of placing a label on someone who has commited a crime or someone who is mentally unstable due to the circumstances that surround someones life.  Revealing juveniles names to the public could have a negative effect on them because if people believe that the labels that have been placed on them they will not be willing to give them a chance to prove themselves. 
The social learning theory might be a good theory to use to solve the problem because if those who have deviant behaviors have learned thru a social setting they can also learn positive behaviors and change.

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The most relevant theory of the issue of revealing the names of juveniles publically in my opinion is labeling. If the names of juveniles are released publically then we as a society would be putting a stigma or a sign of social unacceptability on to the juveniles which could possibly stay with them through adulthood. By making this a policy how many will continue along the path of crime because they have been labeled. To the public, ‘What is “bad” is often the value of judgment of the observer and members of the social class and group” (Clinard, 1957, pg 111). It would seem that the privacy laws which have been put in place to protect minors would prevent this policy from going through. We see some of this happening in our school systems already where a student is labeled, poor, slacker, truant, druggie, dirty/unkempt, trouble maker, likely to fail, or a McDonald's employee for life. In some instances it reaches the community quickly, especially in small towns. Some juveniles with special needs are already labeled as dumb/stupid and the other students poke fun or degrade them because we separate them into a “special class”, at this point they have already become an outcast. By labeling juveniles are we making the path to crime more solid for them? I can see Chief Lamier’s point in the video that the protections of children/juveniles hampers the ability to intervene and protect them physically and that the first start of the progression or patterns starts in early childhood and at this point these are a social service issues not a law enforcement issues. Allowing for the responsible programs such as social services and law enforcement to have access to the child’s information to assist them is different than allowing the public to have the knowledge to shame and ridicule.
In my opinion there are several theories which could be used to help in solving the juvenile crime in DC not just one theory. Social learning theory is more of a live by example. Juveniles will mimic or model themselves by what they see and how they are raised. Social bond theory, attachment, commitment, involvement and belief is the core to teaching right from wrong, belief in the laws and justice system, involving the juvenile into activities and programs, committing them to certain social groups would be the most positive way to deter them from the path of crime and self control theory, learned at an early age the inner desire to avoid the criminal path. By placing programs and using resources to assist communities with social interaction and lessening the temptations in the early stages of modeling children into the juvenile years. It is not just a teach it young and we are done. It is a continual process through the adolescent years. Which brings us back to Hirschi’s question, why don’t people break the law?” (pg 111)
Reference Lilly, J., Cullen, F., & Ball, R., 2011, Criminological Theory Context an Consequences 5th edition, pg 111, Sage Publications Thousand Oaks, CA

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The four elements that Hirschi put into his social bonding theory are as follows; attachment to others, commitment, involvement, and belief. Attachment to others can be explained as how closely affectionate our ties are to others, how much someone will admire their friend and try and identify and empathize with them so they know that you care about their expectations. Commitment can be defined as how far that person will go for their friend in a time of need, really how much have they put into the friendship. He states the greater the commitment, the more risks that a certain individual will be able to commit for another. Involvement is one's engrossment in conventional activities. This can be any activity the party so chooses to do, just as long as it shows that they are spending time with one another and want to be involved in each others lives. Lastly, belief is defined as the endorsement of general conventional values and norms, this is especially true in the belief that our laws and society's rules are generally morally correct and should be obeyed.
There isn't a separate element in Hirshi's Social Bonding theory so this would explain that these theories really don't intertwine with one another. Bonding theory retrospectively rejects the self-control concept because it is something that can't be observed. Overall, these theories differ in many ways but all of the four key elements from the social bond theory are non-existent is the Self-Control Theory.
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Hirschi's theory of social bonding contains four elements.  These include attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief.  Attachment refers to one's emotional closeness to others, especially their parents.  Commitment refers to wanting high educational and occupational aspirations and getting good grades in school.  Involvement includes participation in conventional activities such as homework, sports, work, school activities and recreational activities.  Belief refers to embracing the moral validity of law and of other conventional norms.  This differs from his theory of self-control, in that the theory of self-control believes the nature of control is the self; the type of control is internal; the stability of control is established in childhood; and the relationship of bonds to crime are spurious.  However, the social bond theory believes the nature of control is social bonds; the type of control is social or external; the stability of control may change as we change in our lives; and the relationship of bonds to crime are that they cause crime.
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