Findings and Recommendations Report

3-1 Final Project Milestone Two

Destiny Nance

Southern New Hampshire University

January 23rd, 2022

“Overview of Community and Need”

Jacksonville community agency was the most populated in Florida and the largest in the US by 2021. It is the state's most populated agency and is located on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Duval County, which united with Jacksonville in 1968. Jacksonville's large size was obtained by consolidation, and the bulk of its metropolitan population lived inside its municipal borders. Jacksonville has one of the highest crime rates in the nation, with 40 crimes per thousand residents, compared to towns of all sizes, from villages to megacities. Crime might be gang-related, traffic-related, or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Focus on ambiguous generalizations responds to the agency need. The idea of “internal validity” is defined by the principles of science to respond to why Sheriffs’ officers feel attacked by the community instead of being supported (Wang, 2022). The guidelines for judging “external validity,” or how far a study's findings may be generalized, are less clear, particularly in the social sciences. According to local sheriff officers, Lessons learned from reducing child maltreatment among rural white adolescent moms may or may not apply to inner-city African-American mothers which differs with many of community members.

“Communication with the Agency”

Through the research, When I asked Officer Butler what she thought was the most urgent issue, she gave me an unexpected response. While surprised, I didn't take it personally. My friends and family were not happy when I told them I was moving to Jacksonville, Florida to pursue my career. Jacksonville has 912k residents in 2019, with a median age of 36.1 and a median household income of $56,975. Between 2018 and 2019, its population grew by 0.844 percent, from 903,896 to 911,528, while its median household income grew by 4.99 percent, from $54,269 to $56,975 (Wang, 2022). Murders, traffic violations, and being in the wrong location at the wrong time are all crimes. “Most violent crime occurs in communities that are relatively disadvantaged or poverty stricken,” Jefferson added. Those areas are typically problematic in terms of community support. People hate sheriff officers because they believe they are “attacking” them as black people. I hate that they have such a horrible reputation because if anything occurs, are you not going to contact the cops? In extreme regions, officers cannot even park their police vehicle in their driveway. It exposes them to assaults and minor neighborhood troubles. I want to learn more about why this is occurring in our community and what we can do to assist. Locals or those acquainted with JSO provided the majority of input. “Don't work there,” they said, “they want to kill us, not assist us.” I was stunned, but not deterred. This capstone project will allow me to learn why everyone hates the Jacksonville Sheriffs' Office.

“Gathering Community Information (Methodology)”

Methodology used a written questionnaire and a survey to gather, aggregate, and analyze the results. Cybercrime prevention in the examination of the literature management and surveys. Some members of started reporting to NIBRS late in the research period. It contains questions from our demographic survey template. Painter and Farrington, 2001 (Wesely, 2021). On the other hand, many people feel furious and insecure when they hear a story about a recently released parolee by the sheriff officers who commits a violent crime and blame the system for failing to protect them.

“Literature Review”

Through the literature, In Jacksonville, racial and economic disparities in criminal victimization have led to a backlash against police personnel from the community. In urban locations, what is the most common cause of mortality among young minority males? One and a half times as many black families have been robbed, raped, and assaulted by violent criminals as white families (Wesely, 2021). One and a half times more often than the rich, the impoverished are victims of crime. Although these figures may understate the true disparities in the material and psychological harms suffered by affluent and poor victims, people who are black and poor have less means to cope with the harms caused by victimization. This explains why there is officer's attack in Jacksonville community agency.

ARTICLE 1

“General strain theory (GST) argues that strains or stressors increase the likelihood of negative emotions like anger and frustration. These emotions create pressure for corrective action, and crime is one possible response (Agnew, 2001). Within this source, we are getting into the criminological theories. Behind some police attacks, and crimes in general strain theory can be a factor in such. Strain theory states that the pressure derived from social factors, such as lack of income or lack of quality education, drives individuals to commit crimes. An example of such, is someone attacking a police officer simply because they had a bad experience with one.

ARTICLE 2

ARTICLE 3

Within this article, we learn how common violence against police is. “Maps show that incidents of VAP tend to cluster spatially, and multivariate analyses suggest that concentrated disadvantage and calls for service, but not other indicators, were significantly related to violence against the police. Future studies of violence against the police should include measures of routine activities theory, as such indicators may be mediating the relationship between community-level factors and VAP (Gibbs, 2018). Unfortunately, this is happening across the world. I would like to use this article to elaborate on the importance of reducing violence against police.

“Need Analysis”

Jacksonville community agency should work to avoid or resolve community disputes and tensions caused by perceived racial, ethnic or national origin discrimination. In a more racially and ethnically diverse society, a Jacksonville community agency should offer direct services like as conciliation, mediation, and technical aid to individuals and communities. An organization's culture clearly impacts its effectiveness. They perceive their position and the people they serve via this culture. In particular, the culture must be amenable to peaceful dispute resolution (Wesely, 2021). Everyone should have their own set of policing values. To satisfy local demands, every agency might build on an established set of police ideals. Overall professionalism is required of the sheriff officers department. Its job is to service its clientele. To reduce assaults, the sheriff's department must see itself as helping the community and build on the relationship to the community. Interacting with the young generation in Jacksonville, FL would be a good way to get in with the youth. Some people grow up hating police, just because they have heard bad things about them from their parents. If they have a good relationship with the youth, it could possibly stop the trend of the “anti-police” and the “don’t snitch” stigmas.

References

Gibbs, J. C., Lee, J., Moloney, J., & Olson, S. (2018). Exploring the neighbourhood context of serious assaults on police. Policing & Society, 28(8), 898–914. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1080/10439463.2017.1333120

Wang, H. C. (2022). Prioritizing compactness for a better quality of life: The case of US cities. Cities, 123, 103566.

Wesely, J. K. (2021). Research, Gender, and Crime. The Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2, 688-690.

Wooden, K., & Rogers, C. (2014). Restoring Public Confidence: Perceptions of Community Police Officers. Police Journal, 87(3), 186–194. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1350/pojo.2014.87.3.673