Intro into Law Enforcement.

MODULE 1 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 5

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MODULE 1 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

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This paper was prepared for INTRODUCTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT CRJ 120, MODULE 1 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

PART I: SHORT RESPONSE

Directions: Please answer each of the following questions. Ensure that your responses are at least 1-2 paragraphs in length for each question. You may include examples from the text; however, please include APA citations as necessary. Please visit the Academic Resource Center for a concise guide on APA format.

1. Describe the colonial period’s three legacies to contemporary policing. Then list and discuss two powerful trends in England and America that brought about changes in policing in both countries.

2. List and describe major characteristics of the three eras of policing.

3. Describe August Vollmer's contributions to policing.

4. Discuss how Peel's “principles" of policing are relevant to today's police practices.

5. Explain the 1829 "Metropolitan Police Act," and what it provided to the history of policing.

6. Explain the contributions that were made to professional policing by William Parker.

7. Describe how policing was returned to its roots by the President's Crime Commission.

8. Examine how the struggle for civil rights affected the police-community relationship.

9. Describe the functions of the law enforcement agencies contained within the U.S. Department of Justice.

10. What are the agencies contained with the Department of Homeland Security, including their roles and functions?

11. What is INTERPOL and how does it function?

12. Discuss the Uniform Crime Reports—its methods of collecting data, purpose, and shortcomings.

13. What is the role of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)? Discuss its purpose and application by law enforcement agencies.

14. This chapter described two “other” federal law enforcement agencies—the CIA and IRS. How would you describe their major roles and functions?

15. Describe the primary functions and organization of state law enforcement agencies.

PART II: JOURNAL ACTIVITY

Review the website of any large law enforcement agency (e.g., a large city police department, large county sheriff's office, state police agency or a large federal law enforcement agency) and write a 200-400 word essay (1-2 pages, 12-point font, double spaced) about the history of the agency and how it has grown to its current level of resources and divisions.

1. The three legacies to contemporary policing where local, republicanism, and crime prevention. This became the framework in which policing is model off of in today’s society. In this time, a colonist formed a local policing in which they then formed republicanism which was supposed to be a form of government. Republicanism asserted that power can be divided, and it relied on local interests to promote the general welfare (Peak 10). Since the population had then double, the came up with plans and theories of policing to prevent crime.

2. Political, Professional and Community are the three eras of policing. Political was from 1840 to 1930 and it was the era of hiring and firing, police corruption, and minimal education and training. They had an intimate relationship with the community and the tactics and technology were foot patrol. The professional era was from the years of 1930 to 1980 and within this era came about, civil service protection, scientific theory of administration. Higher education and training standards. Community era or COPS was the era of citizen involvement in problem identification and problem solving. Emphasis on crime prevention.

3. August Vollmer started the first police school. He was also responsible for police officer using automobiles, and radios within the patrol cars. He came up with the idea to examine recruits physical, and mentally to make sure they were equip for the job. Came up with the theory for the lie detector test.

10. Department of Homeland Security consists of the office of Health Affairs, which coordinates all DHS medical activities. U.S. Customs and Border Protection prevents tourists and immigrants from crossing the U.S. border. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities both in the nation’s borders. The Science and Technology Directorate is over the primary research and development area of the department. The Directorate for National Protection and Programs works to advance DHS risk-reduction mission (Peak 44&45).

11. INTERPOL is International Criminal Police Organization who consist of law enforcement national wide who monitor and track criminals who may have left the country.

12. Uniform Crime Reports are FBI publication that includes crime data reported from more than 15 thousand state and local police agencies concerning different types of offenses (Peak 54)

13. NCIC also known as national Crime information Center is a database the allows law enforcement agencies to view a criminal’s crimes committed national wide.

15. State law enforcement agencies State police organizations perform general law enforcement functions and are engaged in patrol, traffic control, crash investigation, and related functions. Although the public typically views state troopers while they are engaged in random patrol and enforcing traffic laws on state highways, troopers actually perform a surprising variety of nontraffic functions (Peak 61).

References

Peak, Kenneth J. Policing America: Challenges and Best Practices, 7th Edition. Pearson Custom Publishing, 2012. VitalBook file.

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