Crime Control
Essays

Intelligence-led policing is a strategy used by many local police departments -- in large and small metropolitan communities -- in order to identify security threats. This paper reviews the literature that fully delves…

Community policing is, in essence, collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems (Monograph, 1994). The fact of the matter is that the spread of populations and…

Technological sophistication without the foundations of character and integrity are bound to backfire. Bridging futuristic science with the psychic realm, Spielberg successfully portrays the moral and ethical dilemmas…

The use of surveillance cameras is becoming one of the most popular ways of using technology to fight crime. The installation of surveillance camera systems in the public sphere is now growing at a significant rate,…

As technological advances proceed at an exponential rate, police must adapt their own tools and behaviors to remain relevant and effective in this new world without creating the opportunity for abuse or public resentment.

Crime Prevention and Control - U.S. Justice System and Proactive Policing

This paper examines two models of the criminal justice system: the crime control/conflict model and the due process/consensus model. It examines similarities and differences in the two approaches. It looks at how the approaches impact law enforcement, prosecution, adjudication, and corrections. Finally, it asks the author to make a statement about which approach is preferred.

A sex offender is generally understood as an individual who has committed what is considered to be a sex crime. However, one also has to bear in mind that what constitutes a sex crime varies according to culture and…

Wireless access and equipment offer users and companies a vast opportunity for greater flexibility and access to use of equipment, yet it also offers the same a limited ability to monitor resources and locate equipment,…

Random preventive patrol has long been thought of as a fundamental and effective basis of policing -- dating way back to the 13th century when patrolling force was created in Hangchow (Caro 1976: 323).