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All Perspectives Matter: A Co-Orientational Analysis Of Problem-Based Law Enforcement And Community Relationships, Jonathan Mccombs, James A. White, Joanna Williamson
All Perspectives Matter: A Co-Orientational Analysis Of Problem-Based Law Enforcement And Community Relationships, Jonathan Mccombs, James A. White, Joanna Williamson
Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success
The relationships between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve has been the focus of accelerating national scrutiny in light of numerous contentious and widely publicized incidents involving alleged protected police misconduct, or alternatively, citizen and government overreach.
Redefining The Role Of The Police: Perspectives And Expectations, Richard Zitzke, Jonathan Mccombs
Redefining The Role Of The Police: Perspectives And Expectations, Richard Zitzke, Jonathan Mccombs
Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success
The American Policing infrastructure and much of the criminal justice system is under fire for what is perceived as racial and biased policing and Draconian enforcement tactics. The book explores the evolution of the history of policing and how the public perception of the police has changed over the decades. The exploration of a changing expectation where the police receive mixed messages from policy makers and the legal community is exacerbated by the human bias throughout the system. Police training and hiring practices have been focused on in order to achieve the greatest impact, but much work must be done …
Are Hispanics Discriminated Against In The Us Criminal Justice System?, Maria A. Eijo De Tezanos Pinto
Are Hispanics Discriminated Against In The Us Criminal Justice System?, Maria A. Eijo De Tezanos Pinto
Graduate Research Posters
Recent publications have contributed to increase the perception among Hispanics of an unfair and unequal treatment of this community by the US Criminal Justice System. One of the major concerns was the claim that Hispanics are incarcerated before conviction nearly twice as often as Whites. Unfair treatment perception by the population reduces legitimacy of police and government, and thus, it is imperative to analyze these uninvestigated allegations. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to address said allegations of discrimination against Hispanics and analyze with updated and reliable statistics whether Hispanics are incarcerated before conviction more often than Whites. There …