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Social Media And The Voice Of The Department, Brittany N. Rios
Social Media And The Voice Of The Department, Brittany N. Rios
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More law enforcement agencies are adopting social media as a progressive policing strategy each year. They utilize it for several reasons including, community outreach and engagement, public relations, notifying the public of safety concerns, recruitment, intelligence gathering for investigations, among other uses (IACP, 2017). This study explores Southern California Law Enforcements’ use of social media through a survey and content analysis. First, the survey results suggest that more than 93% of departments surveyed concentrate on community outreach through their social media channels. Second, the content analysis results suggest that when media (pictures/video), links, and hashtags (#), are included in posts …
How Far Will You Go When There Is An Embargo?A Stochastic Actor-Oriented Model Of The Effects Of Arms Embargos On Illicit Weapons Trade, Jennifer A. Hagala
How Far Will You Go When There Is An Embargo?A Stochastic Actor-Oriented Model Of The Effects Of Arms Embargos On Illicit Weapons Trade, Jennifer A. Hagala
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The international community routinely implements embargoes in an effort to restrict the flow of small arms and light weapons into politically unstable regions. The effectiveness of sanctions fall into question when reports indicate that weapons continue to pour into embargoed territories. Using stochastic actor-based modeling, the current study investigates how shipment patterns change over time, and how trade patterns evolve in the presence of endogenous influences, such as embargoes, while controlling for corruption levels and national wealth (e.g., gross domestic product). The analysis here indicated that embargoes did have an effect in diverting illicit weapons trade through indirect ties. This …