Community-Oriented Policing

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The paper examines how community-oriented policing can be an incredibly effective method for reducing crime in areas where mistrust of the police has hampered law-enforcement efforts in the past. The paper discusses how a community might see the police as negative authorities, possessing racist or authoritarian attitudes, rather than as potentially positive social influences of control. The paper explains that, by involving the entire neighborhood in reducing drug abuse, violence, the use of unauthorized weapons, and other such activities, crime can be reduced through community policing. The paper further examines how in the case of so-called victimless crimes, such as illegal smoking in restaurants, community policing becomes more problematic.

From the Paper:

"Cigarette smoking in non-designated places is seen as a victimless crime. Of course, the idea of a victimless crime is something of a misnomer. The law banning smoking in restaurants was passed to protect the health of food servers and other restaurant staff, so that these employees would not have to suffer the affects of second-hand smoke all day long. The law was also designed to protect the health of patrons, some of whom might not have consciously chosen to be exposed to second-hand smoke in a small, closed environment."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "New York State Smoking Ban Signed into Law." 27 Mar 2003. CNN.com.[8 Nov 2006] <http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/27/smoking.ban.ap/>
• Wheeler, Cass. (21 Oct 2003). "New York Restaurant Survey Supports Smoking Ban." American Heart Association. [8 Nov 2006] <http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3016321>

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