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Models of Policing and Effective Crime Analysis
Billie S. West
CJ110-01
Purdue University Global
April 28, 2019
Models of Policing and Effective Crime Analysis
One of the main goals of law enforcement is to prevent crime from happening. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about the different models of policing, how they work, and how effective crime analysis can help the police with crime prevention. I will briefly explain what each model of policing is, how it is meant to work, and how crime analysis can help with each model.
Standard Model of Policing
This model of policing is, as its name states, the standard model and is the type of policing that civilians think of when it comes to crime prevention. This model includes strategies such as; A higher number of police officers in order to stop crime and to make arrests, random patrol routes, quick response to 911 calls, detectives interviewing victims and witnesses, and reactive arrest (Santos, 2017).
This method of policing relies heavily upon the investigative work of police in order to solve crimes that have already occurred. There is very little need for crime analysis within this method of policing: In general, the analysis benefits law enforcement agencies with the development of patrol routes and the number of police that would be needed to try to effectively prevent crime occurring (Santos, 2017).
Community Policing
This method of policing is, at its most basic, when law enforcement agencies form a rapport and relationship with the community in which it serves. This method encourages a partnership between police and their communities, in which such strategies as the neighborhood watch system becomes a part of a proactive response to prevent crimes (Johnson, 2017).
The strategies that have been employed with the community policing method include; The aforementioned neighborhood watch, community meeting with which citizens can relay information to law enforcement, foot patrols that allow for police to interact with the residents of their community and to be seen as a deterrent to crime, and the providing of information to their community through news releases, the internet and crime maps (Santos, 2017).
As with the standard policing method, there is very little use for crime analysis when law enforcement agencies employ the community policing method. The role of the crime analyst within this method of policing is basically that of a community informant: That is to say, that the analyst will analyze the data and information about that community, and release information to the public that is deemed ‘safe for public consumption’, that is, a highly edited version of the data available to law enforcement (Santos, 2017).
Problem-Oriented Policing
This method of policing is utilized when law enforcement agencies and police take a proactive role in the understanding of crime data. This happens when those in...
