To Be Effective, the Police Must Maintain Their Connection with the Community

question 98

Essay

To be effective, the police must maintain their connection with the community.  Describe strategies police use in order to improve their relations with the communities they serve.

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Definitions:

Disciplining Bodies

Practices and institutions that aim to regulate, control, and shape bodies according to specific norms, often reflecting power dynamics and social control.

Giddens's Analysis

An approach to understanding society that emphasizes the interplay between structure and agency, as developed by sociologist Anthony Giddens.

Globalization

A worldwide process involving the production, distribution, and consumption of technological, political, economic, and sociocultural goods and services.

Modernity

A historical period or the quality of being modern, often associated with cultural and social changes brought about by technological innovation and industrialization.