Response to Person 1 Ch. 4 db
As stated by this person in this statement, countries develop different approaches to increasing crime rates such as the ‘get tough’ approach for several reasons. The first reason could be that these policies and approaches have been effective in reducing the crime rates. Another reason as stated by the writer is based on the deterrent nature of criminal justice system punishments whereby people fear committing crime because they fear being punished for them. Where the punishments prescribed by penal laws are less severe, people will have the incentive to commit crimes hence lead to high crime rates justifying the adoption of get tough approaches and zero tolerance to crime. The writer has succinctly observed that nowhere has the application of these approaches been more apparent than in the US following the 9/11 terror attacks. With such stricter laws in place, it is hoped that the rate of crimes will go down. However, according to Kleiman, the best approach to reduce crime rates is being smart meaning intelligently and sparingly using punishment. The author argues that mass incarceration is not the best solution since it has proved to be self-defeating (9). Moreover, person 1 in this post may not be right since as McElvain, Kposowa and Gray’s study indicates, directed and strategic policing models are more effective in the reduction of crime rates than the reactive strategies or methods (1).
Response to Person 2 Chapter 5 db
Community policing has become an important aspect of modern policing as we move towards a more socially responsive and people-centered innovative approach to policing and law enforcement. As brought out by the writer, the community approach used by the Japanese police is more effective than the one used by the LAPD given that the Japanese model of community policing is better designed to promote police-community relations while at the same time fight crime. According to a study by Okabe, even though the American community policing paradigm is more effective in the promotion of innovative ideas, the implementation of the same is more successful in Japan (192). This is because the Japanese model of community policing leans more towards improvement of law enforcement-community relations. According to Chwialkowski, the Japanese community policing system is an American invention but it has been effective in reducing crime rates while maintaining good relations between the police and the community due to its rigorous recreation, innovation and implementation (720).
Works Cited
Chwialkowski, Paul. "Japanese policin- An American invention." Policing:An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 21.4 (1998): 720-731. Print.
Kleiman, Mark AR. "Smart on crime." Democracy Journal 28.26 (2013): 1-16. Print.
Okabe, Ryuji. "Police innnovation paradygm in the United States and Japan." Police Practice and Research: An International Journal 15.3 (2014): 192-206. Print.
PcElvain, James, Augustine Jkposowa and Brian C Gray. "Testing a crime control model: Does strategic and directed deployment of police officers lead to lower crime." Journal of Criminology 2013 (2013): 1-11. Web. 23 June 2016. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/980128>.
