Criminal homework help
Watch the video below and write a reaction paper about the content presented. Some questions you may consider but are not required in case you need some guidance include:
- What do you think of Lt. Colonel Melvin Russell’s statement that policing for him is a “calling not a job?”
- Under the Week 8 readings, do you think Russell views his job as a profession or an occupation? Why?
- What is the invisible crisis in law enforcement Russell mentions?
- Why is this a crisis?
- How is this related to community policing?
- What is the radical policing approach that Russell implemented in Baltimore?
- Was Russell a supervisor? If so, what position did he hold?
- What kind of leadership style did Russell exhibit (i.e., transactional or transformational)?
- How do you know? Explain your response.
- How many officers were under Russell’s command?
- Do you think the number of officers under his command to be a challenge to Russell’s radical policing imitative? Why or why not?
- What did Russell have his officers do within the communities?
- Why is this significant? Explain your response.
- How is this related to community policing? Explain your response.
- Russell mentions the mantra “protect and serve.” Which aspect of this mantra did Russell say that police do well at and which police forgot about?
- Explain your response.
- Russell states that communities have put too much responsibility on law enforcement.
- Do you agree? Explain your response.
- What responsibilities should be placed back on communities?
- Explain your response.
- Who does Russell include in the term “communities?”
- What do you think is relational equity?
- Who should take responsibility for loss of relational equity according Russell?
- How can this be resolved?
- How can crime “take care of itself?”
- Was Russell successful in his radical policing?
- What does he attribute to this success?
- How has this influenced other jurisdictions?
- How do you think Russell views community policing?
- How do you know?
- Explain your response.