Law enforcement

Law enforcement

The collective name for the efforts of enforcing and ensuring observance, obedience to the law.

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residual deterrence

Law enforcement; Police

Also called the phantom effect, involves assuming the police are patrolling an area from having seen them at another time or place, leading to the presumption that the police are ...

hackers

Law enforcement; Police

Individuals who crack into computer networks for either the thrill of the experience, to make an illegal financial transaction, or to create computer viruses that have the ...

counterpunching

Law enforcement; Police

Occurs when someone calls the police about another person to divert attention from his or her own behavior.

local political culture

Law enforcement; Police

Values and traditions, communicated informally in a particular department, town, or community, that influence the organizational structure of policing and officer discretion in ...

citizen oversight

Law enforcement; Police

An approach designed to provide independent citizen input for complaints filed against the police through agencies that independently review citizens' complaints, monitor the ...

affirmative action

Law enforcement; Police

Originating in 1965, a court-ordered plan establishing specific goals and timetables for the employment of minorities and women for any private employer or government agency ...