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1. oxfordre.com › criminology › abstractLaw Enforcement | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology

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   Law enforcement can be considered in both the “narrow” sense of the policing and enforcement of law and a wider sense of the maintenance of order and reinforcement of societal rules and dominant ideologies.

2. www.yourdictionary.com › articles › policePolice Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Jargon | YourDictionary

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   Jun 25, 2020 · There are hundreds of police abbreviations, acronyms, and jargon words used in paperwork and on the radio by law enforcement officials. Whether you’re working towards a career as a police officer or you want to better understand what’s happening on your police scanner, learning police lingo from a police terminology list can be fun and ...

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3. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentPolicing and Law Enforcement - Criminology - Oxford ...

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   Dec 14, 2009 · Most, but not all, police scholars favor Egon Bittner’s means-based definition of the police, which defines the police in terms of their capacity to use nonnegotiable coercive force in any situation that appears to require a prompt and decisive response (Bittner 1970).

4. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentPolice Discretion - Criminology - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Jul 26, 2022 · Police discretion has long been, and remains, a controversial matter. Contrary to the notions that the law is to be uniformly enforced in all places and at all times, and that all persons are to be treated equally under the law, the fact of the matter is that law enforcement is, by its very nature, a discretionary practice.

5. journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullPolice ethics and integrity: Keeping the ‘blue code’ of silence

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   Aug 27, 2020 · The study from which this paper is drawn aimed to consider ethics and integrity by studying attitudes towards the reporting of colleagues’ rule-breaking within a UK police force. The so-called ‘blue code’ of silence is alleged to protect misbehaving officers and staff from outside scrutiny or punishment.

6. www.oxfordreference.com › abstract › 10Dictionary of Law Enforcement - Oxford Reference

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   2 days ago · The only dictionary available that focuses on UK law enforcement terms, A Dictionary of Law Enforcement contains over 3,400 entries covering law, accountancy, insurance, shipping, commerce and trade, pathology, forensic medicine, criminology, and psychology.

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   What is a means based definition of the police?

   • Most, but not all, police scholars favor Egon Bittner’s means-based definition of the police, which defines the police in terms of their capacity to use nonnegotiable coercive force in any situation that appears to require a prompt and decisive response (Bittner 1970).

   Policing and Law Enforcement - Criminology - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Can a police officer punch a person with a pre-existing condition?

   • Similarly, punching someone with a pre-existing condition may cause serious harm, as recent cases of death after police contact have shown, such as the case of the newsvendor, Ian Tomlinson (Walker, 2012). In that case, a police officer pushed a member of the public, who later died of his injuries.

   Police ethics and integrity: Keeping the ‘blue code’ of silence

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   What is police jargon?

   • Jargon is basically a type of shorthand. Understanding cop lingo, or police jargon, can help you learn how to talk like a real cop. Police departments often use an alphabet provided by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, or APCO, to spell out words over their radios.

   Police Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Jargon | YourDictionary

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   What is the UK law enforcement Dictionary?

   • The only dictionary available that focuses on UK law enforcement terms, A Dictionary of Law Enforcement contains over 3,400 entries covering law, accountancy, insurance, shipping, commerce and trade, pathology, forensic medicine, criminology, and psychology.

   Dictionary of Law Enforcement - Oxford Reference

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   What is the confidence level in a police force?

   • The confidence level has fallen over the last two years (from around 62% in 2017/18 to 55% in 2019/20). Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services inspects forces and scores them against three assessment pillars (effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy).

   Policing in the UK - House of Commons Library

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   Why do police commit misdemeanours?

   • In some cases, officers have been shown to commit misdemeanours for personal financial gain or sometimes in the belief that they are enacting ‘street justice’, which can be termed ‘noble cause corruption’.

   Police ethics and integrity: Keeping the ‘blue code’ of silence

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8. commonslibrary.parliament.uk › research-briefingsPolicing in the UK - House of Commons Library

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   Sep 29, 2021 · Police services in the UK are organised around two legal entities: the ‘ Office of Constable ’ and the police force. Police officers (no matter their rank) each individually hold the Office of Constable. The Office of Constable grants them powers to detect, prevent and investigate crime.