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MODUPE EPEBINU
CRJ 101-125
DR AMANDA MARTIN
26TH JANUARY,2023
Identifying and addressing new and developing crime concerns, as well as determining the number and location of police, all depend on crime statistics to some extent. When building statistical crime records, police discretion as well as victim discretion in reporting crimes are considered as sources of inaccuracy. The police practice of not recording certain crimes is said to be encouraged by political pressure and funding pressures to show police efficacy by lowering crime rates. Moreover, following several high-profile killings of African-Americans at the hands of police officers, the relationship among law enforcement and the public has recently been under examination (König, 2021). The public outrage that followed has given place to an extensive discussion on the causes of this tension and why it has persisted despite apparent advancement. According to my research, the politicization of crime has given rise to a false narrative that exaggerates the racial and socioeconomic makeup of crime, unnecessarily encourages the use of force, and confrontational public interaction and jeopardizes the accuracy of crime statistics and their collection.
The misleading narrative undercuts the primary goal of law enforcement—public safety—and has a negative effect on its institutional objectives and way of thinking. The ramifications extend beyond the police to the broader society as well as the laws that define criminality and guide crime control. Personal security issues have the biggest potential to affect people because they speak to the natural instinct to protect oneself. Politicizing crime enables decision-makers to access this potent force for short-term political gain (Van den Haag, 1976). Basically, we have a responsibility to pick strategies that maximize prevention while reducing harm, and to make sure that crime prevention does not impose unwarranted or unfair expenses on portions of our community. When we apply these factors to police, it is inadequate. According to recent studies by economists, adding one additional police officer can stop between 0.06 and 0.1 homicides.
References
König, P. D., & Wenzelburger, G. (2021). When politicization stops algorithms in criminal justice. The British Journal of Criminology, 61(3), 832-851.
Van den Haag, E. (1976). No excuse for crime. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 423(1), 133-141.
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