...Community Problem-Solving Janice S. Gordon-Caddy CJA/454 January 19, 2012 Kendra Owens-Johnson Community Problem-Solving Block watch is a program that was started to allow neighbors to look out for neighbors and to help prevent crime. Block watch aims to get citizens involved in discouraging and preventing crime at the local level. The ultimate success of Block Watch depends largely on a commitment to cooperate between area residents and the police, and more importantly, between residents themselves. In my neighborhood I am the Block Watch captain and have been since September 2007. I enjoy going to the meetings and learning how to be more proactive in eliminating crime in my neighborhood. I am also a member of Citizens on Patrol and I also enjoy patrolling different areas with other members. In my neighborhood there was a big problem that started around 2008 with homeless people sleeping and camping out around and under the interstate 101 bridge. Then the homeless people started being bolder in choosing to sleep closer to the residential area of our neighborhood. Since the problem encompassed my block watch area and another block watch area, both of our block watches got together and with the help of the Phoenix police developed a plan to stop the transients from sleeping and hanging out in our neighborhoods. The crime in our areas increased a lot due to the unwelcome visitors. Automobiles were broken into, stolen and vandalized. Homes were being burglarized...
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...‘Community engagement’ shows us the ways of how ethical communication can encourage individuals and groups participate and involve in political debates (Demetrious, 2012). It gives individuals in the society has the right and freedom to speak, to challenge, to provoke awareness through participation in public debate. ‘Democracy’ is the conceptual provenance of ‘community engagement’ (Demetrious, 2012). In other words, community engagement plays an important role in our democracy system. As Birch and Glazebrook (2000, p.41) state that corporate is under a great pressure to increase its profit, to keep a good relationship with its investors. Without doubt that ‘spin’ is a strategy for corporate in common use to frame information in a way that can be easily accepted by public who are related tosw. Gare also state that ‘The business community is becoming more isolated from the community at large and looking after its own interests’ (cited in Birch and Glazebrook 2000, p.41). Using the theories of the citizenship (Hudson & Kane 2000) and the communication (Habermas 1989) this essay will discuss the role and relationship of ‘community engagement’ to society and how ‘community engagement’ can be a solution to ethical problems associated with spin. The case study “The Wrribee toxic dump” will be used to demonstrate the arguments. Community engagement is a big theory that included both citizenship theory and communication theory. Hudson and kane (cited in Demetrious 2012, p.2) define...
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...of the greatest problems faced by every community aside from drugs and homicide. In the community where I live, property theft has always been an issue. Day after day, more houses were being robbed in broad daylight. If there is a case of property theft; properties are broken and stolen, fear was developed among victims and trust among neighbors was compromised. Property theft caused victims property damage and loss. Usually, if there was a robbery in a house, thieves break windows or doors to get in the home which causes property damage. Aside from the damage being done, the theft victim will be at loss; household appliances, jewelry and money are the most common interest of these thieves. Theft also causes fear among the victims. In many instances, these homeowners are now afraid of being robbed the second time. Other homeowners would be very afraid of leaving their home just to protect their property. Trust among neighbors was being compromised when a house was robbed. Some homeowners will think that their next door neighbor might be the thief with the numerous cases of theft arising. Some next door neighbors might have been observing another neighbors movement the time they leave home and the time they arrived. With the cases of property theft increasing in most communities, homeowners have installed home security to protect their property and the house itself. Other homeowners bought pet dogs because it can help protect properties also. In our community where theft was...
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...If I were given the chance to identify and improve a problem in my community, I would try to build a safe haven for young people from drugs, violence, and gangs. With the recent outbreak of violence, I feel that communities would benefit by having recreational centers that would have activities, organizational affiliations, gym equipment, and studio equipment that would occupy the time of young people and put their energy to good use. The recreation center could also offer educational opportunities as well, such as tutors, computer classes, online courses, GED classes, job placement, college/university enrollment, counseling, and much more to better help educate the young people of today. Young people not only need help in their social skills, but help with educational endeavors also. If this were to happen, I would volunteer my spare time to the cause, because we, the young people of today, are still the future of tomorrow. Young people need to have a sense of knowing that someone cares about their well being, what they are doing and how they are doing it, where they are going and how they are getting there, and what type of people they are hanging with. Young people need to have a sense of discipline. Young people need direction in their life, a sense of knowing that they are headed down the right path to success. Being a successful human being gives meaning to your life, knowing that someone helped you to achieve a better place in life and giving strength to your existence...
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...Community Problem Solving Law enforcement is a constantly changing organization. As society grows more diverse, population increases, technology becomes more advanced, and criminals become smarter, the methods of policing must adapt and overcome. The current strategy for policing is referred to as Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (COPPS). Since the late 1970s early 1980s COPPS began gaining ground and momentum with involving and building relationships among communities in the effort to reduce and prevent crime. “The community policing model balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder. Community policing requires police and citizens to join together as partners in the course of both identifying and effectively addressing these issues” (Fisher-Stewart, 2007, pg.4). Eucalyptus Ridge, a small community in Lakeside, is home to only military families. Most would image that a military housing community would be the one place that is free from crime. However, that is not the case for this community. Being located approximately 7 miles away from Barona Resort and Casino, Eucalyptus Ridge sits right off Highway 67. There was a time when the wandering (and most often slightly inebriated) trouble-makers drifted into the community looking for opportunities. The community is also not gated creating even more temptations for law breakers to come inside and do as they please. With no police or fire...
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...You Can Make a Difference by Volunteering There are many different ways you can make a difference by volunteering; however, where to start can sometimes be difficult, because there are many people in need. Below I will provide some example and past experiences on where and how to volunteer, so that you too can make a difference by volunteering. Here are couple different genres of volunteering, youth, homeless, seniors, and your community. There are at least 400 organizations across the valley of the sun that focus on raising money, providing food, shelter, and assistance for the homeless, youth, senior citizens and even for your community. Sometimes it is hard to find time or even selfish reasons get in our way from volunteering, but not only does volunteering makes the person you’re helping feel good, it also makes the person volunteering Feel good about themselves. And you know that at least for day you are making a difference in someone’s life. One of the genres of volunteering is for youth. We as young adults owe it to our younger generation to make sure that have the same kinds of opportunities that we have or had. After all they are our future. On Saturday April 5, I was privileged to participate in Mesa Harley Davidson’s 15 annual Torch Run for youth Special Olympics of Arizona. The event was a success and we raised over $5,000 dollars to help support the cause. Here are a few places where you can make a difference. Boys and Girls Club. There are 11 Boys and Girls...
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...Community and Problem-Solving Policing CJS/210 July 17, 2011 Community and Problem-Solving Policing Introduction In the United States today there are modern laws that are used in policing which are called community and problem-solving policing. Both of these are known to be useful in the community and with the law enforcement when trying to prevent and control crime in the community. At the core of problem-solving policing is responding to the matters within each community all across the United States. With that being said community and problem-solving policing are both improvements to the police and society that understands the use for these methods. I am going to talk about community policing. This method of full-service is really personalized policing where police officers patrol and work in the same area day in and day out. Community policing is a law that is brought down from the police department to provide assistance with the public and also inside the community which is very effective in minimizing crime due to the aid received by the police and individuals in the community. As the community develops an involvement of proactive techniques of community policing certain should then be reduced and managed in a safer manner. Police officers on a daily basis face ethical concerns in which they are the ones that are more experience to handle or answer to them. With that being said a lot of those situations due involve letting people get away with...
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...Community and Problem-Solving Policing CJS/210 There are different types of policing methods used through the different local, state, and governmental policing agencies throughout the United States. However are any of the philosophies better or worse than their counterparts. We will be covering different philosophies used in the current policing administrations today. The first of the two major philosophies that we will cover is called community policing. The primary goal or focus of this policing method is to attempt to involve the community as an active partner in addressing crime problems throughout the community. Community policing sets out to separate the thinking of individual segments consisting of the police, and the community. It instead is trying to make a single joint effort that is completed by both the police department and the community residents working as a single unit to deter or stop crime. The community policing philosophy has an emphasis on partnership and openness to the point that there have been innovative ideas created by the Detroit police department with their mini-station program. The idea behind this was that more officers closer to the community with great community relations skills would help to encourage the community with crime...
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...ACKNOWLEDGMENT INTRODUCTION This page serves to introduce you to the content of my S. B. A. My research was conducted in my community; Rural Retreat, Claremont in the pariah of St. Ann. In the content of my project you will see the views of both Elders and Youth in my community. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE EFFICENCY OF THE WATER SUPPLY IN MY COMMUNITY? METHOD OF INVESTIGTION In order to begin the investigation, data was collected by the means of printed questionnaires. This method of data collection was used because it requires little time to be completed, It can be done at the convenience of the person who requires to have it completed and it guarantees confidentiality since respondent are not required to attach their names. INSTRUMENT USED TO COLLECT DATA SURVEY OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE WATER SUPLY IN RURAL RETREAT Dear Members of Rural Retreat, This is a survey on the efficiency of water in our community over the years. This study is being conducted for a Social Studies course that I am currently pursuing. The questionnaire consist of open and closed question, please answer all questions honestly, bearing in mind that your identity is held in the strictest of confidence. Follow all instructions. Thank you for your participation. Sincerely yours ____________ Torique Richards QUESTIONNAIR PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS 1. SEX o MALE o FEMALE 2. AGE o o o o 15 19 20 25 26 30 OLDER THAN 30 3. WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION? ________________________________________________________...
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...NUMBER: MODULE: COMMUNITY AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY YEAR: Table of content Page no INTRODUCTION This essay will compare and contrast the community psychology and public health approaches to social problems. It will start by giving the historical development of the community psychology and public health; and then state the differences and similarities of both the approaches to social problems and how they supplement and complement each other. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH The community psychology originates from the United Sates of America’s reform movements that occurred from the 1800s to the 1960s. These reform movements amongst others are known as moral movement treatment, mental hygiene, and deinstitutionalization. These movements brought about the changes or further development of the community psychology approach to social problems. The public health constitutes of four regimes and they are known as the Sanitary Science; Social medicine; Community and a new socio- ecological model. These regimes originate from South African over the past fifteen decades. The regimes of Public health are an overlapping development of the public health that eventually came to place in the 1990s. DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF THE COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS The community psychology uses four different models to approach social problems and they are...
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...The Role of a Community Counselor Donte Love Abstract The purpose of this paper is to address the role and function of the community counselor. Additionally, the framework of the community counseling model is taken into account, including some of the strategies used in community counseling. The Role of a Community Counselor Community counseling can be defined as “…a comprehensive helping framework that is grounded in multicultural competence and oriented toward social justice (Lewis, Lewis, Daniels, & D'Andrea, 2011). While this definition may serve as a starting point, any meaningful understanding of the role and function of a Community counselor requires more than a brief description or a cursory glance at a definition. The community counseling model is based on four fundamental assumptions and several concepts. The first assumption is: “1. Human development and behavior take place in environmental contexts that have the potential to be nurturing or limiting” (Lewis et al., 2011). This assumption refers to the connection between people and their environment and its potential to act as a source of support or as a limiting factor on their development. The community counseling model effectively deals with the environmental factors that have an influence on the development of problems that people encounter. “2. Even in the face of devastating stress, people who are treated respectfully can demonstrate surprising levels of strength and access resources that a pessimistic...
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...which they placed a police chapter. Teenagers were recruited to be like little deputies, basically to interact with the police. This basically convinced the community that we are all in it together to solve the problem of crime. In New York City it all started with Mr. Bratton who thought that crime could be tame. He indentified where crime was taking place and held local commanders responsible for their areas. It took tactical planning and accountability system. What set the stage for this process to work was Mayor David Dinkins, who won a tax increase to hire 7,000 additional police officers. The stop, question and frisk are an extension of the broken window theory that stated back in the 1980’s. Community scope should focus on the problem that affects the community, and talk to local officials, business leaders to built a brighter future for there community. Lack of community resources presents a challenge for communities. Deficient financial resources to deal with problems, forces community teams to rely on volunteers to carry out community base activities. Relationship between government and urban communities presents problem for community teams. The connection between government and community are damage by the community perception that governments do not understand community issues. Selecting an intended community change or benefit is only a beginning. Those involved need a sound plans that details the intermediate outcomes or milestones required to achieve the targeted...
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...Strengthening Community We are living in a “connected” modern society that is made up of multiple communities and/or groups of people. A person may be part of several communities at one time; some of these communities may include school, work, home, and/or online communities. In today’s fast-paced environment, with 24/7 connectivity, there are many factors that create stress within the communities we belong to. For the purpose of this essay, I will focus on the work community I belong to and the stress that my work environment can create. Once a person identifies the stress factors in their work environment, is it possible for an individual to take action that would strengthen his or her work community? I say yes. Stress factors in the work environment can come from a variety of areas. A heavy workload, a difficult co-worker, poor working conditions, being underpaid, gossip and infighting are just some of the sources of stress a person can experience in their workplace. So how does a person combat stress in the workplace and what actions can he or she take to reduce stress levels? Consider the following tips: Stress Factor | Possible Solutions | Heavy Workload | Ask for additional help. Request an extended deadline to complete the work. Communicate problems through the proper channels and offer suggestions on how to solve the problem with a supervisor. Always try to help others that are experiencing the same problem whenever possible to be supportive. | Difficult...
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...Your community analysis paper for the semester is a project that you will complete individually; the topic of this paper should ideally be based on a question of interest to you and related to your community concern (work and family, schools, crime, or health and the environment). You have two options for the term paper. For your first option, you should choose a specific community problem and evaluate the extent to which government policies or non-profit initiatives solve the problem at hand. If this is your choice of paper, be sure to address the following: 1. the extent of the problem in low-income communities generally and (to the extent that you can) in Highland Park in particular. When completing this section, you will find that the work that we did in class with the statistical data and the community profile your group is assembling of great use. I encourage you to draw from them. 2. the reasons why this problem exists in low-income communities, or is worse in low-income communities than in more affluent ones. In this section, you will most likely draw heavily from the required and recommended readings as well as the blog postings you and your colleagues did throughout the semester. In addition, you may need to turn to library research. You should consult the sources listed under the RESOURCES page on the course website, and feel free to schedule a meeting with Laura Horne, our course’s reference librarian. 3. and the extent to which our public policies...
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...Community assessment and analysis Presentation Red group Interview with Community health Nurse Essex County New Jersey Demographic of Essex County Essex County is located in the North eastern part of new jersey. The history of Essex county dates back to 1666 when 30 families from Connecticut established settlement along the banks of Passaic river. Essex County was officially established in 1682 by east jersey legislature. Essex County is 129.631 square miles. The Geopolitical communities are designed by natural or human made boundaries (Maurer and Smith, 2009). It holds community safer for the residents and the governing body. Essex County is bordered by human made boundaries. The weather of the community fluctuates according to the seasons. The usual temperature throughout winter stays within 24 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit. In the summer, it hikes up, and ranges between at 68 to 85 Fahrenheit. Natural disasters like flood, blizzards, snowstorms, heavy rains hurricanes, power outrage, water shortage common here. Essex county is the second most densely populated county in new jersey As of 2010 census population was 783969. The county is made up of 22 municipalities which are widely diverse encompassing large inner-city communities. Essex’s county’s economic wealth is not distributed uniformly across all...
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