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SOCIAL MEDIA AND CRIME ANALYSIS: THE INTERSECTION OF ONLINE POSTING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS
Title
SOCIAL MEDIA AND CRIME ANALYSIS: THE INTERSECTION OF ONLINE POSTING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS.
Creator
Lopez, Kevin P., Dario, Lisa M., Florida Atlantic University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description
The current use of social media platforms has expanded to wider audiences, including police departments and other law enforcement agencies. The vast material being posted online may lead to it being used by police departments due to social media information being open-sourced. The following study will investigate the police’s use of social media data by collecting qualitative data from crime analysts through the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA). Participants completed an...
Show moreThe current use of social media platforms has expanded to wider audiences, including police departments and other law enforcement agencies. The vast material being posted online may lead to it being used by police departments due to social media information being open-sourced. The following study will investigate the police’s use of social media data by collecting qualitative data from crime analysts through the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA). Participants completed an openended survey describing their experience with collecting data from online social media sources and how it is used to assist with police activity. The results have implications for future research, such as further exploring the methods by which police are expanding their data collection. Caution may be required when sharing information online. Results from the study may inspire future research regarding the privacy and ethical considerations of using social media data collected from the public.
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Date Issued
2023
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014352
Subject Headings
Crime analysis, Social media--Data processing, Law enforcement
Format
Document (PDF)
Interview with Barbara McLellan – ca. 2006
Title
Interview with Barbara McLellan – ca. 2006.
Creator
McLellan, Barbara (Interviewee), Martin, Anne (Interviewer)
Date Issued
2006-10-26
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT76791
Subject Headings
Policewomen --United States, Policewomen --United States --Interviews, Law enforcement, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.), Oral histories --Florida, Oral history, Law enforcement --Florida
Format
Set of related objects
A Content Analysis on Police Killings of Unarmed Black Males: An Assessment on Experts' Quotes in National News Sources
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A Content Analysis on Police Killings of Unarmed Black Males: An Assessment on Experts' Quotes in National News Sources.
Creator
Fulcher, Christopher, Crichlow, Vaughn, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description
There is increasing concern in news media sources regarding police killings of unarmed Black males. However, there is limited research on the portrayal of such incidents in the news and the implications for police-community relations in African- American communities. In order to address this gap, this study analyzed 120 experts’ quotes provided by two of the largest and most respected newspapers in the United States -- the New York Times and USA Today. This research comprised a content...
Show moreThere is increasing concern in news media sources regarding police killings of unarmed Black males. However, there is limited research on the portrayal of such incidents in the news and the implications for police-community relations in African- American communities. In order to address this gap, this study analyzed 120 experts’ quotes provided by two of the largest and most respected newspapers in the United States -- the New York Times and USA Today. This research comprised a content analysis of quotes related to the deaths of Eric Garner (Staten Island, New York), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), and Freddie Gray (Baltimore City, Maryland). A number of factors are discussed: The news organization’s predominate category and specialty of experts selected; whether the experts’ quotes attributed to pro-police or community bias; if the experts’ quotes discussed social or racial inequalities in the cities selected; whether the experts addressed evidence-based strategies necessary to improve police-community relations in the Black community, and whether experts’ quotes discussed solutions to improve police and community relations in the Black community. The findings suggest that the selected national news sources, in the one year following the deaths of each of the unarmed victims, highlighted quotes from state manager, particularly politicians, at a much higher rate than intellectuals. Although revealing a substantial level of procommunity bias, the quotes presented very little regarding evidence-based strategies for improving police-community relations in the Black community and reducing the number of unarmed deaths caused by police. The implications for research on media and crime as well as policing strategies are discussed.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004594, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004594
Subject Headings
Police misconduct., Police brutality., Police--Complaints against., Police-community relations., Police corruption., Post-racialism., Racial profiling in law enforcement., Discrimination in law enforcement.
Format
Document (PDF)
“Guilty” untill proven innocent: Interrogation tactics and false confessions
Title
“Guilty” untill proven innocent: Interrogation tactics and false confessions.
Creator
Wailes, Meridith, Tunick, Mark
Date Issued
2012-04-06
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350928
Subject Headings
Deception --Psychological aspects, Police questioning, Interviewing in law enforcement, Criminal investigation, False confessions, Self-incrimination
Format
Document (PDF)
The American Police Paramilitary Unit: An Analysis of SWAT as an Aggressive Policing Strategy
Title
The American Police Paramilitary Unit: An Analysis of SWAT as an Aggressive Policing Strategy.
Creator
Mello, Brian P., Dobrin, Adam L., Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description
This research study examines the American paramilitary units know as Special Weapons and Tactics. Throughout this thesis, the fundamental and foundational research on police paramilitary units is presented and discussed. Additionally, this paper focuses on trends of militarization in American policing. Mainly, these trends are identified by the tremendous rise and normalization of American paramilitary police units since the internal societal wars of the 1970s. In this study, research is...
Show moreThis research study examines the American paramilitary units know as Special Weapons and Tactics. Throughout this thesis, the fundamental and foundational research on police paramilitary units is presented and discussed. Additionally, this paper focuses on trends of militarization in American policing. Mainly, these trends are identified by the tremendous rise and normalization of American paramilitary police units since the internal societal wars of the 1970s. In this study, research is presented on Special Weapons and Tactics team deployments in the state of Maryland. Four years of data are analyzed focusing on proactive search warrant crime deployments from 2010 through 2013. Several independent variables including, violent crime rates, property crime rates, vice type crime rates and the number of sworn law enforcement officers are examined. The most important finding of this study is the inverse relationship between proactive vice type arrests and the proactive search warrant SWAT team deployments.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004728, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004728
Subject Headings
Law enforcement -- United States, Militarization of police -- United States, Police -- Special weapons and tactics units -- United States
Format
Document (PDF)
effects of socioeconomic, political, and organizational factors on the implementation of community policing: A conceptual framework for an innovative policy
Title
The effects of socioeconomic, political, and organizational factors on the implementation of community policing: A conceptual framework for an innovative policy.
Creator
Anderson, Terry Anne, Florida Atlantic University, Ben-Zadok, Efraim
Abstract/Description
Community policing has emerged as the philosophical foundation for a new paradigm in American policing calling for police and community residents to work jointly in identifying and solving neighborhood problems. As an example of an innovative public policy, community policing implementation may be affected by a number of factors. This dissertation synthesized what is known about innovation in public policy and community policing. It examined how certain socioeconomic, political, and...
Show moreCommunity policing has emerged as the philosophical foundation for a new paradigm in American policing calling for police and community residents to work jointly in identifying and solving neighborhood problems. As an example of an innovative public policy, community policing implementation may be affected by a number of factors. This dissertation synthesized what is known about innovation in public policy and community policing. It examined how certain socioeconomic, political, and organizational factors affect and predict innovativeness in policy formulation and explored their effects on its implementation. It has implications for law enforcement agencies that have already adopted community policing and may serve as a resource to those deciding whether to begin implementation. Data reflecting the structure and organization of police departments, the nature and extent of local community policing implementation, citizen response to police activities, socioeconomic characteristics of the service area, and the local political environment were collected from 151 police departments across the United States and the local governments representing their jurisdictions. Results of the correlational, regression, and cross-tabulation analyses showed that among the socioeconomic variables, race emerged as the most interesting in relation to community policing implementation. Specifically, as the proportion of white residents increased, implementation decreased. Conversely, as the proportion of black residents increased, implementation also increased. Political variables had little relation to community policing implementation. Organizational factors made the greatest contribution to community policing processes. Reducing the ratio of administrative to patrol personnel, increasing the ratio of line to staff, making personnel more generalist than specialist, and having adequate policies and procedures to insure accountability all had a positive effect on community policing implementation. The study concluded that because the three categories of factors are so interwoven in producing innovation, the power of any of them to predict where and to what degree innovative policies will be implemented was limited. Overall, despite the fact that community policing as an innovative policy deviated in some areas, it was largely consistent with established innovation theory.
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Date Issued
1997
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12498
Subject Headings
Community policing--United States, Law enforcement--United States, Community policing--United States--Planning
Format
Document (PDF)
Relationships among crime analysis, accountability, and innovative policing strategies: results from a national survey
Title
Relationships among crime analysis, accountability, and innovative policing strategies: results from a national survey.
Creator
Smith, Justin James, Santos, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description
Over the years, innovations such as community-oriented policing, problem-oriented policing, and hot spots policing have enabled the police to make substantial crime control and reduction gains. However, empirical research has shown that police occasionally misuse these strategies in practice. One possible solution is the co-implementation of these strategies with crime analysis. Yet, little is known about this relationship in practice. Using national survey data collected by the Police...
Show moreOver the years, innovations such as community-oriented policing, problem-oriented policing, and hot spots policing have enabled the police to make substantial crime control and reduction gains. However, empirical research has shown that police occasionally misuse these strategies in practice. One possible solution is the co-implementation of these strategies with crime analysis. Yet, little is known about this relationship in practice. Using national survey data collected by the Police Executive Research Forum in 2008 from a sample of over 1,000 United States police agencies this thesis explores this relationship. Results of bivariate analysis between agency commitment to and integration of crime analysis within operations and the use of innovative strategies revealed positive relationships. Additionally, bivariate analysis between agency use of accountability mechanisms and innovative strategies revealed a strong positive relationship. Multivariate regression analysis revealed the use of accountability mechanisms and commitment to crime analysis as strong positive predictors of police agency innovation.
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Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004332, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004332
Subject Headings
Crime analysis -- Data processing, Crime prevention, Criminal investigation -- Technological innovations, Criminal justice, Administration of, Law enforcement, Police -- Effect of technological innovations on, Police administration -- Technological innovations
Format
Document (PDF)
Guilty" until proven innocent
Title
" Guilty" until proven innocent: interrogation and false confessions.
Creator
Wailes, Meridith, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
In 1956 Darrel Parker was convicted of murdering his wife, with no evidence of his guilt except his own confession. Like Parker, some individuals confess to crimes which they did not commit. These confessions are generally made with a lawyer present when police us deception or coercion. While deception is constitutional, and a permitted police tactic, coercion is not. THis paper distinguished between the two and provides a philosophical framework for determining when deception becomes...
Show moreIn 1956 Darrel Parker was convicted of murdering his wife, with no evidence of his guilt except his own confession. Like Parker, some individuals confess to crimes which they did not commit. These confessions are generally made with a lawyer present when police us deception or coercion. While deception is constitutional, and a permitted police tactic, coercion is not. THis paper distinguished between the two and provides a philosophical framework for determining when deception becomes coercive. While non-coercive deception can lead to false confessions, I do not argue that deception should be banned, as it is a useful tool for police in catching criminals. Instead, I argue that police may deceive suspects, but prosecutors and judges should provide a check by using a three-pronged test to ensure that individuals are not convicted of crimes they did not commit.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359324
Subject Headings
Confession (Law), Psychological aspects, Police questioning, Psychological aspects, Criminal justice, Administration of, Moral and ethical aspects, Interviewing in law enforcement, Criminal investigation, Psychological aspects
Format
Document (PDF)