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How The Criminal Justice Profession Helps On An Individual And Societal Level

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Throughout this whole term we have learned numerous roles of the criminal justice profession. How on a macro level law enforcement has made points to serve and protect, all the way down to the micro level of society. Men and women risk their lives every day to make sure that the law is obeyed, and their community is still held together. In the following paper you will see how the criminal justice profession helps on an individual and societal level. But what does each level mean you may ask, well let’s break it down a little. Individual need is person to person with the law, where societal is in the community of the law enforcement. The first individual need are assaults in and around bars. "The proliferation of bars in many communities …show more content…

These people not knowingly could create conflict with each other. So how can this issue be fixed, there are a few ways that the criminal justice professional can do. For starters some cities have where the bouncers in bars have had some sort of law enforcement background, that way they will be able to handle any issue that may arise in a better manner than the big macho black shirt bouncer who is just for show. Also another way they can help is during closing time in the congested areas have more officers patrol the area. That way much of the conflict can be subsided. Our second individual need is how the criminal justice professional can stop people from shoplifting. How is shoplifting an individual need you may say, well for instance it someone in your community stole something from your local Walmart it would not affect the community, only affect the person who has committed the crime. How would someone spot a shoplifter, "Shoplift Prevention - Los Angeles Police Department," 2016, says that these are some things to look for: seems nervous, avoids eye contact, wanders around the store without buying anything, leaves the store and returns to your business repeatedly in a short period of time, stays in an area of your business where he or she is hard to see, and keeps watching you or is constantly looking

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