Child Abuse Mod 03 Ccj J200 Rasmussen Mod 3 Recog

My topic is child abuse

Mod 03 child abuse – Law Enforcement’s Role in Prevention and Response

This week you will critically evaluate the role law enforcement plays in prevention and response of child abuse. First, conduct scholarly research to examine the role law enforcement has in preventing of child abuse. Provide a thorough summary, supported with research, of at least two prevention efforts used by law enforcement. Discuss each prevention effort separately and support each effort with scholarly research.

Next, provide a thorough summary of law enforcement’s response of child abuse. What role does law enforcement play in responding of child abuse? This summary can be a statute that dictates how law enforcement must respond to child abuse OR a policy that has been implemented by a Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board or other agency to guide law enforcement’s response.

Finally, conduct research to examine the challenges of these prevention efforts and responses. Choose ONE of the prevention efforts discussed above and research a challenge of the effort. Then, research a challenge to the statute or policy response. Provide a discussion of each challenge that is supported with research.

The assignment should meet APA formatting guidelines and incorporate at least two scholarly sources (from the library databases). Use headers to identify each section. This is consistent with APA format. The headers should be “First Prevention Effort of Law Enforcement”, “Second Prevention Effort of Law Enforcement”, “Statute (or policy) Response”, “Challenge of Prevention Effort”, “Challenge of Response Effort”. Here is the section of the outline provided in the Project Introduction found in Module 01 that provides a breakdown of what should be included in this segment:

Law Enforcement’s role in prevention and response

1. Discussion of first prevention effort used by law enforcement
   1. Supported with research
2. Discussion of second prevention effort used by law enforcement
   1. Supported with research
3. Discussion of responses used by law enforcement
   1. Statutory requirements and/or policy recommendations
   2. Supported with research
4. Discussion of challenges faced by law enforcement
   1. One challenge of prevention efforts
      1. Supported with research
   2. One challenge of response
      1. Supported with research

Module 03 Written Assignment – Recognizing and Valuing Diversity in Law Enforcement

The first of six pillars of the President’s Task Force on 21^st Century Policing is Building Trust and Legitimacy. The report states in part that “law enforcement agencies should strive to create a workforce that encompasses a broad range of diversity including race, gender, language, life experience, and cultural background to improve understanding and effectiveness in dealing with all communities.”

To that end, law enforcement agencies are making diversity and the recruitment of a diverse workforce a priority. In the article “The Future of Diversity and Police Legitimacy: Does Diversity make a difference?” the author argues that having a diverse workforce will improve community relations. However, today’s law enforcement agencies are more diverse than they have ever been, yet accusations of abuse of discretion and authority remain.

Instructions

In a 2-3 page paper:

• Describe why recognizing and valuing diversity promotes trust and legitimacy for law enforcement agencies.
• Explain some of the challenges to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and how these challenges may be overcome.
• Explain why increasing diversity is not a stand-alone solution to abuse and misuse of discretion and authority. Support your explanation with a suggestion of an additional effort or change that needs to be made to reduce incidents of abuse of discretion.