Monthly Archives: February 2015

Out of the problems I addressed in my previous post, I feel that the most pressing, and the one with the most potential for improvement, is police officer training. After the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases, a large protests … Continue reading →

Policing Solution: Prison Reform While there are many pressing issues that surround policing, particularly in New York City, perhaps the most complicated issue is that of incarceration in New York State prisons. As we have discussed often in class, inmates … Continue reading →

The first problem that came to me a week ago was the problem of police discrimination. Of course, discrimination has been around as long as humans and this is a problem that is out of out reach, but can be … Continue reading →

One of the more serious problems with law enforcement today lies in the way our prison system is structured. With punishment being at the forefront of our concerns, enormous amounts of people are jailed. This in turn puts our country … Continue reading →

One of the big problems that is present in policing is the prisons. According to crimeinameria.net, two thirds of the prisoners released return back to jail within three years. Within five years, three fourths of those released return to incarceration. … Continue reading →

The United States has a major problem of incarcerating too many people. The United States is waging a war on drugs (many of which are smuggled across the Mexican border) and is punishing the users of the drugs rather than … Continue reading →

In my previous post, I discussed a few notable policing problems that came to mind after reading and analyzing several articles and sets of data. I concluded that three main policing issues that certainly have room for improvement are stop-and-frisk … Continue reading →