Circle Peace-Making in Alaska

2019 ◽  
pp. 146-164
Author(s):  
Polly Elizabeth Hyslop ◽  
Brian N. Jarrett
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
The State ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Contemporary Method ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Local Schools ◽  
Rural Alaska ◽  
Local Law

In this chapter, the authors explore the re-emergence of peace-making in a Tlingit community, its renaissance, and its value as a contemporary method of dispute resolution in rural Alaska. The circle peacemaking process (herein “circle peace-making”) works in collaboration with the State of Alaska judicial system, as a local restorative practice addressing misdemeanors and juvenile offenses. Local law enforcement and families within communities can refer misdemeanor and young offenders to circle peace-making. Local schools can also refer students who are in need of guidance and direction to address misbehaviors.

scholarly journals Administrative and legal bases of activity of local local law enforcement units in the conditions of decentralization of executive power

2020 ◽  
pp. 350-358
Author(s):  
Banchuk Oleksandr
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
The State ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Utility Companies ◽  
Local Law ◽  
Set Up

The scientific article is devoted to covering peculiarities of local units activities in providing law and order in the conditions of decentralization of executive power. It is stated that local units are set up by the decision of local councils as utility companies or as executive local self government bodies. The categories of cases which are investigated by local units are determined and the problems in the procedure of their solving are identified. The efficiency of measures of local self government bodies often depends on the activity of the state bodies because the representatives of the units can not start proceedings by themselves even when the circumstances of commitment of a certain administrative offense are identified. The conclusion is made that local units ( guards/ police) are a wide spread phenomenon in Ukraine, however, they have not received a proper law regulation so far. Their officers do not have the authority of police but, in fact, try to take over their powers. It is admitted that there is a necessity to continue the process of decentralization of the powers of local self government bodies in this sphere.

How Many Years?

1973 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanford Bates
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
Local Law ◽  
County Jails

Very little has been done in the United States to improve the thousands of county jails that hold sentenced petty offenders and persons awaiting trial. Because these inmates are not considered an immediate danger to society, the facilities that handle them are virtually ignored. They are usually operated by local law enforcement officials, who do not have the knowledge or the time to develop needed rehabilitative programs. Subjected to these jails, many minor offenders go on to commit felonies. The deplorable conditions that exist in these local facilities might improve if every jail became part of the state correctional program.

scholarly journals The Fine Line: Rural Justice, Public Health and Safety, and the Coronavirus Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 000276422110031
Author(s):  
Jennifer Sherman ◽  
Jennifer Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Personal Liberty ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Local Law ◽  
Sheriff's Department ◽  
Public Health And Safety

In this article, we provide an early glimpse into how the issues of public health and safety played out in the rural United States during the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on Washington State. We utilize a combination of news articles and press releases, sheriff’s department Facebook posts, publicly available jail data, courtroom observations, in-depth interviews with those who have been held in rural jails, and interviews with rural law enforcement staff to explore this theme. As elected officials, rural sheriffs are beholden to populations that include many who are suspicious of science, liberal agendas, and anything that might threaten what they see as individual freedom. At the same time, they expect local law enforcement to employ punitive measures to control perceived criminal activity in their communities. These communities are often tightly knit, cohesive, and isolated, with high levels of social support both for community members and local leaders, including sheriffs and law enforcement. This complex social context often puts rural sheriffs and law enforcement officers in difficult positions. Given the multiple cross-pressures that rural justice systems faced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we explore the circumstances in which they attempted to protect and advocate for the health and safety of both their incarcerated and their nonincarcerated populations. We find that certain characteristics of rural communities both help and hinder local law enforcement in efforts to combat the virus, but these characteristics typically favor informal norms of social control to govern community health. Thus, rural sheriff’s departments repeatedly chose strategies that limited their abilities to protect populations from the disease, in favor of appearing tough on crime and supportive of personal liberty.

Racializing Crimmigration

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amada Armenta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigration Enforcement ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Local Jail ◽  
Colorblind Ideology ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Local Law

Deporting “criminal aliens” has become the highest priority in American immigration enforcement. Today, most deportations are achieved through the “crimmigration” system, a term that describes the convergence of the criminal justice and immigration enforcement systems. Emerging research argues that U.S. immigration enforcement is a “racial project” that subordinates and racializes Latino residents in the United States. This article examines the role of local law enforcement agencies in the racialization process by focusing on the techniques and logics that drive law enforcement practices across two agencies, I argue that local law enforcement agents racialize Latinos by punishing illegality through their daily, and sometimes mundane, practices. Investigatory traffic stops put Latinos at disproportionate risk of arrest and citation, and processing at the local jail subjects unauthorized immigrants to deportation. Although a variety of local actors sustain the deportation system, most do not see themselves as active participants in immigrant removal and they explain their behavior through a colorblind ideology. This colorblind ideology obscures and naturalizes how organizational practices and laws converge to systematically criminalize and punish Latinos in the United States.

Assessing law enforcement websites: a comparative analysis exploring types, quantity and quality of information available

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Hansen ◽  
John C. Navarro ◽  
Sierra A. Malvitz
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Local Law

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the availability of information on law enforcement websites in the state of Wisconsin.Design/methodology/approachThe study conducted a content analysis of all 179 county and municipal local law enforcement agency websites within Wisconsin. The authors then implemented a comparative analysis that explored whether the quantity and quality of information available on law enforcement websites are similar to those of local governments and school districts. The authors then estimated models to test whether there is a relationship between the population size served and gender distribution of law enforcement departments to the availability of information on law enforcement websites.FindingsLaw enforcement websites contain a noticeable lack of information. The finding is even more apparent when comparing law enforcement websites to the websites of local governments and school districts. Finally, the authors show a positive link between information sharing on law enforcement websites and the proportion of the civilian staff at an agency that are women.Originality/valuePast studies that reviewed the make-up of law enforcement websites analyzed large law enforcement departments rather than local law enforcement departments, which notably represent the majority of most law enforcement departments. The authors also explicitly demonstrate that the commitment to information sharing is lagging within law enforcement websites compared to local-level governments. Future scholarship and law enforcement departments may benefit from exploring the employment of female civilians.

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