The Importance Of Environmental Criminology

Being part of the law community takes a lot, but here are many techniques that are being used to become a local crime expert. Becoming a local crime expert would help the department to be more informed of the situation or the crime. In module one, I learned that one way to become a crime expert, is by sitting with either dispatchers or police officers and talk to them about what they have seen in their position. Another way is to do as many rides along as possible. A ride along will give you an opportunity to meet and talk to more police officers, but most importantly to observe more cases. Overall, being involved with the law community would lead you to a positive change.

There are strategies that are required to perform by the law, but there

It also analyzes the impact of people external behavior. In this section I learned about the Problem Analysis Triangle; which is a crime triangle that comes from theories of environmental criminology. I certainly find the Problem Analysis Triangle beneficial because it helps with ways to think about recurring problems of crime and disorder.

“Implementing POP in a police agency—and in its local government and community as well—is conceptually simple, but practically challenging” (Scott & Kirby). While I was reading “How to Prepare Yourself and the Agency”, I learned that by being engaged to problem solving in a long-run will make you an expert on problem solving. Not all agencies are the same, some of them have strategies to become pros at problem solving that others do not know about.

In the videos of this week, I got too learned from Herman Goldstein, an experience and outstanding person how has changed and contribute a lot in the law community. Goldstein sees Problem Oriented Policing as an effort to re-focus attention into the police department. “By examining problems in detail, the law environment will become more familiar with how to deal and respond to problems” (Learning Resources Video). Herman gave me an understanding were problem-oriented policing is today. Something new I learned was that it takes a strong commitment to follow the strategies of problem- oriented policing.