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Rapid Changing Environment

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2013, 9(3), pp.137-154
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

Cho, Dong-Woon 1,  Park Dong Kyun 2

1경찰교육원
2대구한의대학교

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ABSTRACT

Crime and delinquency in Korea are exceedingly widespread and pervasive. It will be clear that this condition is not the result of chance. Concern about crime in Korea has risen sharply. Not only has the crime rate increased continuously, but the nature of criminal acts committed has also changed. On the whole, crimes have become more vicious, impersonal, "senseless", and hence more alarming. So, crime have become one of the most serious problem in Korea. The most visible element in the criminal justice system is the police. Police have a number of very significant duties ranging from providing civic assistance to anyone who needs it - sick and old people, children - to detecting crime, apprehending criminals, appearing in courts as prosecution witnesses, and other crime-related activities. The police are the part of the criminal justice system in direct daily contact both with crime and the public. In modern democratic societies the police bear the primary responsibility for ensuring public safety because law enforcement is viewed as the primary solution to crime. The functions of policing are complicated. The range of police functions remains so broad and interwined as to make separation of theses functions impossible. Police functions are connected not only with the functions of other criminal justice components like courts and corrections but also with diverse governmental and social service agencies. The police are not separate from the people. and they draw their authority from the will and consent of the people. The police are the instrument of the people to achieve and maintain order: their efforts are founded on principles of public service and ultimate responsibility to the public. Policing has been undergoing rapid change. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, police agencies have been given an additional mission-the prevention of terrorism. To carry out this mission, police officers are being trained to be the first responders to terrorist scenes, to gather intelligence on terrorists, and to work closely with the federal government to make cities secure not only from crime but also from terrorists' act. In the twenty-first century, multiculturalism is quickly becoming an issue of primary importance. Police officers should perform the activities in order to improve their relationship with multicultural communities. It is very important for police officers who are engaged in problem solving to understand how, when, where, why criminal events occur, rather than merely responding them.

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