Communication and Criminal Justice
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In the field of criminal justice, it is necessary to communicate with all segments of society. That communication may be one-way - i.e., in the case of prosecutorial aspects of the criminal justice system - or it may be bi-directional, as in the case of what is commonly called "community policing". The nature of a police force in the criminal justice system is that of both conduit for communication and enforcement arm of the system itself. It is an awkward situation to say the least. Nevertheless, it is in both capacities, enforcement and conduit, that a police force must communicate with that segment of society know as "gangs". Just as one interviews an elderly person in a certain manner, a child in another, and so forth - so, too, must the interview with gang members be fashioned to the "fit" of that particular society. This paper will briefly discuss some aspects of that communication process. We live in dog years, meaning that the life expectancy of a gang member is eighteen years. Being that I'm twenty-eight now, I'm basically a fossil in the gang arena. Kody, an Eight-Tray Gangsta Crip There is no homogenous "gang profile" with which to work. Social scientists of the "behavioral" school have loosely defined three primary types of gang - violent, social, and delinquent - but those are analytical terms for sociologists to use; the law enforcement officer must find common ground for communication. So, as a starting point, there is the fact that gang me
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y, then, that a major factor in establishing effective dialogue between law enforcement and gangs involves setting-up on the criminal justice side of the equation a specialized staff of personnel with direct ties to the ethnic/racial/language orientation of a specific gang. This is not to exclude non-ethnic officers from interviewing gang members, but at the very least it should be recognized that the interviewer must know the gang member's native tongue if he is to be able to hear and understand the complex web of communications signals sent to him by the interviewee. This includes "body language" and, obviously, as a further step towards better communication, it is essential for the interviewer to be familiar with the gang member's ethnic culture and its societal characteristics.
Still, differences aside, as a working proposition the law enforcement officer must look for those characteristics that are "typical" of most gang members, regardless of ethnic or racial orientation. Upon that foundation a dialogue can be built and true, two-way communication established.
We hate that word "gang". We'd rather be considered a community inside of a community, you know? But the word "gang" puts a stigma on our love. And it's all
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Approximate Word count = 1771
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page)
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