Criminal Justice

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Question B (a ) In what ways do police and law help each other

Police are usually agencies of the executive arm of the government usually empowered with the mandate to enforce law in to ensure social and public through the use of legitimate force . The police are normally authorized to exercise control over various defined territorial and legal areas of responsibility . However , law refers to a set of rules formulated by the government of which citizen are supposed to abide

by in to ensure social cohesion and integration (Smartt 2006 , 54 . The police forces play major and crucial responsibilities in ensuring implementation of these rules and regulations

Law enforcement is therefore , composed of various policing events and duties . Police activities range from great arrays to specific events such as preservation of in different situations . In to ensure efficiency in the functioning of the police forces they are however categorized into various departments in reference to the broad concepts of law to ensure each section is fully covered .Their functions include enforcing criminal law , regulating traffic , criminal investigations , protecting life ,public safety duties and crowd control For instance , the traffic police are designated with the mandate of taking charge of traffic by inspecting the standards of motor vehicles licensing , detaining motorized and more so responding to crime and prevention (Siegel , Senna , 2005 , 21 . The detective police are usually charged with investigative duties to carry out detective duties in identifying...