Concept information
Preferred term
law enforcement
Definition
- Law enforcement refers to those institutions responsible for preventing and stopping criminal activity, promoting public safety, and apprehending criminal suspects. During the nineteenth century, law enforcement in the West was uneven and often sporadic. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West; Law Enforcement]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- agencies/associations/organizations
- civilian/private involvement
- communications
- contract law enforcement
- crime prevention
- crime statistics
- culture/media
- drug enforcement
- drug law enforcement
- federal agencies/organizations
- federal tax law enforcement
- foreign drug law enforcement
- hunting law enforcement
- intelligence agencies
- international drug law enforcement
- international law enforcement
- investigation techniques
- investigative commissions
- law enforcement personnel
- legal response to violent crime
- legislation/legal issues
- military
- minority issues
- personnel issues
- policing
- railroad law enforcement
- reservation law enforcement
- safety and security
- specialized law enforcement agencies
- state law enforcement
- tactics
- terrorism
- traffic law enforcement
- types of investigation
- victims/witnesses
- wildlife law enforcement
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/law_enforcement
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