Safety & Emergency Services Journal is a Columbia Southern University sponsored online peer-reviewed academic journal. Academic articles are presented by scholar practitioners who have extensive expertise in the fields of criminal justice, homeland security, fire science, emergency medical services, cyber security, occupational safety and environmental management professions. Safety & Emergency Services Journal also features relevant, innovative and emerging trends within the safety professional fields.
Abstract Accreditation in campus law enforcement agencies is a symbol of professionalism in the industry. Accreditation requires a voluntary approach to implementing industry standards, policies, procedures, and best practices...
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Education Behind Bars: A Review of Educational Services in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
Youth in the juvenile justice system have a right to education comparable to the one found in traditional public schools. However, the literature indicates that this is not reality....
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Inmate Sexual Assault Within Texas Correctional Facilities: An Ongoing Problem
This paper analyzes administrative data to identify trends in sexual assault allegations in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Data from 2010 to 2017 were used for comparison...
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Music Videos as Gang Evidence
There is a tremendous debate between the freedom of speech and assembly versus the police documenting such speech and assembly for criminal trial purposes. In California, the “Street Terrorism...
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Exploring the Dangers of Youth Confinement in the United States
Adolescents in the United States are incarcerated at a higher rate than their counterparts in other parts of the world. The juvenile justice system has shifted from its initial...
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Workforce Development Consideration for Justice Involved Citizens
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (2021), on an annual basis more than 650,000 offenders are released from incarceration and return to communities nationwide. While there has been...
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Can a Government Organization Regulate Employee Off-duty Speech?
In the modern era of the Internet and social media, the right to free speech can be complicated when a government organization is your employer. As an organizational leader...
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Exploring the Major and Career Decisions of Homeland Security Students
Homeland security programs have grown dramatically throughout the past twenty years. While extensive research has been conducted to identify the need, legitimacy, and core competencies of such programs, there...
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Intelligence Collection and the Need for Accurate Information in a Time of Anarchy
As the 2021 Presidential Inauguration approached, the United States Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and local and state law enforcement officials were preparing for violence based...
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Qualified Immunity: It’s not Automatically Granted
There is an age-old philosophical quandary that asks; “if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” ...
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