Choose one of the following areas of policing, and using concepts from two theoretical frameworks and analyse contemporary policing or criminal justice response in your area. The Area of policing that...

Running Head: POLICING IN DRUG USE
POLICING IN DRUG USE
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POLICING IN DRUG USE
The present essay is going to focus on the drug issue and its involvement within policing. It will argue on the use and abuse of drugs that are present in society and the risks associated with its use. Drug abuse is a serious and widespread problem in Australia which is constantly gaining a spotlight within the police enforcement. According to the legislative framework of Australia, use of any illicit or psychotropic substance that can alter the body functions in a dangerous way within an individual are a crime to possess. Police are constantly exposed to criminal activities and violence in the midst of peoples' crisis. In urban or rural areas the use of drugs is common since it provides temporary relief to any pain or suffering. These substances are first consumed as an experiment, and then it creates a pleasant state where people find it hard to leave. This influence the consumption of drug on a regular basis and most people find it to be an escaping way from their harsh reality. However, any dangerous effects are associated with it due to which society is struggling to eradicate it.
Labelling Theory is involved with how the behaviour of an individual can be determined or affected by the terms that have been described to categorise him. This can be related to stereotyping as the individual is “labelled” here. The theory advocates that deviance is not an inherent aspect of an act, but focuses on the habit of the majorities to label the minorities negatively and portraying them as different from the standard cultural norms (Miller & Holstein, 2017). This theory has a close association with social construction, and symbolic interaction analyse.
When arresting someone, the police intentionally or unintentionally label the person as a deviant. Labelling someone as “bad” depends on a person's behaviour which creates chaos or negative effects on the surroundings. Police officers are also exposed to the natural negative environment and are often found to be engaged within the illicit drug use. They take it as a mean for escaping the rough culture which they are made to face constantly. For instance, when a police officer have to become harsh and violent towards the criminal then he may die or experience severe pain. This provides them with a guilt to participate in the act of taking life out of someone and therefore they participate tin the drug use to escape that guilt. People who have participated or witnessed labelling may not be able to realize that “name tagging” influences others perception of the social status of that person. The culture of the police to use name tagging has an effect on the behaviour of other officers with the person who has been labelled. It can be said that labelling the person is the same as the “No Fly List” of the police as their culture asserts that the labelled person should be treated in a different way for being labelled as trouble (Coghlan et al. 2015). Because labelling often results in stereotyping it can influence the poor decision making by officers.
Labelling a person may have a result contradictory to why the law enforcement had intended for. A person might have been labelled that in order to feel shame for doing anything. However, it has seemed to result in lowering of self-esteem or a stigma. A great label that is negative in nature is known as a stigma. Such labels when internalized by the labelled person can change his self-perception or their social identity (Horton, 2016). This can also have an effect on the social identity of that person. Such strong labelling can turn a person to what he has been labelled.
In recent times, different articles, as well as the...