Law Enforcement in Amish Communities
The Amish people are recognized to the public as the “best” people in the world. They read and act upon everything the Bible says and not in any way want to cause any harm to other people, but this is a misconception. It is true that the Amish are positive people and believe in the bible with their entire heart, but they are also human and make mistakes like the “English” folk. Whether the mistakes they make are lying or something that is much more dangerous, they do all this quietly and sometimes with no punishment. This is looked down upon in the “English” world because the church and victims should not stay quiet to preserve the Amish name. In the Amish community they know it is a man and woman and
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For example, in the “Dark side of the Amish,” they state that “even cases of murder have been covered up within Amish Community” (2014). This is considered wrong in the “English” world because if this gets out to a person or two, this could make them feel unsafe and not want to tell the church because of the thought of being shunned themselves. The thing with the Amish though is that they don’t see it as an extreme crime because they just know life as man and woman, superior vs. inferior and in this case they see it as no criminal vs. victim. The Amish may realize it is wrong, but not want to say anything to preserve the Amish name. This is why the law should be incorporated in the Amish system because simply, the Amish people are scared to talk sometimes and it may seem that the law can help them feel safe by taking care of the troubles and crimes that continue to …show more content…
In an article for the Commonwealth newspaper, Kraybill, the author, states that “[the Amish] refuse to hold public office for fear it may entangle them in litigation, which the church forbids; use of the law is considered a form of force that violates Jesus’ teachings on loving one’s enemies and praying for one’s persecutors” (2014). It is true that the Amish are considered the holiest of people, by the publics standards, and are better than average because they live and breathe the Bible. But even the holiest of people have their sins that they need to be punished for. The Amish may think that the church’s punishment is enough, but a “"slap on the wrist" for their life-scarring actions” from the church may not be enough especially for sexual abuse, drug abuse, hate-crimes, or even murder. Even an ex-Amish named as Aden Yoder repeatedly said that the church covers things up from the community and the public because it is more important to them to keep the Amish name sacred instead of catching and punishing criminals. The punishment from the church is just too weak. They want to protect the people and keep them close by making sinners only confess in public to get any crime to be forgiven in the community. That is wrong in the eyes of the public. We believe
The Muckleshoot are a Native American tribe are a part of the Coast Salish people. their territory can be found located in Washington. They are recognized as the Muckleshoot Tribe, they are composed of generations of different tribal groups who inherited Puget Sound areas and occupied river drainages from the rivers confluence in Auburn to their reservations in the Cascades.
crimes to the police, thinking that there is not much the police can do. do it all over again. Those who consider reporting it might think it will only
The Amish religion was started by Jacob Amman as a Mennonite movement, but was originally part of the protestant Anabaptists. Jacob was trying to restore some of the early practices of the Mennonites but was unsuccessful and ended up creating a new religion. The Amish were then persecuted by the Catholics and protestant Christians when in Europe so they took William Penns offering and move...
In the 1700s, the Amish settled mainly in the Midwest after fleeing persecution in Germany (Rearick, 2003). They are branched off of Christianity and came shortly after the Protestant Reformation (Weyer, Hustey, Rathbun, Armstrong, Reed, Ronyak, & Savrin, 2003).
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Policing any community will have many challenges, but policing alongside a Native American tribe can add additional challenges other areas may not experience. In the past Native Americans have had problems with the U.S. government seriously and repeatedly disregarded Indian rights that were guaranteed in the form of binding treaties. To Native American’s police officers have been a symbol of rigid and authoritarian governmental control. They view the justice system as not to be trusted because of the breaches of treaties and contracts. With such tarnished views of the justice system and those who work for it, policing alongside a Native American tribe can face additional problems and challenges.
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Most people use second hand information as their core source of information about crime, this source of information usually being the media. When carrying out sample research in Birmingham, Susan Smith (1984) discovered that 52% of people obtained most of their information about crime from the media, 36% obtained it from hearsay or alleged experiences of friends and neighbours, 3% from their own experiences, and 1% from the police service themselves (cited in Jones, 2001; 8). However the media tend to exaggerate upon areas of criminal activity causing a moral panic. ‘A moral panic is a semi- spontaneous or media generated mass movement based on the perception that some individual or group, frequently a minority group or subculture, is dangerously deviant and poses menace to society. These panics are generally fuelled by the media, although not always caused by, media coverage of social issues… These panics can sometimes lead to mob violence… (newsfilter.co.uk).
All students should take notice and interest in cultural diversity. There are numerous different cultures in America. One in particular is the Amish culture, which I would like to familiarize you with.
The United States of America was a country founded on the principles of religious freedom. It was this principle that sparked a vast diversity in the religions founded in the New World; A diversity that the founding fathers had not imagined. While many religions can be found in America now, it is the Protestant faith and the sects that broke off from it that began the religious diversity in America. The Amish religion is one of theses sects that helped develop the diversity in America. This paper will cover the history of the Amish, their ideals and practices, and the challenges they have faced.
right to play god in a sense. Others believe that certain crimes are so severe and horrendous that
Crimes and criminals only exist when a public body has judged the such according to accepted procedures; no public authority → no crime
Throughout society there are both individuals and groups of people with a wide range of perceptions about crime and justice. These perceptions are influenced by the media and what the media presents. Media presents crime stories in ways that selectively distort and manipulate public perception, thus creating a false picture of crime. Therefore the media provides us with perceptions and social constructions about our world. Firstly I will be discussing the role of the media in constructing knowledge about crime. I will begin by explaining why the media is important, and go further to explain that media representations construct knowledge of crime and since knowledge about crime is constructed it does not necessarily capture reality in fact crime stories are often sensationalised. I will then link this to my central argument that the media shapes people’s perceptions of crime and how this is important as it can lead to changes in the law. I will then explain what it is that the public or society needs to be aware of when reading and watching media reports about crime. We need to be aware of bias and moral panics that are created by the media and how the media shapes or influence’s public perception through this, it is important for us to be aware of misleading or false crime stories so that we are not swayed by the media in believing what they want us to believe.
Crimes are not ‘given’ or ‘natural’ categories to which societies simply respond. The composition of such categories change from various places and times, and is the output of social norms and conventions. Also, crime is not the prohibitions made for the purpose of rational social defence. Instead, Durkheim argues that crimes are those acts which seriously violate a society’s conscience collective. They are essentially violations of the fundamental moral code which society holds sacred, and they provoke punishment for this reason. It is because of these criminal acts which violate the sacred norms of the conscience collective, that they produce a punitive reaction. (Ibid)