Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
This research study examines the American paramilitary units know as Special
Weapons and Tactics. Throughout this thesis, the fundamental and foundational research
on police paramilitary units is presented and discussed. Additionally, this paper focuses
on trends of militarization in American policing. Mainly, these trends are identified by
the tremendous rise and normalization of American paramilitary police units since the
internal societal wars of the 1970s. In this study, research is presented on Special
Weapons and Tactics team deployments in the state of Maryland. Four years of data are
analyzed focusing on proactive search warrant crime deployments from 2010 through
2013. Several independent variables including, violent crime rates, property crime rates,
vice type crime rates and the number of sworn law enforcement officers are examined.
The most important finding of this study is the inverse relationship between proactive
vice type arrests and the proactive search warrant SWAT team deployments.
Weapons and Tactics. Throughout this thesis, the fundamental and foundational research
on police paramilitary units is presented and discussed. Additionally, this paper focuses
on trends of militarization in American policing. Mainly, these trends are identified by
the tremendous rise and normalization of American paramilitary police units since the
internal societal wars of the 1970s. In this study, research is presented on Special
Weapons and Tactics team deployments in the state of Maryland. Four years of data are
analyzed focusing on proactive search warrant crime deployments from 2010 through
2013. Several independent variables including, violent crime rates, property crime rates,
vice type crime rates and the number of sworn law enforcement officers are examined.
The most important finding of this study is the inverse relationship between proactive
vice type arrests and the proactive search warrant SWAT team deployments.
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