CJ 315 6-2 Assignment How Empathy can be applied to a Victim of Robbery/Empathy is the ability to detect, understand (affective empathy), and connect the
... [Show More] feelingsand thoughts of another individual. Improving empathy is vital for establishing relationsand acting sympathetically. It entails feeling someone else's perspective and facilitatesprosocial or encouraging behaviors that come from within oneself instead of beingcompelled (cognitive empathy)(Psychology Today, n.d.). In contrast, those individualswho lack empathy are regarded as psychopaths or children exhibiting signs of high levelsof psychopathy; their behavior is labeled as callous-unemotional traits. "Psychopathy is aneuropsychiatric disorder marked by deficient emotional responses, lack of empathy, andpoor behavioral controls, commonly resulting in persistent antisocial deviance andcriminal behavior" (Anderson & Kiehl, 2014).Empathy can be applied in the criminal justice system in numerous ways. One suchmethod is the community-oriented policing (COP) strategy, which can promoteorganizational methodologies and pursue abilities and contributions from citizens throughsystemic collaboration and problem-solving tactics. Under the COP model, Lawenforcement officers (LEOs) allocated to a particular neighborhood enthusiasticallyparticipate in community conferences and activities and create confidence withcommunity members in order to actively tackle immediate situations arising from societalconcerns like criminal offenses and social disorder (Takahashi & James, 2018). Thisdirect face-to-face interaction removes experiential barriers. Thus, exhibiting empathy incriminal justice and experiences of empathy assist in improving and developingconnections between police and the community members they are appointed to safeguard.
6-2 Assignment3Empathy and criminal justice professionalsEvery facet of the CJS (Criminal Justice System) expresses empathy for individuals whohave been victimized, excluding those who have continued to harbor hateful implicit orexplicit biases. Because LEOs are naturally the first to arrive on the scene, they must beaware of understanding what their citizens in the community are feeling and thinking inorder for officers to improve the needs of the community. In research by Takahashi &James (2018), the officer's first contact with a robbery victim is especially valuablebecause it can impact a trusting connection thereafter.Empathy can typically affect the connections between the criminal justice professional(s)and a robbery victim. Initially, victims experience comfort and reassurance if LEOs arrivepromptly, listen well, and seem concerned. Being empathetic towards a robbery victimshows that LEOs do not just hear the victim's individual needs but also identify andacknowledge such desires. It additionally conveys that LEOs are good at their jobs [Show Less]