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political profiles of a police force must represent the general population of the area that it
serves (Berkley, 1969; Crawshaw et al., 2001; Trever, 1996). The proportions of these
groups present in police organizations must be equal to the general population.
Otherwise, the main component of democracy is forgotten (Marx, 1998). The
representation of women in the force is the first step towards representativeness. In many
countries, minorities, immigrants and their second, third and in fact fourth generation
children cannot become citizen in those countries and cannot participate in police
organizations. Those minorities or ethnic groups may reach over ten percent of the entire
population, giving them the right to sovereignty in the countries that have such laws and
regulations (Crawshaw et al., 1998; Finn, 2001; Stone & Ward, 2000).
Representativeness is one of the main elements of democracy indicated by political
science scholars. It is consequently, also one of the main elements of democratic policing.
Police organizations must be composed of the same racial, ethnic, religious, and gender
profiles of the population of the community that they serve in order to be democratic.
The above-mentioned applications, derived from current literature, are accepted
by most social scientists as democratic policing practices. They have been implemented
and used to preserve, assist, or encourage democracy in different countries. Other
applications are also available, such as the multiple funding of policing, real time analysis
of crime statistics, victimization surveys or programs, civil litigation, the exclusionary
rule of evidence, laws mandating arrest in domestic violence cases, and so on. There also
promote the basic tenets of democracy. They are arguable or hard to implement or they38
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Can, Salih Hakan. Comparative Analysis of Interrelations Between Democracy and Democratic Policing Practices, thesis, August 2002; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3263/m1/45/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .