User:Jmm26/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Law enforcement

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I started by choosing the "Social Science" topic, and then went into the "Law" article, and when I started reading the "Law" article and clicked on the word "enforce" a picture of New York City police officers popped up. Since my cousin is a NY State Trooper I decided to click on it and the "Law Enforcement" article popped up. With all the information on the news on Law Enforcement I decided to choose this article. I thought it would be interesting to read and relevant.

Evaluate the article
The article has a very good lead section explaining generally the law enforcement activity and what members of law enforcement do. The content is very helpful because it has external links to an outline of topics related to law enforcement, and what I found really interesting was links to law enforcement in other countries. There were also links to vigilantism and criminal law. The pictures are good to get your attention. It was the picture of the New York City police that got me to go into this article.

The article is very informative and neutral. It is very organized with great links for additional information.

The article was last edited on February 4, 2021, which is good because that is a recent edit. The references cited in the bottom from the New Law Journal, is a reliable source, but it is from 1974 and the other reference is a 2008 book. Although being old references does not necessarily mean that they are inaccurate, that is something to consider when evaluating the article.

If I were to try to improve the article, I would research to see if there are more current definitions or applications of the words "law enforcement". I would also add more countries to the links and also verify that the information is correct for the countries that are listed.