Targeting

Criminal geographic targeting in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of criminal geographic targeting.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• criminal geographic targeting in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• criminal geographic targeting in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Targeting in Voting Law

Definition of Targeting in the context of the United States election law: Operation conducted by public authorities, political parties or other stakeholders (e.g. NGOs) to develop a measure and apply it to a specific category of voters in order to optimise desired results.

Targeting in Voting Law

Definition of Targeting in the context of the United States election law: Operation conducted by public authorities, political parties or other stakeholders (e.g. NGOs) to develop a measure and apply it to a specific category of voters in order to optimise desired results.

Targeting in the National Security Context

A definition and brief description of Targeting in relation to national security is as follows:The prioritization of certain target areas or facilities for possible military or intelligence action.