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Assault Weapon Ban National Rifle Association
3,095 words... Guns and violence are not just found in schools. In the state of Louisiana and Texas, more people now die from gunshot wounds than from car accidents. Since 1980 the citys homicide rate has doubled. These violent outrages are spurred on by deadly convergence of gangs, drugs, and even more assault weaponry. Juvenile arrests in our nation for homicides climbed from six to over one hundred in one year alone (Hull, 1993). Police have complained about being outgunned by drug dealers with Uzis and...
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Domestic Violence Police Officer
1,542 words... and the apartment did not reflect any recent violent activity. She did know the name of her assailant. She described him as an acquaintance. This gave the officer more suspicion that she was a prostitute. The officer told the victim that it would be in her best interest if she did not continue the allegations. He said that a jury would laugh her out of the courtroom. He also told her that it would be a waste of time to go to the hospital for a checkup. The officer tells the known prostitute ...
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Organized Crime Foot Soldiers
1,693 wordsOrganized crime has a long and notorious history throughout the world. The ancestor to todays criminal organization can be traced back centuries to pirates who operated off the coasts of continents. The Mafia became to take force to protect estates when the landlords were not there (La Cosa 1). By the 1800 s the Mafia had become criminal and used violence throughout Sicily. A strict ethical code called opera, the rule of death if broken, was used to sworn members in. It soon became so strong tha...
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War On Drugs Marijuana Laws
1,405 wordsActivists hope ballot questions signal support for marijuana bills By Steve Leblanc, Associated Press, 12 / 5 / 2000 17: 05 BOSTON (AP) When researchers launched the nation's most ambitious heart study 50 years ago, they chose Framingham, a middle-class town west of Boston and cross-section of America. Now supporters of liberalized marijuana laws are hoping voters in this Massachusetts heartland are signaling a fundamental shift in public attitudes about the state's war on drugs. On Election Day...
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Police Departments Medical Marijuana
1,451 words... criminal-defense lawyer who advocates drug-policy reform. "But the real word is 'confiscation. ' Current law goes way too far. " In 1992, for instance, state troopers grabbed $ 38, 000 from the briefcase of Tom Russo (not his real name) after stopping him and then charging him with drunk driving, among other violations. Although a state judge ordered the cash returned because of an illegal search, police had already transferred it to the federal government, essentially leaving the money -- p...
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18 Th Amendment Reform Movements
1,842 wordsThe Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead, it added to the problems it was intended to solve. (Thorton, 15) On January 16, 1920, a popular American pastime was suddenly seized from the public, and labeled a crime. The 18 th Amendment, known as the Voltstead Act, was put into effect and attempted to efficiently remove the importing, exporting, transporting, selling, and manufacturing of any liquor with an alcohol content exceeding 0. 5 %. The law was passed in order to reduce crimes such...
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U S V Bear Arms
1,304 wordsToday in America, gun control is a very serious issue. There are different opinions on this issue, the National Rifle Association (NRA), feels that guns are safe when used for protection by responsible citizens, others feel that guns are far to dangerous to be kept in homes, and that guns should not be owned by anyone, only used by the National Guard and law enforcement. These people think their opinions are correct according to the second amendment, the amendment that deals with the bearing of ...
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Differential Association Theory Police Officers
1,391 wordsWilson and Kelling's article Broken Windows is an interesting take on crime prevention and the psychology surrounding it. There take on crime preventions strays from the idea of police allocation based on crime rate and the use of foot patrol versus the use of squad car patrol. The thesis offered by Wilson and Kelling in the article Broken Windows is that we must return to our long-abandoned view that the police ought to protect communities as well as individuals (Wilson 15). Wilson and Kelling ...
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Health Care Insurance Portability
1,697 wordsLaws on Health Care Fraud in the United States Abstract: Health care fraud has drastically increased in number and extent in United States during the past several years. The main task of government is to manage the Health Care Fraud programs by providing national supervision and aid to maintain health care fraud investigations intending individuals and organizations that are deceiving the public and private health care systems. The FBI, in association with its federal, state and local law enforc...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Health Care
1,716 words... hospital parking privileges Main principles personified within the statute are that most physician ownership in separate DHS entities, the services from which do not fall within the in-office ancillary services exception, is prohibited. Secondly, to meet the criteria for an exception, physician reimbursement usually must be at reasonable market value. At last, financial arrangements between physicians and other entities cannot reproduce the volume or value of referrals provided by a physicia...
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Miami Dade County Religious Groups
1,130 wordsPhase 2 Individual Project - Sociology The aim of this paper is to collect information that will enable to draw some general conclusion about the social groups that are most likely to influence the development of a child in the area, and recommend the types of social services that the city Miami in Dade County may wish to make available. Miami city, Miami-Dade County According to the 2006 American Community Survey, the number of school-age children (population 3 years and over enrolled in school...
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The Usa Patriot Act Of 2001
427 wordsThe USA Patriot Act of 2001 The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (known as the USA Patriot Act of 2001) was signed by George Bush on October 26, 2001. This Act was aimed to increase law enforcement agencies liability to search phone and e-mail communications, various financial and medical records, to ease the restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the country, etc. The USA Patriot Act of 2001 ...
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Legalization Of Drugs Prohibition Of Alcohol
1,052 wordsGun Control Americans are faced with an ever-increasing problem of violence. The streets of America are now a war zone. Teenage gangsters murder one another for drug territory, and innocent victims are caught in the crossfire. However, most recent and most abhorrent, is our children are killing one another. They are killing with extreme prejudice. Our children are killing, exhibiting little or no remorse for lives they have taken. We cannot ignore the carnage our society endures due to the crimi...
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September 11 2001 Number Of Years
1,953 wordsPlugging the Holes: Streamlining the Intelligence Community Now, decade passed after the end of the Cold War, but it continues to reverberate throughout the United States Intelligence Community. Since the beginning of the first Bush Administration, intelligence agencies have been reduced in size by some 30 % and priorities shifted away from the Soviet Union and its erstwhile allies (Best 2003: 4). Yet the post-Cold War world has its own complexities political, economic, and technological that co...
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Civil Liberties Union Clean Air Act
975 wordsCOURTS AND VENUE Patriot Act (2001) The Patriot Act, said to have been passed in the wake of the September 11 attacks, is an act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement regulatory tools, and for other purposes (107 th Congress 1). The act grants greater powers to federal officials in tracing and intercepting the communication of terrorists for the purposes of foreign intelligence and law enforcement (Doyle 2). Aside from this, the ...
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Guns And Gun Control
2,399 wordsGuns and Gun Control Many American ar assure that gun control is only an is in th United Stats of America, but thy ar wrong. Gun control is not only an is in th United Stats, but around th world as wll. Th United Stats of America and Britain shar similar itis and diffracts when it coms to th is of gun control. Both countries hav take action against gun control and ar continuously looking for ways to improv the laws. This page will demonstrate th actions that ach country has take ovr th yar's, th...
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Minimum Drinking Age Law Enforcement Agencies
1,616 wordsAlcohol and Teen Use One of the major problems in United States today is underage alcohol abuse. Different causes make this issue critical for teenagers: idea of feeling better, the strong influence of advertising, trying to fit in with a group etc, which cause long term effect on adolescents. The major problem with teen alcohol abuse is drunk driving. Something that can help is an anti teen drinking group like Mothers Against Drunk Driving Organization (MADD). The achievements of the organizati...
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Juvenile Justice System State Of California
2,092 wordsJuveniles in the Court System Contemporary judicial system is becoming more and more concerned with juveniles committing serious crimes that violate the overall society's calmness. The American juvenile justice system was established over 100 years ago to alter the kids who were found guilty of minor crimes such as petty theft and truancy. Nowadays, crimes of violence committed by juveniles are overwhelming the system. Stealing and skipping school have been replaced by violent crimes, such as ra...
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War On Drugs Drug Cartels
1,749 wordsLatin America is a large region made up of many diverse countries. A large portion of these countries have enormous problems with corruption. Two of these countries, Mexico and Colombia. , have gained a great deal of attention due to their problems. The difficulties these countries have are even more complex in that they effect other more prominent countries immensely. When looking more closely at the two, it becomes interesting to observe the contrasting features of the corruption in each natio...
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Hate Crimes Violent Crimes
1,192 wordsCrime Around the World Crime is an epidemic that is infecting today s global society. In the United States the subject of crime has risen to the forefront of social and political issues due to the recent elections. This problem of crime does not effect just the United States but it is a hot topic in many other nations of the world. Crime is not a problem that can be addressed by individuals, but by ruling governments. This paper will discuss the articles that show the methods the United States a...
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