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Violence In A Changing America
1,381 words
Columbine, Co. Through the news we have witnessed
the horror, gore and serious crime that has
extended its influence even to the youth of small
towns across America. America has experienced a
cultural change where solid values no longer serve
as a deterrent to crime. This spread may have
resulted from the desensitizing media under the,
If it bleeds, it reads. marketing ploy, or perhaps
the rise of the Internet. However, occurrences
such as those at Columbine illustrate the violence
that plagues ...
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Internal Affairs Unit York Times P
1,481 words
... upon scandal that hit Miami in the middle 1980
's. This was when about 10 % of the Miami's police
were jailed, fired, or disciplined. They were in
connection with a scheme in which officers robbed
and some-times killed cocaine smugglers on the
Miami River, then resold the drugs. Many of those
involved had been hired when the department had
beefed up quickly after the 1980 riots and the
Mariel boat lift. "We didn't get the quality of
officers we should have, says department spokesman
Dave Mag...
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Law Enforcement Officers Driving While Black
1,487 words
The federal government should end racial profiling
by requiring policemen and other law enforcement
officers to keep detailed records of each
individual they stop to question or search. These
records should include the persons race; the
reason stopped; how long the car was detained; and
whether a ticket was issued, the car searched, or
any illegal goods or weapons were found when the
traffic stop was made. Racial profiling is the
police practice of stopping and searching
African-American and His...
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Age Of 18 Amount Of People
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... od results t b obtained which can prove the
hypothesis being presented in this paper. The
table below named Table # 1 shows the results
gathered by the surveys. These results were
gathered by different methods but they were all
from anonymous sources assuring to write correct
and true facts. Question: Under-Age Over-Age
Under-Age Over-Age Home Country Drinking Age -- -
18 18 21 21 Average drinks per week? 6 to 10 11 to
15 16 to 20 11 to 15 Ever driven after drinking?
22. 2 % 61. 1 % 38. 8 % ...
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United States Supreme Court Prohibits Discrimination
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... ve the life of her dying husband, filmed
without her knowledge in her own bathroom. In
another situation, a mother watching a similar
broadcast saw the body of her college-aged son
draped over a chair as a result of a drug overdose
while police arrived on the scene to investigate.
Such privacy invasions aren't limited to
television. The print media regularly makes use of
photos and stories gained without the knowledge or
permission of the individuals involved.
Celebrities are the most freque...
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Credit Card Fraud Law Enforcement Officials
1,085 words
Law enforcement officials have stated that
identity theft crime has been one of the fastest
growing crimes in the United States. Identity
theft is also one of the fastest growing white
color crimes. This is a serious crime. Identity
theft is the act of knowingly transferring or
using without lawful authority, a means of
identification of another person with the intent
to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful
activity that constitutes a violation of federal
law, or that constitutes a felony und...
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Career Choice Law Enforcement
939 words
While reading, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, by
P. D. James and Indemnity Only, by Sara Paretsky,
one is given the opportunity to slip in to the
life of a female private detective and experience
the aspects of what occurs during the process of a
murder investigation as seem through the eyes of
two very independent women. P. D. James character
of Cordelia Gray and Sara Paretskys character of
V. I. Warshawski are two private investigators
that display great passion for their jobs and will
stop at...
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Law Enforcement Officer Washington D C
952 words
Since disarming the citizens of this country is
the objective of the federal government, and since
the federal government proclaims this to be a
democratic country based upon equality, then any
gun control measures adopted by the government
should be democratically applied. If law abiding
citizens are to have their guns taken from them
then let the law abiding police agencies of the
state be disarmed also. (Those in law enforcement
who are crooked can keep their guns just as the
drug pushers and...
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African Americans And Law Enforcement
1,058 words
It was late one mourning, and the well- dressed
young African American male was driving his Ford
Explorer on I- 85, sees the blue lights of the
Georgia State patrol car behind him. The officer
pulls behind the sport utility vehicle. The young
mans heart is beating like thunder. He is on his
way to Norcross for a job interview. The stop,
obviously for speeding, should not take long, he
reasons, as the highway patrol officer walks
cautiously toward the Ford Explorer. But instead
of simply asking f...
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Alternative Treatment To Drug Addiction
1,495 words
Americans have a complicated war other than the
one in the Middle East to be concerned about. , a
war that has gone on much longer -the war on
drugs. According to a study at Brown University,
if the current rate of people who have been
incarcerated for drug violations continues, there
will be more Americans in prison than out by the
year 2053 (Alter 38). What many people do not
realize is that drug addiction is a disease and if
not treated properly this disease will continue to
spread. When a pe...
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Adam Smith Productivity Growth
1,731 words
Debates about what is real work have been taking
place since the birth of economics in the 18 th
Century. (D 103 p 33) The way work is organised
defines our economy and the meaning of economic
activity. (i. b. i. d. p 9) There are two
definitions of work. Firstly, activities done in
order to bring in money as payment for the person
doing it, based on exchange in the public domain,
which may be seen as productive work. Secondly,
activities that contribute to the reproduction of
society, usually u...
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Marijuana Tax Act Marijuana Smokers
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Why? Marijuana is illegal. Illegal to possess,
purchase, distribute or grow. To start off the
basic non-creative, non-read between the lines
question; Why? Why was marijuana made illegal that
fateful day 68 years ago. Is there a justifiable
reason to the original criminalization and
continuation of that law to present day? So, again
I ask; Why? Yet, besides the reason why marijuana
is illegal many are against the prohibition laws.
However, possibly just as many are for keeping
marijuana in the s...
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Boston Police Law Enforcement
304 words
The city of Dover must also recognize the politics
that go along with this type of vacancy. A number
of outside players, including but not limited to
O'Hara Transport, would like to see particular
candidates appointed in order for personal gain,
rather than public. The following is an overview
of the four candidates... Chip Durning: As Chief
Deputy of the a large sheriff's department, Mr.
Durning has twelve years of law enforcement
experience, coupled with a degree in psychology,
and extensive t...
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Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties
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Patriot Act: Helping or Hurting the United States
ABSTRACT Despite the guarantees provided by the
Constitution that each individual freedom is
protected, there are still instances where
individual rights were bypassed. Authorities
should give all societal players with an equal and
viable opportunity to articulate their concerns in
a sustainable manner and the value of their inputs
should not be predicated on their economic power.
The capability of the state to lessen the outcome
of the paradox o...
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Community Policing In America
1,576 words
Community Policing in America (1) The concept of
community policing has become especially popular
in recent years, since celebration of diversity,
had succeeded in turning the ever-increased number
of streets in American cities into places, which
people try to avoid at any cost, especially after
it gets dark. It is not a secret that in so-called
hoods, drug dealers often openly sell crack, with
police officers being given orders not to get
involved, in order not to provoke racial riots.
Nowadays...
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African Americans And Crime
814 words
African-Americans and Crime The suggestions that
African-Americans suffer from law enforcement
agencies extra scrutiny, is nothing but a product
of mental illness, on the part of neo-Liberals in
governmental offices, who perceive the issue of
racism as a skin rush the more it is being
scratched, the more it itches. This is why they
never get tired of whining about inadequate
representation of Blacks if law enforcement
agencies, about evils of racial profiling and
about polices badness towards Bl...
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School Age Children War On Drugs
1,502 words
The negative connotations that surround the issue
of drug use have been perpetuated by the media and
have created a very unhealthy societal fear of
drugs. Improper drug use is dangerous, not the
chemical compound itself. A major factor in one s
drug experience is the users personality. A person
with psychological problems who takes LSD will
most likely have those problems magnified when
under the influence of the drug. However,
psychologically healthy people who are
knowledgeable and prepared fo...
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Capital Punishment Death Penalty
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Terminally Ill Patients Legalization Of Marijuana
781 words
The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is a
relatively harmless drug that governments around
the world have made illegal. If legalized,
marijuana can be beneficial to society in a number
of ways: whether it be for medical, economic, or
public safety reasons. Marijuana has been proven
to treat several life debilitating, and even life
threatening diseases. Although it is not a cure,
marijuana can ease the pain and suffering of a
dying person. Another benefit of legalization is
the financial gains...
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American Medical Association Prohibition Of Marijuana
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Donovan Kessler Anderson 11 - 29 - 00 Term Paper A
huge amount of Americans are currently being
arrested and sentenced for defying an unjustly
created law. These Americans suffer from overly
harsh penalties and may even be sentenced to death
just for relaxing in ways similar to how many
Americans drink a beer to relax. The current
excuse from government officials for keeping
marijuana illegal is that it leads to the use of
harder drugs, which is a lie. Something needs to
be done to protect other...
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