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Violence In A Changing America
1,381 wordsColumbine, 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 wordsThe 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
2,088 words... 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
2,949 words... 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 wordsLaw 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 wordsWhile 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 wordsSince 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 wordsIt 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 wordsAmericans 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 wordsDebates 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
1,619 wordsWhy? 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 wordsThe 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
1,823 wordsPatriot 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 wordsCommunity 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 wordsAfrican-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 wordsThe 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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Terminally Ill Patients Legalization Of Marijuana
781 wordsThe 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
2,218 wordsDonovan 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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