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Internal Affairs Unit York Times P
1,653 words
... ely than they were pursuing drugs, ''s ays
Assistant U. S. Attorney Steven Bauer. (Washington
Post, Jan 18, 1993: p. 11) When cities enlarge
their police forces quickly in response to public
fears about crime, it can also mean an influx of
younger and less well-suited officers. That was a
major reason for the enormous corruption scandal
that hit Miami in the mid- 1980 s, when about 10 %
of the city's police were either jailed, fired or
disciplined in connection with a scheme in which
officer...
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Socrates Believes Socrates Claims
1,727 words
The Apology is Socrates' defense at his trial. As
the dialogue begins, Socrates notes that his
accusers have cautioned the jury against Socrates
" eloquence, according to Socrates, the difference
between him and his accusers is that Socrates
speaks the truth. Socrates distinguished two
groups of accusers: the earlier and the later
accusers. The earlier group is the hardest to
defend against, since they do not appear in court.
He is all so accused of being a Sophist: that he
is a teacher and take...
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Internal Affairs Unit York Times P
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... 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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Back On Track Benjamin Franklin
482 words
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As
nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more
need of masters. " Benjamin Franklin What Benjamin
Franklin meant by this does not only apply back
during his day, but it applies throughout history.
This quote can apply to the history of Africa,
Latin America, and Asia. To fully explain this
quote, I must divide the quote into three parts:
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,
""As nations become corrupt and vicious, " and
"they have...
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Animal Farm And The Russian Revolution
865 words
George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is a great
example of allegory and political satire. The
novel was written to criticize totalitarian
regimes and particularly Stalin's corrupt rule in
Russia. In the first chapter Orwell gives his
reasons for writing the story and what he hopes it
will accomplish. It also gives reference to the
farm and how it relates to the conflicts of the
Russian revolution. The characters, settings, and
the plot were written to describe the social
upheaval during that period...
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American History X Measure For Measure
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Social justice is a topic known all to well in
today's society. Such issues as social heirarchial
structure and unjust representatives of citizens
of nations are issues in need of attention by
those in power. Corruption, lies and greed by
those in power however stand in the way of this
form of justice from occurring, leaving many with
little or no social status open to prejudice on
race, religious and sexual grounds. Outlined by
William Shakespeare in Measure for Measure and
George Orwell in Ani...
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Philosophy Analysis Of The Apology By Socrates
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In The Apology, Socrates talks positively about an
instance in which he committed an act of civil
disobedience, but in The Crito he argues that
civil disobedience is not an acceptable option.
These two claims are irreconcilable. Although
Socrates claims that civil disobedience is never
alright, he insists he would practice philosophy
even if it were against Athens law. Although
Socrates gives himself an out when he says that
one must either accept the law or argue that its
unjust, I do not think...
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Law Enforcement And Society
1,029 words
In order to understand contemporary law
enforcement, we should recognize the conditions
that impact our profession. It is agreed upon by
many scholars that major changes in law
enforcement occur every five years. Policing is
sometimes characterize.".. like a sandbar in a
river, subject to being changed continuously by
the currents in which it is immersed... "
(Swanson, Territo and Taylor, p. 2). However, in
recent years some major changes have occurred in a
shorter time period. Innovations in la...
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Upper Class Society King And The Duke
1,393 words
One of society's favorite figures of speech is
that it takes an entire town to raise a child.
Such is true in Mark Twain's, The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn. Through Huck's journey down the
Mississippi River, Twain illustrates the influence
society has on the undeveloped morals. As
Huckleberry travels he becomes the impassive
observer and aware of the corruption in the values
of society (Eliot 330). Encountering these
societies gives Huck a selective morality. No
particular social class is lef...
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Husband And Wife Love Of God
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Veronique Mukamire Professor Michael Mazzolini
English 101. 02 April 25, 2005 Love According to
the definition love is an emotion explored in
philosophy, religion and literature, often as
either romantic love, the fraternal love of
others, or the love of God based on the definition
found in The Encarta Encyclopedia. The definitions
of love are the same and yet different. Godly, for
instance is the love of God, and your devotion and
respect toward him, the creator. In all religion,
god carries th...
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Youth Of Athens Corrupting The Youth
1,267 words
At the elderly age of seventy, Socrates found
himself fighting against an indictment of impiety.
He was unsuccessful at trial in the year 399 B. C.
The charges were corrupting the youth of Athens,
not believing in the traditional gods in whom the
city believed, and finally, that he believed in
other new divinities. In Plato? s Apology,
Socrates defends himself against these charges. He
claims that the jurors? opinions are biased
because they had probably all seen Aristophanes?
comedy The Clouds....
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Kings In The Back Holden Mind
492 words
There is a time in a person s existence when they
loose their innocence. No longer are they
sheltered from the harsh outside world, they are a
part of it. They are now corrupt. A process that
engulfs all and is only stopped by death. These
are the thoughts of Holden Cauffield right before
he has a mental breakdown. Holden adores innocence
and how only the young are subject to it. In
Holden s mind there are three people in particular
Holden knows who are the epitome of innocence.
These people are...
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Book Was Written Picture Of Dorian Gray
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The soul is thought to be an immaterial entity
coexisting with our bodies which is credited with
the faculties of thought, action, and emotion. It
is the part of our body which is believed to live
on after the body dies. In Oscar Wilde's, The
Picture of Dorian Gray, the main character, Dorian
Gray, destroys the innocence of his soul and
becomes corrupt. He becomes corrupt by failing to
live a life of virtue but of sin. The main reason
for his transformation can be attributed mostly to
a portrait...
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Political Reasons Authority Figures
1,279 words
Dear Emperor, Rome s decline was caused by four
main factors: military, political, social and
economic. I believe the predominant factor to be
political causes. The emperors seized all
authority and became corrupt. Not only the
emperors, but also the other officials and
authority figures as well. The emperors and
authority figures have lost control of the people
as a whole and the matters at hand. Emperor after
emperor tried his luck, but none have been able to
solve their political problems. I ...
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Gulliver Travels Jonathan Swift
1,382 words
Many authors write books about events, their lives
and their environment, and their corrupt
government. One satirical author who wrote a novel
about living in a corrupt society is Jonathan
Swift who wrote Gulliver's Travels. The places the
protagonist had visited reflected on the authors
English government. The life of the author will be
shown similar to this book because of the way he
lived. Jonathan Swift was well educated and
graduated from Trinity College in Dublin in
English literature. He ...
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Animal Farm Gulliver Travels
1,780 words
George Orwell was chiefly interested in justice
and equality. He was a deeply pessimistic man who
had powers of imagination which few of his
contemporaries dreamed one man could have. Orwell
s character and writing style was so deep that
qualities that were and still are manifest in his
work, did not reveal themselves in his life
(Scott-Killer 273). In his short life, Orwell
distinguished himself as a novelist, journalist,
essayist, literary critic, and political
polemicist. In his writings, Orw...
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Father Flynn Irish Catholic
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Literature is constantly showing its readers
aspects of people and societies that would not
normally be shown to the public. The various
aspects of society that writers choose to focus on
are done for a reason. Whether or not it is a
positive or negative aspect of society doesnt hold
any significance. The only thing that matters in
society is why writers choose to focus on the
subjects that they do. Most writers are trying to
push their readers further by challenging them
with an aspect that the...
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Kill King Duncan Act I Scene
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Claudius vs. Lady Macbeth What does it takes to
become the perfect villain? Claudius Vs Lady
Macbeth please cast your vote now. In a
Shakespearean play a villain plays an important
role. There always have to be a villain in the
play who breaks one of the chains of nature and
allows chaos to enter the world, which is then
restored by the tragic hero. Claudius, the villain
of Hamlet kills Old King Hamlet and spreads chaos
in the kingdom of Denmark. Lady Macbeth, villain
of Macbeth forces and threa...
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U S Department U S News
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Legalization: Problem or Solution to the War on
Drugs Legalization of drugs is a very
controversial topic that is being discussed in the
United States. Currently there is an intense
debate to legalize marijuana as a medicine. To
most people, legalizing drugs seems like something
insane. They probably ask how can they legalize
something that the government furiously tries to
eradicate. The problem is exactly in what the
government tries to do. Eliminate drugs. The drug
problem will never go away....
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Detroit Gale Research Wife Of Bath
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During the Middle Ages it was custom for many
Christians to go on pilgrimages to perform what
they believed was Gods work. Canterbury was one of
many sites that the pilgrim would go to. Geoffrey
Chaucer centers his book The Canterbury Tales
around the pilgrims on their way to thank St.
Thomas of Canterbury for his help in keeping them
alive. The pilgrims met at an inn and it is here
that the Host proposes that each pilgrim should
tell two tales on the pilgrimage to Canterbury and
then two on the...
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