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    scholars to argue that police departments should mandate that candidates who wish to be hired as police officers must have a college level education. The idea of requiring law enforcement officers to have a college education is not a new idea. August Vollmer‚ an influential figure in shaping law enforcement‚ believed that only

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    Community Policing

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    In my opinion to understand the way things are today you must first understand the history and background. So with that being said I would start off the class with the history and background of policing. The modern concept of police was started in London in 1829 by Robert Peel. Robert Peel felt that the law should be responsible up to the prosecution phase but the trial‚ conviction and punishment phase should be the responsibility of another party. However‚ Robert Peel’s approach and community

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    Community Policing is a philosophy that emphasizes working proactively with citizens to reduce fear‚ solve crime-related problems‚ and to prevent crime. It is a philosophy that promotes organization strategies‚ supports systematic use of partnerships‚ and problem solving techniques to address the immediate conditions that cause rise to public safety issues‚ like crime‚ social disorder‚ and the fear of crime. It is not a specific tactic‚ meaning a proactive‚ decentralized approach‚ designed to reduce

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    Since the founding of this country‚ to the wild west‚ and up to the present‚ the agenda of the policing bodies have been clear: to uphold and enforce the laws of our society. Of course the way they do this today had undergone changes from the first police forces of early America‚ law enforcement has seen trends come and go. Law enforcement is divided into three major eras throughout history. These eras are the political era‚ the reform era and the community era. The political era that took

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    power or time. In the 1930’s‚ a man by the name of August Vollmer had this to say about policing‚ “the policeman is no longer merely the suppressor of crime‚ but the social worker of the community as well. A well-educated highly motivated friendly appearing Public Service Officer‚ public welfare officer‚ human affairs officer‚ public safety officer‚ whatever name used --- should replace the repressing oriented and frightening policeman” (Vollmer‚ 1932). Until this era of time police strictly enforced

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    Prohibition Proposal

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    Lukas E. Wegmann CJ 500 10-6-2013 Proposal “Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance.  It is a species of intemperance within itself‚ for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation‚ and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.  A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.” (Abraham Lincoln‚ Illinois House of Representatives‚ December 18‚ 1840) 

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    During the 20th century law enforcement was in a progressive‚ reform‚ professional and community era and the way of policing had evolve over time. Police forces was characterized by a broad social service function‚ decentralized organization‚ intimate relationship with community and extensive use of foot patrol. Many problem police face was the lack of training‚ bribery‚ lack of control‚ political control‚ lack of education and brutality. Rome was where the 1st specialized investigative unit created

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    The Beatles Influence

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    apprenticeship in Hamburg‚ Germany from 1960-1962 was influential in how the band shaped their music‚ their “look”‚ and also their philosophy of life. These two years renovated and developed the Beatles iconic way of life and musical approach. In August of 1960 they traveled to Hamburg to perform American rock and roll at the Indra club. Their acts in the club were raw and full of pure energy. The Beatles greased their hair back and wore lots of tight velvet and leather. Here they had to play for

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    experience of 24 years in Xerox to exemplify the organizational structure and focus on maintaining the original goals of the company by using effective communication to gain trust with individual employees while gaining control of the organization (Vollmer‚ 2004). Anne Mulcahy spent the first 90 days of her tenure as CEO for Xerox traveling worldwide to the different

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    Biological Determinism: The biological determinism theory is best displayed during the time period between 1865 and 1890. The icon that best demonstrates biological determinism is Darwin. The mid to late 1800s was a crucial time period for biological determinism because Charles Darwin came up with his idea of “Origin of the Species” in 1859 which Darwin discussed evolution and help set up the stage for ideas that promote heredity and biology as causes of criminal behavior. Although Darwin did not

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