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    Discretion In The Criminal Justice System Discretion is the eminence of once behavior or the way of speaking in order to avoid any offensive occurrence or speaking up any private issues or information in public. It is the self-determination for someone to choose or think what should be better to be done in particular circumstances. Especially for a judge‚ a public official or other private party has the authority to make decisions on any legal matters or other big official subjects. Thus‚ a person

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    Public Administration Discretion Bobbi Soriano Grantham University Public administration is in a constant state of flux and what worked for one era may not necessarily be the best option of doing things in a completely different era. Max Weber’s rules of public administration state that public administrators should only be allowed to follow a restricted set of rules. The people who hold offices in the public administration are also constantly changing which would also make

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    Throughout law enforcement‚ discretion plays one of the biggest roles. The biggest department in the world is known as the NYPD. The NYPD is the heart of New York City. Some people would see discretion is a good thing for the community‚ meanwhile‚ others see discretion as officers not doing their job. Discretion as many people that plays parts to how it would or should be handled. Some article argued for discretion and some argue against it. Discretion is processed differently depending on the situation

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    Explain the role of discretion in the criminal justice system. As a society we believe that offenders should be held accountable for their actions but also treated fairly in the criminal investigation‚ trial process and sentencing. As a result of this‚ the power of discretion‚ that is the ability to choose from a range of options‚ is granted to some authorities ensure some flexibility for decision making within the system‚ enabling a more holistic outcome for all parties involved. The issues

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    for millennia- By playing‚ living and doing! Teachers and others in the field of education continue to propose that the oppressive‚ prisonlike institution where children are forced to stay seated in a building all day pumping out paperwork can and should be reformed! When democratic schooling‚ homeschooling and unschooling advocates attempt to join the conversation and offer models that are successful and truly radical‚ they are often met by educators and their supporters who dismiss these models as

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    Should American gun laws be reformed? America is under ever mounting pressure to reform its gun laws. Overall‚ 337‚960 gun related crimes and 31‚000 firearms deaths a year results in America having the highest rate of firearm crime and death in the western world. America’s gun violence is so remarkably high for such a wealthy nation. Continuous mass shootings in schools and workplaces‚ most recent of which was the Sandy Hook school shooting on December 14 2012‚ means there is constant political

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    Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter? Greg Sabo Period 0-1 I do feel exercise does and could make kids smarter. This article is mainly about scientist testing kids and animals to see how they react and their knowledge after exercising for certain amounts of time. In the article they prove scientifically that exercise has no real change on I.Q. and intelligence levels. Then they tested it and then made the pets and animals run some kind of test and instantly they scored went up just a little at least

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    Revenge. The scene takes place at Verona’‚ a Public place’. A sort of setting where we expect to see laugh and a joke and the development of characters and their feelings towards others‚ but remembering that Shakespeare is writing this play‚ we can expect anything to happen. We are then introduced to the characters with great friendship‚ Mercutio and Benvolio. Shakespeare has carefully selected these two characters to create impact inside of this particular scene. Without these two characters

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    An author can only partially structure an experience in an attempt to elicit a desired response from the reader‚ for there are two types of readers an author must consider: the implied reader and the actual reader. The implied reader is “assumed and created by the work itself” whereas‚ the actual reader brings his/her own experiences to the text and thus each reader takes away a different message from a text (MacMannus‚ para 1). Du Bois’s narrative‚ “A Mild Suggestion”‚ attempts to ensure a certain

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    Police Brutality 1 Running Head: Police Brutality          Police Brutality: How can we overcome it?  Nijah Doss  Harris­Stowe State University      Have the police ever harassed you or do you get nervous just being around them because  you think they’re targeting you next? In America for the last 20 years‚ African Americans and  Latinos have dealt with unfair police treatment from beatings‚ being tasered‚ and even taken to  prison just because of their skin color. This is not serving justice

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