Police Practices and Operations Sarah Szafranski CJA/394 1/26/2015 Maxine Bryant Police Practices and Operations To keep up with the criminal problems in society‚ functions and components of the criminal justice system has to evolve in order to be able to detect and keep up with growing trends in society. New laws need to be created to help keep up with the evolution and its new trends. In this paper the evaluation of past‚ present‚ and future trends that connect to societies and the components of
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In the fourteenth amendment it states no person is allowed to be denied life‚ in that case‚ should we have the right to die? In 1983‚ the supreme court ruled in favor of Nancy Cruzan‚ in the case of Nancy vs. Missouri‚ by vote of the Supreme Court 5-4. Yes‚ the Supreme Court made the right decision. My reasonings are because Nancy Cruzan died by choice.Next‚ a few days before she died nineteen doctors actually tried to reinsert the tube. Lastly‚ Missouri life support were taking away her right to
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In the speech “ What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” given by Frederick Douglass‚ he announces his goals for the future men and women of the United States. Douglass is a well known‚ powerful public speaker who was born into slavery then later escaped at the age of twenty one. On the day of his speech‚ he addresses an audience at the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society during a time where people of the United States visioned the total abolition of slavery as a profound cause. He speaks against
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the formal amendment process The process for amending the Constitution is broken down into two parts. The first part begins with proposing an amendment. Proposals are made by a representative in either the house or the senate. To pass an amendment you need to have two-thirds of the members in both houses voting. Another way to pass an amendment is by two-thirds of the state legislatures asking Congress for a convention to propose amendments. Through the process‚ the formal amendment process must
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My issue is under amendment number one. It states that congress can not take these rights.some people believe that a lot of people take advantage of the right to talk freely without getting arrested or anything.Others believe that it give people a them a chance to exercise their rights. Some people take advantage of the freedom of speech.According to the observer it states that “these same people would claim that the right of freedom of speech has a limit that ends once a speaker’s words turn offensive
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The article "Suspect Searches: Assessing Police Behavior Under the U.S. Constitution‚" by Gould and Mastrofski explores the police usage of unconstitutional searches. Unconstitutional searches are those that are in violation of the fourth amendment. The fourth amendment rights‚ along with certain case laws put forth the guidelines for legal stops‚ frisks‚ and searches. Gould and Mastrofski perform a direct observation study which concludes the frequency of unconstitutional searches. This article
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The Fourth Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights which was established in the seventeenth and eighteenth century English common law. Aside from the rest of the amendments in the Bill of Rights the Fourth Amendment can be traced back to a strong public reaction from some cases back in the 1760s. Two of these cases happened in England and one case happened in the colonies. These cases involved some pamphleteers who would pass out pamphlets to the public in order to spread their word around. These
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The amendment I chose is also most recent; the 27th amendment. I find it to be rather interesting because it was originally proposed in 1789 along with the Bill of Rights yet it was not ratified until just over 200 years later in 1992. The amendment states‚ “No law‚ varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives‚ shall take effect‚ until an election of Representatives shall have intervened” (History‚ Arts‚ and Achieves‚ n.d.). Or‚ to paraphrase‚ any votes made by Congress
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To understand the impact of Terry v. Ohio‚ I feel it is important to first review the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment was established so citizens would not have to suffer unreasonable search and seizures like they did under British Rule. The Amendment states the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation
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Federal Tort Acts of 1946 Jenna Smith CJA 520 Professor Mark Holley July 30‚ 2011 Introduction In the United States today if you as an officer put either you or your department in a liability‚ for any type of act that is not warranted and handled in a professional manner you are opening yourself for a number of different actions which could hurt both you‚ your department as well as causing you to loss everything that you own‚ just because you decided to not following proper protocals which
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