the lower the level of discretion. In many ways‚ police discretion is very important; every day‚ officers are faced with situations of varying danger and complexity. No situation is ever exactly the same; even routine traffic stops are ever changing because of different citizens of the public that officers encounter‚ all of which could pose possible danger to law enforcement
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drug most used by American young people. The average age at which young people ages 12 to 17 begin to drink is 13 years old. The average age that underage drinkers ages 12 to 20 begin to drink is 16.1 years old.4 From 1979 to 2006‚ risk of binge drinking declined from 12- to 20-year old males but not females in this age range. NO reduction in binge drinking occurred for college males. In a national study‚ 13.8% of eighth-graders reported having at least one drink in the past 30 days‚ and 11.5% had
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Although illegal immigration is gradually declining as the borders strengthen‚ there is still an estimated 11.4 million illegal in the United States today which nearly peaked 12 million in 2007 (Walser). These illegal immigrants travel 5‚000 miles from Mexico to the United States bringing not only themselves but all sorts of illegal items with them. As illegals cross the border daily‚ no individual is aware of who they are‚ where they came from‚ and their purpose. Although illegal immigrants flow
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immense control over all body functions. A human brain has not fully developed until the age of 25‚ which is why the legal drinking age should not be at the age of 21. It gives off harmful alterations in the functions of the development of the brain and therefore doesn’t give the brain the full amount of time that it needs to grow. While the brain is still developing‚ drinking a heavy amount may cause damages to certain brain functions and have lasting health effects. Some examples to body functions
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Drinking While Driving Ever lost someone close or heard of someone who lost their life to drunk driving? Drinking and driving is becoming a serious problem that is spiraling out of control. If awareness of the true danger of drinking and driving doesn’t get out to the public America could be facing serious problems. These problems can result in the average life expectancy of a person becoming smaller and smaller. Each year this situation becomes a bigger problem that affects not only the drunk
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Dangers of the Media Ever since the early 1600’s prejudice and discrimination has been a big factor in this country. This all was started by the transatlantic slave trade which was the mass migration of Africans to the Caribbean‚ Europe‚ South America and to North America. Africans from Africa’s west coast were piled on in ships to the western hemisphere and Europe. The first slaves were brought to the Jamestown settlement in 1619 from the western coast of Africa. These slaves were forced to do
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the Lives The legal drinking age in the United States is the only age that is above 19 years of age. Everywhere else in the world the age is 19 and under and some countries don’t even have a drinking age. The drinking age should be lowered to 18 because it will help all the problems that come with underage drinking. There is a numerous amount of reasons to change the drinking age to 18 and there are also many opposing thoughts on it as well. Three reasons to lower the drinking age in the US is to
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can do on your eighteenth birthday‚ it does not include the legal consumption of alcohol. This is because in the United States the legal drinking age is twenty-one years old. The legal drinking age is an argument that is often debated and I believe that the legal drinking age should be lowered to eighteen years of age. In the United States‚ the legal drinking age has been debated for years. According to the United States‚ when a child turns eighteen they are considered an adult in this country
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The Dangers of Online Predators and What Can be done to Protect Our Youth Marcos Williams CM 107: College Composition 1 Unit 9: Final Abstract This paper is to educate parents and children about the dangers of online predators. Predators are going to great links to prey on children and they are going to great links to hide their identity. Predators are hiding in cyberspace and they are lying in wait for children to go online so they
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English Feature Article – Binge Drinking in Teens - Too much‚ too young Statement of intent Weekends are usually treasured by most teens‚ as they are looking forward to their big plans. Some may be chilling with friends‚ catching a movie‚ going to a concert‚ or planning to party. Regardless of what they have planned‚ one thing is for certain; alcohol will be a part of many teens’ weekend plans and there’s research to prove it. Yes‚ one of the most widely available drugs on the market‚ alcohol
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