Alternative Energy Alternative Energy Our environment is ever changing so it would only make sense that our climate will change also. Researchers believe that the changes in our climate are directly related to certain types of energy. Energy plays an important role in many aspects of our lives. For example‚ we use electricity for lighting‚ heating‚ and cooling. We use fuel for transportation‚ heating‚ and cooking. Our energy production and use are connected with many other aspects of modern
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1000125-258445This Land Is Your Land: The Role of Alternative Media in Protecting Democracy 00This Land Is Your Land: The Role of Alternative Media in Protecting Democracy The Boston Marathon Bombing took place not too long ago in the state of Massachusetts‚ April 15th 2013. Imagine just running in a race minding your own business when a blast of metal and shrapnel fills the air with smoke and a massive loud noise sending screams through the air. Across the world on that day we were glued to
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Effectiveness of Community Policing Introduction Throughout the years‚ community policing has been an effective tool to help and protect citizens in the United States . Community policing involves people within the community to help and support solutions to crime-related problems and assist people with special needs. Community policing also inlcudes the ongoing evaluation of police effectiveness. According to Lord‚ Kuhns‚ & Friday (2009)‚ “Community-oriented policing is now considered an
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Policing in the United States has taken on many different forms and facets in the past 50 years. Although‚ various modes & models of policing styles continue to be introduced‚ two main aspects of law enforcement have remained constant‚ (traditional policing & community oriented- policing). There are so many different facets‚ trends‚ and new emerging technologies in the wide world of law enforcement. First‚ we will outline a brief history of the origins and evolvement of policing. Special attention
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Ibrahim Bamba Prof: Daniel Simone Class: PSC 245 THE HISTORY OF COMMUNITY POLICING The movement toward community policing has gained momentum in recent years as police and Community leaders search for more effective ways to promote public safety as well as enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods. The roots of community policing come from the civil rights movement in the 1960s.Even though its origin can be traced to this crisis in police-community
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According to Ortmeier and Meese (2010)‚ “a community policing model is designed to supplement and complement‚ not necessarily replace‚ traditional policing models” (p. 235). Community policing being proactive in the community where as traditional policing. Traditional police work entails reactive law enforcement measures. Proactive police officers are assigned to specific geographic areas in their jurisdiction‚ with the intent of establishing working relationships with community groups. For example
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Alternatives to Incarceration….Drug Courts There is no doubt that the United States suffers from an increase in crime and more people than ever being incarcerated. The numbers are currently overwhelming. “A nonpartisan organization called The Pew Center on the States‚ released a study February 2008 that found the U.S. imprisoned both more people and a larger percentage of its adult population than any other country. According to the study‚ by The Pew Center 2.32 million people were currently
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Solutions to Quick Quizzes Chapter 1 1. There are many possible answers. 2. There are many possible answers. 3. The three principles that describe how the economy as a whole works are: (1) a country’s standard of living depends on its ability to produce goods and services; (2) prices rise when the government prints too much money; and (3) society faces a short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. A country’s standard of living depends largely on the productivity of its workers‚ which
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Sammy Siddiqui Paul Angelo Brienza Community Policing November 29‚ 2012 The Costs of Corruption In today’s society‚ the amount of crime that occurs can be quite difficult to deal with and responsibility ends up falling on police to curtail it. Unfortunately‚ the infectious nature of crime often drags these assigned “stoppers” into the same mud that they are trying to prevent others from falling into. When officers abuse their legally sanctioned position of authority‚ it is known as police corruption
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that can be combated by deterrence. Zero Tolerance policing aims to stop serious crime by clamping down on the minor crimes like graffiti that the practitioners believe lead to further crimes and using custodial sentences for first offences. It includes set responses to particular crimes by the police although the courts maintain some discretion. Zero Tolerance is not necessarily exclusive of urban regeneration‚ social investment or community policing. Its exponents‚ however‚ often rule them out because
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