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    Bayley‚ D.H. & Bittner‚ E. (1984). Learning the skills of policing. Law and Contemporary Problems‚ 47‚ 35-59. Brown‚ C. (1997). POLICE CORRUPTION: THE CRIME THAT ’S NOT GOING DOWN. New Crisis (15591603)‚ 104(3)‚ 48. King‚ C. C. (2010). Melendez-Diaz and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin‚ 79(8)‚ 24. Walker‚ Samuel. Citizen complaints about the police. 2012. Retrieved on October 2‚ 2012. http://samuelwalker.net/issues/race-ethnicity-and-criminal-justice/

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    Throughout this story I feel like the theme that is stressed the most would be how Latin Americans had to deal with being discriminated against. Riots broke out between the Zoot Suiters and the public around the L.A. area during the WWII. Latinos were discriminated and accused of being criminals because of their skin and wild style of dressing They were known as the "Zoot Suitors". The suits that they wore had long‚ broad shouldered coats. Extra baggy pants that fit tight at the ankles. They wore

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    Smith believed strongly in the idea that individuals need to pursuit their own interest in order to help the economy. “Wealth accumulation under a system of free entrepreneurship is only possible if each individual pursues their own interest.” Per Dr. Diaz class notes. It was thanks to Smith contributions that capitalist system thrived as many individuals pursuit their best interest in an economy revolution. “To his explanation was the increasing competition among capitalists that he expected t accompany

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    “Mexico Part 1: The Making of the Modern State”‚ it informs the readers that Mexico went through a moment in history known as “The Porfiriato”. This was a time in Mexican history where they were being controlled under the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. He gained his power by the military coup and

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    Irony Situational Irony The exact opposite of what you expect to happen examples: Cat chases dog Olympic swimmer drowns Fire at the firefighters station Verbal Irony When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means (aka sarcasm) examples: when its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather is occuring when you make a mistake and your friend says nice job Dramatic Irony You are in a secret that the rest of the characters dont know examples: In t.v. shows when

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    Piper checked her bag on a flight from Chicago to Paris‚ then switched planes to reach Brussels. Upon arrival‚ she discovered her bag was placed on the wrong connecting flight and would not be arriving until later. She sweated out several hours in the Belgium airport‚ frantically speaking to attendants until her bag appeared in the carousel‚ much to her excitement. She proceeded to evade customs and meet Alex downstairs‚ successfully completing her assignment. The Purpose When she is forced to detail

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    California have reported Africanized honey bees. AHB continue the northward expansion of their territories by swarming‚ the process by which bee colonies replicate. In May of 1991‚ Jesus Diaz became the first person to be attacked by AHB in the U.S. while mowing a lawn in the border city of Brownsville‚ Texas. Diaz suffered 18 stings and was treated at a local

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    Meaning he is overweight‚ unable to fit in‚ a nerd and our narrator informs us of that‚ right in the very first page of the novel‚ “dude never had much luck with the females (how very un-Dominican of him)”. (Diaz‚ 2007‚ p. 11) His difference from the typical male stereotype is something that he has a lot of trouble coping with throughout his life‚ because he wants nothing more than to fit in. And with the fact that he is unable to‚ allows us to draw conclusions

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    that are present all around the world‚ it is not uncommon for certain groups of people to make assumptions about the culture of another country or community. In the world of 1500-1600‚ Spaniards like Christopher Columbus‚ Hernan Cortes‚ and Bernal Diaz del Castillo traveled to Mexico and the Americas in hopes of not only finding gold but continuing their mission of spreading Christianity to others. One of the biggest encounters that these men faced when they reached their proclaimed destination was

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