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    Dangers of Police Pursuits January 2006 Abstract Debate rages over whether high-speed pursuits are justified. And consensus is growing among local and national law enforcement for the need for stricter controls to dictate when‚ where and why police engage in such potentially deadly car chases. The written pursuit policies of 47 state law enforcement agencies and the nation’s 25 largest cities were subjected to comparative analysis. Qualitative analysis of the policies focused on factors justifying

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    | St. Michael’s College of Laguna |Name _________________________________________________ | |Institute of Computer Studies |Date ______________________ | |Second Semester 2012-2013 |CS4A MIDDLE TERM EXAM |

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    Staerklé‚ C. (2009). Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 3‚ 1096-1112. Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne‚ Switzerland Address for correspondence: Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Institute for Social Sciences Bâtiment Vidy 1015 Lausanne Switzerland christian.staerkle@unil.ch Author note: We thank

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    Police Corruption

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    informed discretion in all activities. Combination of power‚ authority‚ and discretion in police work produces great potential for abuse. Police corruption has been a problem in American society since the early days of policing. An ancient natural tendency of human beings is to attempt to placate or win over those in positions of authority over them. This tendency is complicated in today’s materialistic society by greed and by the personal and financial benefit to be derived from evading

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    The Role of Police. People depend on police officers and detectives to protect their lives and property. Law enforcement officers‚ some of whom are State or Federal special agents or inspectors‚ perform these duties in a variety of ways‚ depending on the size and type of their organization. In most jurisdictions‚ they are expected to exercise authority when necessary‚ whether on or off duty. Police officers have general law enforcement duties‚ including maintaining regular patrols and responding

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    police brutality

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    force by police so disturbing? Are the police using more force? With so much going on in the media‚ the public is more terrified of the police. Many are not comfortable with calling up Law Enforcement. Many feel police officers abuse their authority. It seems as if they’re abusing their authority as police officers. In many situations claiming self-defense. Young teens and children being gunned down by law enforcement. Many afraid to call upon law enforcement‚ afraid of their own safety. Police officers

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    Police Culture

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    Police Culture in the United States Team B: Sean Milton‚ Shane Hunter‚ Joshua Nine‚ Tim Eichler‚ and Jason Fougere CJA/214 November 20‚ 2012 Bernard Fitchpatrick Needs to be 1‚050-1400 words Police Culture in the United States Analyze police culture‚ including the significance of stress in policing The study in police culture started in 1960 and the 1970’s by the work of Cain and Banton in the United Kingdom and Skolnick and Westlesy in the United States. Even though the study

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    Police Administration: CRJU – 4200 College or High School Educated Police? Joe Fisher 10/15/2011 Introduction Since the early part of the twentieth century‚ academicians and criminal justice practitioners have debated whether police officers should be required to have a college education as a minimum qualification to be hired. Today‚ there is general agreement that a college education will not necessarily make a person a good police officer

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    Police Corruption Justin Villeneuve Nipissing University CRJS 4917 For years‚ we have considered any discussions of police misconduct as taboo. After all‚ these are the men and woman in which we‚ as citizens‚ give the responsibility of keeping us out of harms way. We all know it is present within law enforcement in some shape or form‚ but we ignore its relevance in the way our criminal justice system works. Assumptions of police misconduct and corruption have long been suppressed and silenced

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    Police Culture and Police Misconduct M. Collins Criminal Justice 593 Dr. Jiabo Liu April 2008 Outline I. Introduction II. Main Issues III. Analysis IV. Suggestions and/or Recommendations V. Conclusion VI. References 1 INTRODUCTION In the United States‚ there are city‚ county‚ state‚ and national police forces. They have very difficult and dangerous responsibilities. These public servants are required to perform many different jobs. They

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