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    Since the founding of this country‚ to the wild west‚ and up to the present‚ the agenda of the policing bodies have been clear: to uphold and enforce the laws of our society. Of course the way they do this today had undergone changes from the first police forces of early America‚ law enforcement has seen trends come and go. Law enforcement is divided into three major eras throughout history. These eras are the political era‚ the reform era and the community era. The political era that took

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    Police Officers are abusing their power. If this goes unnoticed it could grow larger and cause bigger problems in our country. The United States Criminal Justice System is one of the best in the whole world. In other countries there is little or no policing. Police officers in the US are well-trained and it is hard to reach their position without a strong education. A huge quality of a perfect Police Officer is a perfect control of temper because a quiet determined manner has more effect than violent

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    By the year 2040‚ the greater part of Americans will be ethnic minorities - the minorities will have turned into the larger part. An interesting new time-slip map demonstrates the expansion in the non-white populace over the decades. It begins with 1990 and after that predicts up to 2020‚ 2030 and 2040. ’Numerous in the still-lion’s share white populace and political foundation don’t see themselves reflected in the characteristics of America’s youngsters. ’They are speaking much more about

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    Neighborhood-Oriented Policing as I understand it is the second from of policing that makes up the whole community-oriented policing process. This part of the process is where the community gets together and creates a committee to address the concerns of the community about the criminal and order maintenance issues that is going on in the community. There are four programs that make up neighborhood-oriented policing. The first program being community patrols. Community patrols are very important

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    PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING - MKTG_310_C_12-53 February 7th‚ 2013 Minority Research Paper # 1 HISPANIC AMERICAN Question: Total numbers in the U.S. Answer: 52.0 million is the estimated Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1‚ 2011 Question: Percent of the total U. S. population Answer: 63% of Hispanic-origin people in the United States who were of Mexican background in 2010. Question: Rate of growth Answer: More than 1 of every two people added to the nation’s population

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    Women and Minorities in Psychology According to the textbook opportunities for higher education for women was not available and for people of color it was even worse. Higher education was limited to middle class to‚ upper class white males (Goodwin‚ 2008). It was a general consensus that women were less intelligence then men and had what was commonly referred to as “women’s sphere” which was a firmly held belief that women who had education beyond simple reading and writing it would have a dangerous

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    The history of policing in America is divided into three eras. The political era‚ the reform era‚ and the community problem solving era. According to Kelling and Moore the community era of policing began in the 1970’s and continues today and was brought about due to declining public support and trust of the police. The citizens needed to believe the police cared about the communities they patrolled and were not just there to do a job. Police were isolated from the community especially in areas where

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    Philip K. Dick – “The Minority Report” Unseen Commentary The science fiction short story “The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick explores how autocratic societies lead to individuality being suppressed‚ with power replacing personality as the main defining quality of any identity. This is all particularly evident in the passage where Anderton makes his way to Kaplan at the rally for a greeting before murdering him. Through the wide use of metaphorical language and other carefully chosen descriptors

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    ignorance of its authorities and in many cases‚ blatant support of such acts has caused a rise in racially endorsed violence‚ discrimination‚ and prejudice in the country. To better understand where racism in policing originated in the USA‚ we must look back at its history. The roots of modern policing can be traced back to’slave patrols’ in the antebellum South‚ which were designed to control the movements and actions of enslaved Black people‚ and this ‘police’ continued to exist and operate after the

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    Protecting the Rights of Minorities When a person fights for something they really desire to get‚ one knows there is going to be some tough effort on it. So happens with Mexican immigrants‚ who try crossing to the United States. Immigrants leave their families‚ friends‚ culture‚ and other valuable possessions as they cross the borders to America‚ hoping to have a more prosperous life with no problems‚ but other people take advantage of them and violate their rights. Since the beginning of time

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