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    2011 Unit 6 Community Policing Project This is indeed one of the last projects for this term. I have had an awesome time in this class and I have learned a lot with the different projects that we have been asked to do. As I begin this project I will try to describe a few different things and hope that you learn as much as I do as you read this project about Community Oriented Policing and Problem Oriented Policing. These are the two different types of policing that I will be describing

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    To begin with‚ the residents of these predominately minority communities that are being touched the most by gentrification often have assorted views about the impact of a new congregation moving into their neighborhood. Notably‚ dwindling crime rates‚ an upsurge in employment opportunities‚ and a bolstered economy in these neighborhoods represent the progressive ramifications that accompany gentrification. Notwithstanding‚ numerous residents suggest these benefits do not counterbalance the unfavorable

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    Paper: Policing Strategies and Citizen’s Rights Police agencies in the United States currently focus their attention and efforts in reducing crime rates in high crime neighborhoods. Police agencies do this by implementing strategies and tactics in order to be specialized in the reduction of crime. This mindset of policing has come over time due to a shift from the traditional policing strategy to a more community based policing approach. This transition was a result to the 2008/2009 policing crisis

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    The Largest Ethnic Minority in Turkey The height of the Ottoman Empire spanned between three continents controlling much of Southeastern Europe‚ Western Asia and North Africa. The fall of the Ottoman Empire can be attributed to the failure of its economic structure‚ with the size of the empire creating difficulties integrating its diverse regions economically. The Treaty of Sèvres was the peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Allies at the end of World War I which divided the empire in to

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    The Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy Dawn Wilson AJS/502- Survey of Justice and Security August 23‚ 2014 Kevin Moore Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy My topic will focus on Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS). I am familiar with community policing because of my experience with Portland Police Bureau and its usage there. When I finished probation‚ I was assigned to a community where I actually became involved with community activities. I would park my patrol

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    religion as a political tool to ensure that he remained in power by appeasing to the population while also using it to appease to Italy’s allies by its racial policy.  After Mussolini took over power in 1922 he started suppressing most of the ethic minorities and political opponents‚ also using religion as an excuse to get the latter out of the way. People not from the Italian ethnic group were forced out of the Country‚ further people with foreign first or last names had to change their names into Italian

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    Phase 2 – Task 1: Policing Levels‚ Roles‚ and Functions 1/15/14 As a Police Chief and seeing and experiencing a high degree of turnover in the department heads‚ and having to do a budget for the new fiscal year. This could be a trying time. Now the Mayor wants to hold a workshop with all the department heads and this is going to be tricky in getting everything done. The information that I will need to put together are: • Budget • Training • Manpower in addition

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    Introduction: The judicial system in Canada strives to maintain the position that those who enter the courts are innocent until proven guilty. Many minorities enter the courts for various reasons‚ sometimes opposing bills‚ other times for offences that are not always correct. Bills have been passed that target certain groups‚ minorities face the possibility of their ethnicity affecting how they are treated by the police and courts and‚ in particular‚ the indigenous people face negative victimization

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    In particular‚ I am looking at González’s chapter on a minority perspective‚ and even further‚ as his section titled “Fuenteovejuna Theology”. The chapter argues the importance of a minority perspective when reading scripture in that it provides a different perspective and when differences converge‚ the church can better understand each other and the Bible as they find commonalities. In finding commonalities‚ a community is born; a community of responsibility and accountability. To which he links

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    Minorities are being overrepresented in the criminal justice system with numbers as high as “30% of the probation population (approximately 1.2 million people)‚ 44% of the prison population (est. 586‚300)‚ and over 40% for the parole population (est. 309‚000)” all of which are African American (Taxman‚ Byrne‚ 2005). The numbers continue to grow for the Hispanic population as well “12% of probationers (491‚700)‚ 18% of parolees (136‚000)‚ and 19% of prison inmates (251‚000) are Hispanic” (Taxman‚

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