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    free of racial oppression. While the idea of Canada sounds nice there are various issues such as racial discrimination as a result of racial profiling/policing that is enforced in marginalized communities. The stereotypes of racialized individuals‚ specifically black and brown bodies as deviant‚ dangerous‚ and criminal has reinforced the policing strategies‚ which are run on bias. War on Drugs particular focus on black communities has become a reality that black bodies have been experiencing‚

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    Problem-Oriented Policing Rod Taylor University of Phoenix Problem-Oriented Policing According to Dictionary.com‚ “policing is to regulate‚ control‚ or keep in order with or as if with a law enforcement agency.” The art of policing has changed significantly for many different reasons but mainly to accommodate the times. Crime rates have gone up substantially when compared to 50 years ago. Much of the reason why this may be is the easy accessibility to gory movies

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    This essay will contain an analysis and evaluation of images taken from A.O Neville’s book ‘Australia’s Coloured Minority: It’s Place In The Community’. Published in 1947‚ Neville argues in his book that ‘half-blood’ Aboriginal people can successfully live integrate into European society‚ which he proves through a series of photographs. At this time in Australian history‚ there was significant disparity between the established settler colonies from Britain‚ and the indigenous people of Australia

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    Jetten‚ & Hornsey‚ addresses the overrepresentation of minority groups by larger‚ more powerful groups or organizations. Specifically in this case‚ the authors look at the overrepresentation of Asian Minorities at a specific university‚ and both the intended and unintended consequences of the university’s decisions. The second article‚ by Briley‚ Shrum‚ and Wyer Jr.‚ looks at the over and underrepresentation of minority groups‚ which include minority racial groups‚ ethnic groups‚ and status-base groups

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    Law Enforcement: Intelligence-Led Policing PSF5380 Dr. Pete Conis Capella University Assignment u10a1 Intelligence-Led Policing and Civil Liberties Jeff Weber December 17‚ 2010 Intelligence-led policing (ILP) is a policing model that has emerged in recent years which is “built around risk assessment and risk management”. The leading definition is that ILP is “a strategic‚ future-oriented and targeted approach to crime control‚ focusing upon the identification‚ analysis and ‘management’

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    to poor non-whites. Each racial/ethnic group‚ and even the communities within these groups have different philanthropic practices‚ but they all make important contributions to society. One commonality that I noticed for giving practices between minority groups is their tendency to send money “back home” to family or friends who are still living in their home countries. This is most commonly seen in Latino and Asian groups‚ and is an informal way of giving--an important practice that receives less

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    According to Peel‚ the real key for policing is "the police are the people and the people are the police". Peel believed that prevention of crime could be accomplished without intruding into the lives of citizens. With the development of the Metropolitan Police‚ Peel established nine principles to his theory of policing. These nine principles are as relevant today as they were in the 1800’s. Community policing is based on Peel’s concept of prevention. Community policing has been embraced by many law

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    Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement Working to end discrimination in this country has been a long and hard fought battle. In the early 1950’s federal laws began to offer some help to those who had been persecuted against for so many years. During the Nixon Administration the federal government began to push employers to make a "good faith effort" to employ women and minorities and to track their progress. These were known as affirmative action programs. Some minorities contend that discrimination

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    Community Policing-Trojanowixz/Bucqueroux Regina L. Golden AJS/502 January 12‚ 2015 John Baiamonte Community Policing-Trojanowixz/Bucqueroux Community policing ideology is to bring communities and law enforcement closer together. The very idea to bring the protectors of a community to the citizens in order to build trust‚ and assist both law enforcement and communities in reducing crime‚ and was developed in the early 1980s. As time goes by‚ the idea of community policing did not flourish in all

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    Public Policing Versus Private Security Kayla Cook CJA/500 November 8‚ 2009 Mrs. Jancie Graham Abstract Public policing and private security have several distinct differences. Public policing is the ability to enforce the law and maintain order in society. Private securities are paid agencies that perform the protective and loss-prevention duties not handled by police officers. Yet public policing and private security offers the same services and duties. These services and duties

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