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    Police Brutality

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    There is a widespread and persistent problem of police brutality across the United States. Thousands of individual complaints about police abuse are reported each year and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after lawsuits. Police officers have beaten and shot unresisting suspects; they have misused batons‚ chemical sprays‚ and electro-shock weapons; they have injured or killed people by placing them in dangerous restraint holds. This is the first paragraph of an

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    see plenty of criminal on many means of media. Following them‚ it appears that juvenile delinquency is a hurtful newsreel problem which educators and all of parents in our society have to pay attention to. It is easy to find out that juvenile behavior has its roots in family breakdown and domestic violence‚ as well as lack of parental moral guidance and supervision. Broken family is the most important cause of juvenile delinquency. In fact‚ the break-up of the parents’ relation really affects children’s

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    Police Brutality

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    Mass media has followed the events of police brutality‚ and their unrighteous killings which consequently have caused the nation to question the police.Many americans feel the treated by the police As of yesterday the law of integrity and social justice reform has been officially passed.The law is implicated throughout all states in the united states.After recent events concerning the black lives matter movement Obama thought it was pivotal to make one last assertion to the movement during his

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    Police Dogs

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    Police Dogs Breah Ratlif Animal Science AY105-02 12-12:50 Cute‚ fun‚ loving‚ cuddly‚ outgoing; these are only a few words to describe the animals that we have come to know and love as a part of our families. Dogs have been man’s best friend for hundreds of years and were the first animal to be domesticated because they are great as companions‚ highly intelligent‚ and were found to be very useful in human’s everyday lives. Even though they made excellent house pets they were highly successful

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    Police Morale

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    Police Morale The University of Tennessee at Martin Ripley Campus Police Morale Morale‚ such a simple word‚ six letters in a combination to make up a word that by its very definition means confidence‚ enthusiasm‚ and discipline. This word‚ morale‚ when coupled with a human being‚ can be a very powerful word. Morale is a great contributor to a healthy or unhealthy workplace. Morale‚ in the sense of police‚ can make or break a department. A high morale‚ and the department is firing on all

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    Juvenile Court Case

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    Such statutes have had an incredible impact on the U.S. juvenile justice system. The original purpose of creating a separate juvenile court was to keep adolescents out of adult prisons‚ limit their exposure to adult criminal activity and poor role models‚ and also to provide guidance that helps them to turn away from further criminal behavior and be directed toward more positive results. It seemed that the individual juvenile offender cases were not getting looked at based on the individual characteristics

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    Juveniles and the Death Penalty A highly controversial topic‚ in current affairs and throughout history‚ is the death penalty being the punishment for certain crimes.  Even more passionate contention erupts from including juveniles amongst those being prosecuted.  The death penalty should not be ruled out for minors. The previous statement is what is intended to be proven by the closing of this paper.  Although intensely circumstantial‚ there are instances when it is agreed by numerous individuals

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    Police Brutality

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    Alton sterling‚ Philando Castile and Gregory Gunn are just 3 out of 136 African Americans whose lives were taken by police officers this year. Those were not the only lives that were taken in 2016. Not only have these men lost their lives for unfair reasons‚ their families have lost somebody so important in their lives. Police brutality with black people is a serious issue. If these 3 men were white wouldn’t these stories sound different? Alton Sterling was 37 year old black man from Baton Rouge

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    Juvenile Justice Essay

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    Sandhu 1  Wasim Sandhu  Mrs. Klein  English 10C  27 October 2014  Proper Justice For Juveniles  If a teenager commits a crime‚ it doesn’t make it any less a crime. Whether it is a  misdemeanor or felony‚ the age of the adolescent does not alter the level of offense. It does not‚  however‚ mean that the juvenile should be tried as an adult in court. Juveniles are not adults and  the seriousness of their crime cannot change that either. It is not right to give a teenager an adult  sentence for a 

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    Juvenile Justice System

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    The juvenile justice system and parents across America struggle on a day-to-day basis with their children and substance abuse. It is stated that four out of every five children arrested within the system are under the influence of a substance (alcohol or drugs) when committing the crimes that forced them to be detained and arrested (Alcoholism.about.com‚ 2010). It is reported within the textbook that seventy-three percent of high school seniors had used alcohol within the past year‚ which makes

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