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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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY SELECTED INVESTIGATOR POLICE OFFICER IN NOVALICHES QUEZON CITY POLICE STATION-4 AN ANALYSIS A THESIS Presented to The Faculty of Criminal Justice Education BESTLINK COLLEGE OF THE PHILIPPINES In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY By: BATAAN‚ JENNY C. CABANGAN‚ MINIE ROSE A. REYES‚ JAY-AR B. ABRIGO‚ DENNIS D. LISACA‚ MARLON B. MATAVERDE‚ MARK ANTHONY S.
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POLICE DISCRETION There’s a difference between the ministration and administration of justice. Nobody (except mechanical jurisprudence theorists) wants a ministerial agency of justice‚ one that would ritually and religiously follow every rule and regulation down to the letter in a mechanistic‚ repetitive‚ assembly-line manner. Instead‚ we need responsible administers -- officials who show "good judgment" and exercise discretion by assessing the context of each and every situation. By definition
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Police corruption is a complex issue. Police corruption or the abuse of authority by a police officer‚ acting officially to fulfill personal needs or wants‚ is a growing problem in the United States today. Things such as an Internal Affairs department‚ a strong leadership organization‚ and community support are just a few considerations in the prevention of police corruption. An examination of a local newspaper or any police-related publication in an urban city during any given week would most likely
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Policing Essay Police discretion poses an interesting paradox in our democratic society. As Ramirez et al (2000) explains‚ we entrust the police to enforce the law‚ to maintain order‚ and to use legitimate force if necessary ’. Not only do we expect police to complete this rather demanding task‚ but we also expect them to accomplish these tasks by treating the public in a fair and even-handed way ’. Thus a major problem is the over policing ’ and stereotyping ’ of marginalized groups such
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Charles M. Schulz wrote the first Peanuts comic strip on October 2nd‚ 1950. In 1950 Schultz sold his first comic to the United States. The name that was given to the comic before the US changed it to Peanuts‚ was Li’l Folks. Schulz himself didn’t like the new name. Charlie Brown and his two young friends‚ Shermy and Patty‚ were in the first strip that had 4 panels. "Discover the Original Title for the Peanuts Cartoon Strip." About.com Education. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2016. 1951 The first color
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"Analysis of Police Corruption" Police corruption is a complex phenomenon‚ which does not readily submit to simple analysis. It is a problem that has and will continue to affect us all‚ whether we are civilians or law enforcement officers. Since its beginnings‚ may aspects of policing have changed; however‚ one aspect that has remained relatively unchanged is the existence of corruption. An examination of a local newspaper or any police-related publication on any given day will have an article
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bookbag and locker searches should be allowed because it would lower the amount of deaths and injuries in schools‚ lowers the amount of drug use in schools‚ brings a positive look to schools‚ and communities. Believing that these searches or maybe even metal detectors will help with the danger in schools today. According to Kate R. Ehlenberger‚ “Officials conduct random or blanket searches not because of individualized suspicion‚ but as a preventive measure. Examples of random searches include the use
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Are the Laws of Belligerent Occupation applicable to the Gaza Strip? The legal debate is not very wide-spread‚ which can point at the politicization of positions rather than the pursuit of just interpretation of the law. In Israeli academia‚ two of the most acclaimed experts on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) tackled this question and reached conflicting conclusions. Prof. Yoram Dinstein supports the position that Partial occupation exists in Gaza‚ while Prof. Yuval Shany sources the obligation
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Student Locker Searches without Permission AED 200 February 3‚ 2013 Maria Cuba Student Locker Searches without Permission Today across America there are drugs being sold at school‚ students have brought weapons to school. There have been too many school shootings and too many lives lost. It is the schools right to search any locker‚ student and any student property without a search warrant‚ but the school must have reasonable grounds for believing that a student is in possession of
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