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    | St. Michael’s College of Laguna |Name _________________________________________________ | |Institute of Computer Studies |Date ______________________ | |Second Semester 2012-2013 |CS4A MIDDLE TERM EXAM |

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    informed discretion in all activities. Combination of power‚ authority‚ and discretion in police work produces great potential for abuse. Police corruption has been a problem in American society since the early days of policing. An ancient natural tendency of human beings is to attempt to placate or win over those in positions of authority over them. This tendency is complicated in today’s materialistic society by greed and by the personal and financial benefit to be derived from evading

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    The Role of Police. People depend on police officers and detectives to protect their lives and property. Law enforcement officers‚ some of whom are State or Federal special agents or inspectors‚ perform these duties in a variety of ways‚ depending on the size and type of their organization. In most jurisdictions‚ they are expected to exercise authority when necessary‚ whether on or off duty. Police officers have general law enforcement duties‚ including maintaining regular patrols and responding

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    force by police so disturbing? Are the police using more force? With so much going on in the media‚ the public is more terrified of the police. Many are not comfortable with calling up Law Enforcement. Many feel police officers abuse their authority. It seems as if they’re abusing their authority as police officers. In many situations claiming self-defense. Young teens and children being gunned down by law enforcement. Many afraid to call upon law enforcement‚ afraid of their own safety. Police officers

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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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    Police Culture in the United States Team B: Sean Milton‚ Shane Hunter‚ Joshua Nine‚ Tim Eichler‚ and Jason Fougere CJA/214 November 20‚ 2012 Bernard Fitchpatrick Needs to be 1‚050-1400 words Police Culture in the United States Analyze police culture‚ including the significance of stress in policing The study in police culture started in 1960 and the 1970’s by the work of Cain and Banton in the United Kingdom and Skolnick and Westlesy in the United States. Even though the study

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    Staerklé‚ C. (2009). Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 3‚ 1096-1112. Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne‚ Switzerland Address for correspondence: Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Institute for Social Sciences Bâtiment Vidy 1015 Lausanne Switzerland christian.staerkle@unil.ch Author note: We thank

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    Police Culture Number 8 powerpoint (Definition)The knowledge‚ attitudes‚ expectations‚ behaviours and rituals that exist amongst police‚ or which more broadly‚ characterize a police force. Police Culture affects: how police see themselves and their role as police • how they see the world around them‚ how they police (how policing is performed). Differences exist within and between police cultures. Police officers‚ as individuals‚ will not all equally adopt or adhere to the dominant police culture

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    To What extent are subcultures such as Goth‚ Dance or Hip Hop‚ types of consumption of media popular culture‚ rather than styles of resistance? One problem in analysing a type of youth culture is measuring the extent to witch it is a response to a culture deliberately manufactured for marketing and consumption of cultural products. I would say to some extent all subcultures consume part of popular culture‚ but it does vary from which culture a person is apart of‚ E.G you can look at the Goth type

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    Question 3: To whom do the police account? To what extent do current arrangements enable the police properly to account to the community for their actions? 1. INTRODUCTION: The community demands accountability from the police. The community has conferred upon the police powers which are not conferred upon ordinary individuals in the community. In any democratic society based on the rule of law and responsible government‚ it is fundamental that police independence be balanced with accountability

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