Fingerprint analysis had been used for over 100 years in law enforcement. The first forensic organization to identify criminals was established in 1915. In that time fingerprints were being used to track a criminal’s record‚ including previous arrests to decide decisions like sentencing‚ probation‚ and pardoning decisions. As technology has advanced so has our use for fingerprints. We have now been able to use fingerprints for background checks‚ biometric security (a way to access computers‚ electronic
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The Duty to Report; The Duty to Warn; Confidentiality; and Privilege and their varying effects on Constitutional Laws and Regulations. This analytical research paper will be discussing some ethical issues as illustrated in Stephen Feldman’s video‚ “Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals”‚ which this include; the duty to report; the duty to warn; Confidentiality; and Privilege. And also this paper will look into how these ethical issues are implemented by the
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and initiatives taken by local law enforcement organizations in the U.S. in response to increased terrorist attacks. It analyzes‚ and interprets information obtained from the studies conducted by other academic scholars on this topic‚ in addition to information sourced from the resources of a number of law enforcement organizations operating at the local level in the United States. This research established that the initiatives and measures taken by local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. have been
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Overcoming Language barriers in law enforcement I. Ways of overcoming language barriers between law officers and citizens II. Language training as the most effective technique of overcoming language barrier III. Law department responsibility in catering for training cost Overcoming Language Barriers in Law Enforcement Law officers are finding it hard to work effectively mostly within communities that do not speak English. These communities in ability to communicate effectively with the officers
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Citizens and Law Enforcement: Communication and Perceptions of their Relationship Mariah Cadwallader Beloit College Abstract This project will look into the communication between citizens‚ and citizens and their authorities. The authorities that I will mostly focus on will be police officers‚ anyone who is executing the law over citizens on a daily basis‚ and determine whether their actions are necessary or in need of revision. The video ‘bike lanes’ was where I started off‚ an example of
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immigration. That is why our communities are known as multicultural communities. Our communities may consist of African Americans‚ Whites‚ Latinos‚ Chinese‚ Christians‚ Muslims‚ Jews‚ and Indians. These multicultural communities experience prejudice actions from law enforcement. Prejudice means a judgment or opinion formed before facts are known‚ usually involving negative or unfavorable thoughts about groups of people (Shusta and Levine‚ 2010). Law enforcement tends to discriminate against
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The Rule of Law and the Orthodox Doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty are constitutional concepts which were popularised by Albert Venn Dicey‚ an influential 19th century constitutional lawyer. Therefore‚ it seems only appropriate to begin this discussion with Dicey’s interpretation. In Dicey’s formulation‚ Parliamentary Sovereignty is comprised of two aspects‚ the positive and the negative. The positive side is that Parliament can ‘make or unmake any law’ and the negative aspect is that ‘no court
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Checkpoint: Police and Law Enforcement Response A police officers role in society is to effectively enforce laws‚ arrest offenders when a crime has been committed‚ prevent crime to their best ability‚ preserve the peace whenever possible‚ and provide services to community citizens in their time of need. Over the past 25-30 years‚ police departments have proactively been enforcing the Community Policing Theory‚ developed by Professor Herman Goldstein‚ on their staff and officers. Community policing promotes
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Constitutional Policing Constitutional Policing When an officer of the law violates the law in which it enforces it creates mayhem and they lose the trust of the people. By obeying the laws just like the rest of the United States‚ they gain the social legitimacy that is needed in communities. Weeks Vs. United States Weeks. Vs. The United States was the case where Fremont Weeks filed suit against the United States for illegally entering his home and seizing papers that were used in his
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Racial profiling within law enforcement has been around for such a long time‚ leading many to wonder why it has persisted. Part of the reason is that there has been a lack of action by Congress surrounding this issue. Early in 2001‚ the End Racial Profiling Act was introduced to Congress‚ which stated “no law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling.” (The Leadership Conference‚ 2011) It failed after the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States‚ due
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