growing middle class during this time with growing industry and corporate bureaucracy. Criminal law and police professionalism were the bases of police legitimacy. During the Reform Era policing became more centralized and also the social distance between police and community also increased. Technology became more important with patrol cars and radios which helped to organize officers more efficiently. Police became more rationalized
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signed had a vision for a new country; a place that would be ruled by democracy and somewhere that people would be able to express themselves freely. At 14‚ I can hardly match the experience and knowledge they had‚ but I can still have a vision for America. I want people to be themselves and not worry about potential hate crimes for their identity. I want my sons and daughters to grow up knowing they can do whatever they set their mind to. I want every American to be able to walk into a room and feel
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refrigerator that holds a slice of cake or a tub of ice-cream and your hand reaches out to get it even as your mind is screaming‚ "Don’t do this"! Although millions of Americans are overweight‚ eating a healthy diet will eliminate the obesity problem in America. Eating poorly or well can make a big difference on both the physical and mental aspects of your body. All in all‚ understanding what causes food cravings and learning to control them‚ as well as learning how to lose weight by means of a healthy diet
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The United States of America is made up of several different races‚ religions‚ and ethnicities‚ as well as men and women of different ages‚ and sexual orientations. This makes the United States one of the most diverse nations on earth. It is estimated between the years 2010 to 2050 minorities will increase from 36% to 54% of the population. (Schaefer‚ p. 4‚ 2012)(p.4). Immigration is the main reason for this estimate. It is estimated that in 2050‚ 67 million people will be immigrants and another
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Racism in America Alton Dawson Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to show the effects of racism in America. Racism is defined as one group assumes superiority over other groups that develop attitudes of arrogance and ignorance. Despite many laws and legislation attempts to eliminate the evils of racism‚ the problem focuses on the cultural differences of race‚ color and biological supremacy. Racism comes in the form of ethnic cleansing‚ hate groups‚ discrimination
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We were almost through the state of North Carolina as we traveled on Interstate 95. It was rush hour and you could tell everyone was antsy and excited to get home. Cars traveled at 80 miles per hour‚ and some were even traveling faster than that. I could now see why it was ranked the fifth worst highway in North America. Cars were weaving in and out of traffic at over 90 miles per hour. Traffic was getting heavy. Listening to the radio‚ my dad and I sang along to a familiar song we both knew‚ “Yeah”
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If you are being held under water how do you expect to breath. This is what is happening to minorities in America. America’s society holds down minorities and all they are trying to do is come up for air. Doesn’t everyone have the right to breathe? America’s jails are filled with minorities. Minorities that would have less likely been put in jail for the same crime if it was a caucasian person. Minorities are put in the system and are made to work and in a sense‚ treated as modern day slaves. It
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“Made in America” The trend towards outsourcing overseas and the slowly decreasing of American manufacturing has made it very difficult to find American-made goods‚ but not impossible. There are a few small businesses that are still dedicated to manufacturing goods in the United States‚ but in today’s society‚ they are hard to come by. Buying goods manufacturing in the USA is something that us consumers‚ business owners and even the government can do to support these businesses that manufacture
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and lack of concrete government decisions‚ led the North and South to become two completely different societies with completely different values and ideas‚ the most controversial topic being slavery. Because of the rising concern of these factors‚ the two regions differences amplified during the 1800’s. Although the two were so different from each other‚ they relied on one another in order to maintain their separate ways of life. The South has a climate with lots sun‚ with humid summers and
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The Idea of America: Reflection on the Birth of the United States‚ by Gordon Wood. New York: The Penguin Press‚ 2011. 385 pages. Reviewed by Reah Monroe. I am reviewing The Idea of America: Reflection on the Birth of the United States to better understand the significance of the American Revolution and it’s lasting effect on the world. Gordon Wood is a Pulitzer Prize winning author that is at the top of his field and is an expert on the American Revolution. Gordon Wood is the Alva O. Way
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