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    Police socialization is the process in which recruits are introduced to police officers who impart not only their knowledge‚ but also any negative qualities they possess (Volti‚ 2008). The influence of socialization is enormous: it can erase the positive influences from training and introduce the recruit to the darker side of the police subculture (Ellwanger‚ 2012). It is through socialization that police recruits are inducted into the police subculture‚ enabling the subculture to maintain its norms

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    Negatives Of Stereotypes

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    | The Negative Effects of Stereotyping | Stereotypes are known beliefs about certain types of races‚ ethnicities‚ genders‚ and even occupations. They are based on assumptions and are known as “silly” judgments which classify or group individuals together. Stereotypes can either be good or bad but they also can be hurtful‚ especially if one takes their culture seriously. If one chooses to stereotype‚ they are putting someone down based on their perceptions which will cause them to not succeed

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    Stereotypes Analysis

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    There are a lot of stereotypes about Arabs and Muslims in the United States throughout history until our present day. As I seen in the documentary film and also from my previous knowledge this stereotypes are always in growth. In most of the western countries cultures with the United States being one of them have that view that Arabs and Muslims are ignorant‚ reactionaries‚ and uncivilized. This kind of stereotypes always made life very miserable and difficult for Arab and Muslim American to live

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    Implicit Stereotypes

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    decision-making process because they link certain groups with traits related to crime and violence. For example‚ stereotypes linking African American adolescents to aggression suggest that people precieve behavior by an African American youth as more aggressive than behavior similarily displayed with white adolescents‚ in addition to violence‚ danger and hostility [citation-Duncan 1976]. These same stereotypes indicate an aspect of criminality‚ which is particularily important when assessing whether a suspect

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    Tarek Stereotypes

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    As a Syrian Middle Eastern‚ Tarek lives with a stereotype that he is a terrorist. Tarek complains to Walter while he is being held at immigration that he is being treated like a terrorist but he is not a bad person. There is misconception in the world that all Arabs are terrorists. The film allows for an understanding that Tarek is a human being and a good person. He is undeserving of being treated like a terrorist. The film allows the viewer to connect to Tarek and feel his pain. As a result‚ the

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    ensure a peaceful society and avoid disorder. The government enforces law through the police‚ courts and other agencies. Power can produce many positive results‚ but this power the government controls is often abused and in many cases they enforce law with brutality which is completely different from its original purpose. Law was established to benefit the people but sometimes through the abuse of power like police brutality‚ its enforcement defers its original purpose. The concept of law is very

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    Stereotype on homosexual

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    Stereotype on homosexual With the acceptance of homosexual raise‚ lots of celebrities like Ho Wan Si and Wong Yiu Ming choose to come out and face the public. Homosexual refer to those having a sexual orientation of same sex. But when people see some homosexual couples do some intimate act on streets‚ those couples still always receive intent or weird gaze which make them actually uncomfortable. Some of the old generation even think that they are evil‚ dirty or the source of pedophilia

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    Stereotypes In Trifles

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    categorized men and women in several different ways. During this contextual essay analysis essay I will be discussing the stereotypes of women in the story of “trifles”. The most important stereotype introduced in this play is that women are lesser creatures than men--that they are not capable of thinking as competently as their male counterparts. The men allow this stereotype to interfere with the investigation as they continually comment on the silliness of their conversation.  We will be looking

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    Gender Stereotypes

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    every country. Men knew they were to go to school and eventually provide for their own family. In the same manner‚ women knew they were to shadow their mother and learn how to clean and cook for their family one day. From the 1940s until now these stereotype roles have drastically changed allowing me to believe that men and women are capable of switching roles in the household and workforce. Women have gone from staying at home uneducated with no voting rights to becoming college presidents and mayors

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    Gender Stereotypes

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    accept gender stereotypes; as gossip or an old cultural implication. Whatever it is‚ it is based on a kernel of knowledge – true or untrue. The gender issue involving stereotyping in the workplace is when a person applies an assumed set of common traits and behaviors of a particular gender; be it male or female‚ to a specific person based merely on the knowledge of that person’s membership in the gender. Stereotypes may be positive or negative‚ but it’s the application of those stereotypes that cause

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