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    Suicide by Cop

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    Running head: Suicide by Cop Suicide by Cop Abstract In this paper‚ I will discuss suicide by cops. Also‚ examine the reasons why people decide to have a cop kill them‚ instead of committing suicide themselves. As well as the effects it has on the officer that pulls the trigger. In this paper‚ I will discuss suicide by cops. Also‚ examine the reasons why people decide to have a cop kill them‚ instead of committing suicide themselves. As well as

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    Brooklyn Cop

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    “Brooklyn Cop” Critical evaluation Norman MacCaig describes the character of the “Brooklyn cop” a corrupt‚ thuggish American. A policeman is meant to put across trust and is employed to serve and protect the people. Instead the "Gorilla with a nightstick" is insensitive‚ violent and appears to enjoy the murderous nature of his occupation. However despite his brutal nature and rough exterior there is a gentler side to the cop who loves his wife and fears for his life. “Brooklyn Cop” by

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    Brooklyn Cop

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    Brooklyn Cop The poem Brooklyn Cop was written by Norman MacCaig. This poem stereotypically represents all Brooklyn Cops and convey what they go through on a typical shift. MacCaig uses realistic characterisation‚ imagery and attack on the senses. violent setting to enguage with the reader and evoke a sense of sympathy MacCaig uses a shocking description to introduce the cop‚ through a simile. The relevance of “ built like a gorilla” is that he is conveying to the reader how

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    Brooklyn Cop

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    Brooklyn Cop – Analysis and Evaluation Worksheet Stanza One 1. Look at lines 1 – 4. Do you think that this is a stereotypical image of a policeman? Choose two quotes‚ and explain why they make you feel this way. (3) Stereotypical – “built like a gorilla” = he is big and strong / “..but less timid” = brave Non-stereotypical – “two hieroglyphs in his face that mean trouble” = he is looking for trouble (1 mark for each quote and linked opinion) 2. Quote the line that shows that the divide

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    Suicide by Cop

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    Suicide by Cop In this type of suicide‚ a person intentionally engages in life-threatening behavior to induce a police officer to shoot that person. His/her goal is to provoke the law enforcement officer to a lethal response. This is distinguished from other police shootings by three elements: the person should show an intention to die‚ the person understands the finality of the act‚ confronts law-enforcement official with such extreme behavior that the officer is compelled to act with deadly

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    Cyber Cop

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    Cyber Cop Child Pornography is illegal throughout the entire world. There are many perverts that have Internet access and will specifically search for pictures and/or videos of under age children because it will satisfy their sexual needs. Many may actually think that it is okay to talk to other perverts and exchange files over the Internet. They will also try and talk to the young children in chat rooms and ask them for pictures and to meet up to physically see each other. The adult users would

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    Cop in the Hood

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    Setareh Salehi Cop in the Hood Peter Moskos‘‚ Cop in The Hood‚ is the story of a sociologist going native by going through the Baltimore police academy‚ becoming a cop and working for over a year. The book follows Moskos chronological journey‚ from the academy to the street and the last part of the book is dedicated to a pretty thorough analysis of the War on Drugs. The first interesting observation from Moskos’s work is his analysis of the police academy as relatively useless for the job:

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    Anthem

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    Ashlyn Eisenga April 28‚ 2013 Anthem Essay: Literary Elements Anthem A genre is a category of expressing oneself in writing. According to Wikipedia’s list of genres‚ the genre of Anthem can be viewed as speculative fiction. Fiction is a writing about things‚ events and characters that are not true. Ayn Rands uses dystopia as her fictitious genre. The Wikipedia also goes on to say that Dystopia is a community that is in some important way‚ undesireable or frightening. Dystopian societies

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    Anthem

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    ANTHEM ESSAY In many real and fictionalized totalitarian societies‚ children live apart from their families. In Ayn Rand’s novella‚ ‘Anthem’‚ dictatorial leaders enforce this living arrangement in order to control all the people‚ since they are born. Ayn Rand conceived this novel when she was a teenager living in the Soviet-Russia. At the time‚ the Soviet-Russia was‚ as the Anthem society‚ an equal collectivism society‚ in which the leaders and governments have the upmost control‚ and people are

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    The short story‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry‚ would be much different if it was written in Red Chief (Also known as Johnny Dorset)’s point of view. For example‚ during the initial kidnapping he fought against the kidnappers to leave him be “That boy put up a fight like a welter-weight cinnamon bear…” (Henry 71). He probably would have been freaking out and making a huge deal out of it while the narrator only said briefly what had happened. Also‚ during the time he spent staying in the cave

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