criminal and noncriminal events” (Boivin &ump; Cordeau‚ 2011). Every police officer has a great deal of discretion concerning when to use their authority‚ power‚ persuasion‚ or force. Depending on how an officer sees their duty to society will determine an officer’s discretion. Discretion leads to selective enforcement practices and may result in discrimination against certain groups of people or select individuals (Young‚ 2011). Most police officer discretion is exercised in situational situations with
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(Jefferson‚ 1776‚ p. 5). There are many arguments to be made that this expression was not all people‚ but all men because those in power are self-interested. Whites still have privileges that would not want to be given up‚ and disadvantages are given to minority groups in turn. African American‚ women‚ and GLBT issues are still very present today‚ and people are still suffering because of it. The thought of equality was started when Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence at the originating times
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Minority groups started a very long process of work to have their rights and protection from the trade unions. Minority groups had different strategies and methods that need to be taken for further their interests within the union. Minority groups had it rough especially in the early 20th century. Because there were a lot of lack of support from trade unions towards the minority groups (Hunt & Rayside‚ ). The trade unions ignored many different minority group’s needs and minority groups were suffering
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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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classmates‚ A subculture is a cultural subgroup. They are considered ’opposite from the mainstream culture because of their unique trends. Subcultures have distinctive styles of dress‚ activity‚ and music. A perfect example of a familiar subcultural minority in my on society is Quechua.Most Quechua Indians still live in the areas once governed by the Inca Empire in Peru. There distinctive styles of dress are different of what we humans wear now in days. Quechua women wear skirts and blouses‚ with colorful
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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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Police Protality: Introduction Police brutality has been and continues to be of major concern in society. First of all‚ police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force‚ assault‚ verbal attacks or slurs‚ and threats by any law enforcement officer. Efforts to police communities‚ throughout history‚ have been tainted by brutality ans abuse of power to some degree. The term police brutality is commonly used very loosely to any and all forms of police
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and Spielberg ’s Minority Report. (Critical Essay) Sutton‚ Brian. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2005 Heldref Publications Many English teachers today pair older‚ canonical works with recent films that strongly allude to those earlier works--Mrs. Dalloway and The Hours‚ for example‚ or Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. One pairing teachers might consider is Sophocles ’s Oedipus the King with Steven Spielberg ’s 2002 film Minority Report. While it would be an exaggeration to call Minority Report a futuristic
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Minority Report is an alternative action/thriller film concerning a cop who is blamed for a future homicide. Based in Washington DC and set in the year of 2054‚ the police can stop murders before they occur with the assistance of three psychics. They utilize innovation to upgrade the dreams of these psychics‚ who are also known as the pre-cognitives (pre-cogs)‚ to produce not just the name of the casualty and the killer but also the confirmation against them. The scene and the key factors of the
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past five centuries‚ black people have endured violence in many different ways. Today‚ police officers use deadly‚ excessive force that leads to inexcusable assaults‚ beatings and shootings. This demonstrates the governmentТs role in initiating and prolonging racial suppression and provides the explanation for police brutality to become a federal crime(Black Radical Congress‚ 3). In history‚ racist violence‚ police brutality‚ has been used to suppress the racial blacks and to preserve power and privileges
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