Three Strikes Law 1 Running head: THREE STRIKES LAW The Three Strikes Law September 24‚ 2013 CJ526: Unit 2 Three Strikes Law 2 Three Strikes Law The Three Strikes Law has been a subject of much debate since its introduction as a regulation in 1993. The Three Strikes law was enacted in 1994 and is widely recognized as the harshest sentencing law in the United States. “The State of Texas was the first State to enact such a law in 1974
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Abstract The topic that I chose to research and discuss was racial profiling. I felt that it was an appropriate topic because as an African American looking for a career in law enforcement I’m going to encounter these types of situations every day. In my in the following pages I hope to show you how law enforcement officer can either use this to as a positive tool or will it be a mean of abuse and racism. I will give you some history on where racial profiling was developed. Going through the “crack”
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Local police are the front line of law enforcement efforts in the United States. Police are in the communities. They are the ones that respond to a complainant’s residence when they call 911. The majority of states utilize their State level law enforcement in a highway patrol capacity. They are the officers on the interstates and highways that many people have the opinion of fee grabbers looking to write everyone a hefty priced citation. The federal law enforcement agencies‚ of which there are many
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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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Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish People and is one of the world’s oldest religions. Judaism makes up the cultural system of Jewish law‚ custom‚ and practice of the whole individual and community. It is a system in which everyone is under God’s rule. Judaism continues to influence the everyday life of the believer through the Torah‚ the ten commandments and the Shabbat. The Torah is the primary document of Judaism. Torah‚ which means "teaching"‚ is God’s revealed instructions to the
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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
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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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Stressors of Law Enforcement Officers Kaplan University Stressors of Law Enforcement Officers Policing is dangerous work and one of those dangers is stress. Law enforcement officers face many different issues day in and day out. The issues not only affect them professionally‚ they also affect them on a personal level. Officers have the ability to affect a community in positive and negative ways‚ but at the same time the community plays just as much of a role on officers. The community
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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 individuals because of their race‚ culture‚ or ethnic background. Law enforcement is now trying to figure out methods that they can use to improve their relationship with multicultural
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which you analyze the relationship between ethics and professional behavior in the administration of criminal justice. Explain the role of critical thinking with regard to the relationship of ethics and professional behavior. Include in your paper a proposal for a seminar in ethics training for law enforcement officers. In your proposal choose five areas of ethical conduct that will be stressed in the seminar. Explain why you chose those areas and what the expected benefits of the training will be for
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