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    Policing History

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    History of Policing During the late 1700s and early 1800s‚ a breakdown in social control led to disorder‚ crime‚ riots‚ and public health issues in England. The 1780 Gordon riots brought a 50-year debate on how to provide better public safety. One man fighting to improve law enforcement was the home secretary‚ Sir Robert Peel. In 1822‚ Peel’s first task as home secretary was to meet the demands of Parliament for a reform of the criminal laws. During this time of rising crime statistics‚ Peel

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    Role of Women in Society until 1500’s Roxanne Schmidt History 103 World Civilizations I Bremen Hentzel March 5‚ 2012 Role of Women in Society until the 1500’s A woman in today’s society is somewhat equal to a man’s‚ or any other person for that matter. Things back before the 1500’s were very strict for women‚ women basically had no rights. Women had no right to vote‚ no freedom of speech‚ women did not work back in the 1500’s they were stay at home mom’s‚ and took care of their households

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    Predictive Policing Kenneth Klutse STRAYER UNIVERSITY Information System CIS/500 Dr. James A McCray April 14‚ 2012 1. Compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets. 2. Describe how COMPSTAT‚ as an information system (IS)‚ implements the four (4) basic IS functions: 1. Input 2. Processing 3. Output 4. Feedback 3

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    quality of the education provided to the two groups. The white children were gaining the education to advance in society and be employed in high paying jobs. African American children did not have the same level of education‚ therefore they would be stuck in lower positions and would not be able to rise in society.

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    Policing Today

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    Policing today is a dangerous‚ stressful‚ and at times a frustrating job. It started out as local enforcers of the rule of the Crown. Today‚ policing has become a job with many areas of to be promoted in‚ but the most important job is the beat officers. Romans 13:1-5 tells us to submit to governing authorities. God has placed those individuals over us to strike fear in the wrongdoers‚ but to the ones who do right they will honor. God has put them over you to punish the wrongdoers. You must submit

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    background. So with that being said I would start off the class with the history and background of policing. The modern concept of police was started in London in 1829 by Robert Peel. Robert Peel felt that the law should be responsible up to the prosecution phase but the trial‚ conviction and punishment phase should be the responsibility of another party. However‚ Robert Peel’s approach and community policing one thing is the main goal and that’s prevention of crimes. (http://voices.yahoo.com/law-enf

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    The Roles of Identity in Society Many would argue that social justice is being served when someone says “we are all the same under the skin”. We are not all the same under the skin. Within us are our own senses of identity‚ constructed by our familiar discourses‚ the physical environment and its embedded culture‚ and our individual differences. Our sense of identity accounts for our perceptions of ourselves and how we are positioned by others in terms of culture‚ tradition‚ rituals‚ race‚ family

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    The Status of Engineers in Society Since the mid 1800s the government has debated the perennial question ‘what is the status of engineers in society?’ Even as recently as 5 years ago an new report was commissioned by the government to ask the very same question as almost their fellow MPs asked almost 150 years ago. The question itself is problematic as the very definition of an engineer is still hotly debated. It must be understood however that engineers vitally contribute to global challenges;

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    community policing

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    Ajs502 Community Policing Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy October 22‚ 2012 A police officer’s duty is to keep the peace‚ maintain order‚ and solve problems within the community. Their role as officers is selfless and demanding. Duties of a police officer include patrol‚ answering calls‚ conducting interviews‚ investigations‚ traffic‚ make arrests‚ and report writing. Each officer is sworn to serve and protect a national average of 1‚000 citizens per officer (Barnard‚ 2008). In big cities

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    As all of us know that‚ air is the inevitable substance for life. Air pollution is a growing problem in the modern society.There is several organizations‚ which offers remedial measures throughout the world. Generally‚ air pollution is a major consequence of modern society for example; at the end of 20th century‚ invention of machines and technologies in the automobile sites resulted in more pollution of air than the past. In my perspective‚ people should take steps

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