of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice ME RT NT OF J US CE TI National Institute of Justice R e s e a r c h R e p o r t N BJ A C E I OF F IJ J O F OJJ D P B RO J US T I C E P “Broken Windows” and Police Discretion S G OVC RA MS U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh Street N.W. Washington‚ DC 20531 Janet Reno Attorney General Raymond C. Fisher Associate Attorney General Laurie Robinson Assistant Attorney General
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The movie " The Gods Must Be Crazy " describes a tribe from the people of the Calahari‚ a place in Africa‚ coming in contact with a coke bottle dropped from a plane. A tribesman is struck on the head and thinks it is a gift from the gods. Shortly the tribe discovers wonderful uses of the bottle‚ but they also find later on that there is anger and violence whenever one is using it while someone else needs it and wants to use it. So one bushman decides to walk to the end of the earth and return the
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What’s Love Got to Do with it? In this article Anjula Razdan compares arranged marriage to her own ideal of what she thinks love and marriage means to her. She compares it to being under the spell of Western romantic love. She does this by comparing her own personal thoughts and experiences to those of various experts. Razdan also states that she was a product of an arranged marriage‚ even though she’s still not convinced to do it herself. Sure it worked for her parents‚ yet both of
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Jeremy Hudson “A Change Must Come.” PHI 208 Professor Michael Pankrast 1 Imagine living in a world where you did not know where you next meal was coming from. Could you live life knowing that you would never get that full satisfaction of being full? I do even know if I could do that one. In Peter Singer’s article‚ “ Famine‚ Affluence and Morality‚” Singer addresses these idea just as such. Throughout this essay I will state Singer’s goal in writing this article while
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To start with it is important to determine what each of these social processes mean‚ in order to understand which psychological factors are involved. Conformity is a behavioural change in response to social pressure‚ either real or imagined. Compliance is a behaviour change in response to an explicit request to perform an action. Obedience is a behaviour change in response to a demand or order to carry out an action. Each of these processes are undertaken due to different psychological pressures
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same wing‚ to grow together on the earth‚ two branches of one tree”‚ True love‚ what a sacred substance. It might be first sight or long living feeling between two people. Romantic love can be destroyed by time or event‚ and people will be leaving each other. However‚ a true love cannot be destroyed by anything‚ even though they can not be together‚ they will still stay in each other’s heart. In the short story Love Must Not Be Forgotten (LMNBF) is not only a story about love‚ it also represents the
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1. Police hold a pivotal role as ‘gatekeepers’ to the criminal justice system. Identify the key decisions that police make in relation to law enforcement‚ and discuss both the positive and negative implications of police discretion for the administration of justice. The police play an integral role as ‘gatekeepers’ to the criminal justice system. Discretion is a major factor in the criminal justice system and refers to the choice to do or not do something. The police enforce their discretion in
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1 Functions‚ Roles and Duties of Police in General Introduction 1. Police are one of the most ubiquitous organisations of the society. The policemen‚ therefore‚ happen to be the most visible representatives of the government. In an hour of need‚ danger‚ crisis and difficulty‚ when a citizen does not know‚ what to do and whom to approach‚ the police station and a policeman happen to be the most appropriate and approachable unit and person for him. The police are expected to be the most accessible
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What are the consequences of cutting down trees? There are many consequences for the environment of cutting down trees. Known as deforestation it has huge effects on the environment. It one very big effect is the loss of biodiversity which is a direct effect of cutting down trees. There are many reasons of which humans act out deforestation. For example is so that we can set up cattle farms. Also grow crops of which can then be sold to people. Another reason is for urbanisation and for the building
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"What Do Murderers Deserve?" Feelings toward capital punishment have varied over time. Among democratic nations‚ few now impose it. In the United States‚ 38 states have death penalty laws while 12 have rejected the ultimate punishment in favor of other strong sentences‚ such as life without parole. Many death penalty states‚ including New Jersey‚ rarely impose it. The death penalty is an emotional topic but apart from the moral questions the death penalty evokes‚ apart from questions of whether
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