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    Staerklé‚ C. (2009). Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 3‚ 1096-1112. Policy Attitudes‚ Ideological Values and Social Representations Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne‚ Switzerland Address for correspondence: Christian Staerklé University of Lausanne Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Institute for Social Sciences Bâtiment Vidy 1015 Lausanne Switzerland christian.staerkle@unil.ch Author note: We thank

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    Information security‚ sometimes shortened to InfoSec‚ is the practice of defending information from unauthorized access‚ use‚ disclosure‚ disruption‚ modification‚ perusal‚ inspection‚ recording or destruction. It is a general term that can be used regardless of the form the data may take (electronic‚ physical‚ etc...)[1] Two major aspects of information security are: IT security: Sometimes referred to as computer security‚ Information Technology Security is information security applied to

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    Justin Magsombol CJ 151 December 16‚ 2009 WEEK 1 Who is August Vollmer? August Vollmer was a man who developed police professionalism. In 1905‚ he became a town marshal in Berkley‚ California. In a world with police corruption‚ he tried to maintain the practice of professionalism. Vollmer commanded a group of three deputies. His first task was to expand his group‚ so he went from three officers to twelve officers. In doing this‚ it allowed for a day and a night shift. Vollmer was the

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    Police Officers are a symbol of justice in the public eye. They represent a long storied tradition of courage and sacrifice to uphold and protect the law. Officers are expected to maintain the highest degree of ethics and personal behavior throughout their careers. Great lengths and expense go into each and every recruit. All of this hard work and dedication is to help form and shape the best men and woman within America’s police force. However‚ what happens when the trust has been broken and

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    and the Police Part I: Outline Eileen Garcia CJA/344 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice June 17‚ 2013 STEPHEN HUMPHRIES Police corruption and citizen complaints relative to ethnicity I. Introduction A. Police corruption Police corruption has become an international problem. This was initially a common practice during the period when the police institutions were being developed but the effect has been felt by many people‚ even affecting peacekeeping operations. The police abuse

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    Police socialization is the process in which recruits are introduced to police officers who impart not only their knowledge‚ but also any negative qualities they possess (Volti‚ 2008). The influence of socialization is enormous: it can erase the positive influences from training and introduce the recruit to the darker side of the police subculture (Ellwanger‚ 2012). It is through socialization that police recruits are inducted into the police subculture‚ enabling the subculture to maintain its norms

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    ensure a peaceful society and avoid disorder. The government enforces law through the police‚ courts and other agencies. Power can produce many positive results‚ but this power the government controls is often abused and in many cases they enforce law with brutality which is completely different from its original purpose. Law was established to benefit the people but sometimes through the abuse of power like police brutality‚ its enforcement defers its original purpose. The concept of law is very

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    thelawdictionary.com‚ police brutality is defined by‚” the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians.” Police brutality is very common in District 9 as police are extremely violent towards the ‘prawns’. Furthermore‚ police or military take advantage of their position and physically harm the aliens unnecessarily. This coincides with the police brutality that occurred during the Marikana strikes (image on the right). This violence was not only caused by police trying to maintain

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    The Rise of Police Brutality Police in society have the role of maintaining order and safety by enforcing policies and laws. These roles provide a special authoritative power over the general population that can sometimes be misused. Unjustified loss of civilian life and other forms of assault by police officers can be explained by the following reasons: a fear of harm that causes knee-jerk negative fight or flight reactions‚ an invalid fear based on racism‚ and a lack of proper de-escalation training

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    establishment of a Police out-post in 1661. In 1669 East India Company was given Bombay Island from king Charles II. who had acquired it when marrying a Portuguese princess a few years before. The origins of the present day Mumbai police can be traced back to a militia organised by Gerald Aungier‚ the then Governor of Mumbai in 1669. This Bhandari Militia was composed of around 500 men and was head quartered at Mahim‚ Sewree and Sion. In 1672‚ the judicial overview of police decisions by courts

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