...can have a profound impact on the psychological health of an individual. Few occupations, outside of the medical field, entail as intense and frequent exposure to death than does those in the law enforcement field. The effect of such exposure on individual law enforcement officers, and upon the subculture as a whole, is both damaging and functional. “Themes, images, and symbols of death pervade the folklore of the police subculture” (Henry). This is something that all the members of the law enforcement community have to deal with on a daily basis, but at what cost? A subculture is defined as, “a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture” (Merriam Webster). These beliefs and interests can include things like language, ideological values, gender roles, social conventions, religion, or artistic expression through things like paintings, books or films. Any group that shares interests can be a subculture such as school groups, church groups, civic organizations, sports teams, or people in a particular profession. The police subculture is a feeling of brotherhood, or tremendous group loyalty that exists among law enforcement officers. An unwritten creed, it can lead officers to support their law enforcement brethren at the expense of all else. Responding immediately, and in strength to an ‘officer in distress’ call would be a positive result of this belonging. However, the strong emotions involved...
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...and Future of Law Enforcement INTRODUCTION To be an effective police/law enforcement officer, one must understand where we (law enforcement) has been, where society believes we are and what the heck is going to happen in the future. Unfortunately the future is much more depressing than in the past. Society is getting more liberal with how the Constitution is viewed and applied towards suspects. The author posits that not to far into the distant future officers will need probable cause to make a consenual contact. But connecting the dots is important because it provides clarity, and understanding to a profession that once was considered a volunteer job in which the primary duties was to ensure that criminals did not come into the town at night. PAST Thus when the new officer hits the streets, they think the “old salt” officers are unaware of the “new” and improved ways of policing. However if anyone reviews Sir Robert Peels policing notions not much has changed in how police officers should effectively patrol, and protect the communities they serve. The past also includes community oriented policing, and problem oriented policing. There are trends like Killing and Wilsons Broken Windows that will never go away. But there are also eras of law enforcement. PRESENT The present is not readily observable because the career track is working within a specific time frame. However a couple of authors (scholars) have debated and postulated that law enforcement is in the “terrorism...
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...Cultural Considerations In Today’s Society Nikia Hughes AJS/502 The world of law enforcement has come a long way sense law enforcement began a very long time ago. The face of law enforcement has changed over the centuries and has become more culturally diverse. The world is moving at a rapid pace and the justice system must change with the times. As more technologies come into play and more sophisticated jail systems come about it is necessary to understand and have a wide variety of people to take on these changes. According to cnn.com, “990,553 people were granted lawful permanent residence in the United States in 2013. Approximately 40% of these "green card" recipients, or LPRs, were born in Asia, while about 32% were born in North America. In 2012 The Department of Homeland Security estimates that there are 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States, down from 11.5 million in 2011.With the top being Mexico.” (cnn.com/immigrants) These statistics alone speak for themselves in terms of being concerned for the justice system. Law enforcement is trying to keep up with a rapid change that no one was prepared for. The biggest problem for the justice system is more so the illegal immigrants that are in the country unregistered, therefore not accounted for. This causes hikes in crime rates, heavier prison populations, and a big concern for home land security. The bigger question...
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...The speech that I listened to was a speech by Melvin Russell and it is called, “I Love Being a Police Officer, but We Need Reform.” He was a very effective speaker his speech was very engaging and had some humor added to him. I would rate this speech as a nine out of ten points. The reason I would rate it this way is because he was very organized with his thoughts, he even had a piece of paper that he use to keep the speech going. He used real life examples to support what he was saying. The way he would say things would also make you think about think that you have been through. Melvin Russell said, “I need to say this: it's not just law enforcement, though. Because every one of us makes up a community. Everybody makes up a community. And as communities -- can I say this? -- we have put too much responsibility on law enforcement.” He made a very good point when he said this,...
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...only buy TV during the football season, and we only get the basic package so I can buy the NFL package. Basic Dish TV does not have FOX or MSNBC. I focused to focus on these two segments from each channel. On FOX News, The Bill O’Reilly Factor segment, the discussion of gun rights laws is clearly slanted toward legal ownership of guns. I don’t enjoy hate type of humor or information. Bill attempts to substantiate the Conservative parties views toward gun control with the standard NRA-Conservative argument that Americans should bear the right to own arms, arms of any type. Not limited to sporting guns or collectables. His comments are sarcastic and confusing because they are vague, with no clear and factual point made. The fact is that Bill O’Reilly said nothing new as far as conservative views and gun rights are concerned. He continued to justify his argument by saying “guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. His argument is specious in design because it is a rationalization. People, in fact, use guns. Bill went as far as mentioning Hitler, and Nazi Germany’s very strict gun control laws. German soldiers took the guns from the Jewish people, and then turned on a defenseless people. Gun laws said to be made with “good” intentions that took guns out of the hands of the people Hitler wanted to persecute. Hitler was deceptive and outright dishonest about his intentions. His intentions were to disarm and exterminate a certain race and religion of people. I don’t find anything...
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...Organizational Management And Operations Paper Team A University of phoenix CJA 484 Dwayne Carr April 27, 2015 Organizational Management and Operations Paper While the criminal justice system can be viewed as on whole entity, there are different levels of organization. Within these different organizational levels comes varying degrees of functionality. The three organizational levels include local, state, and federal police functions. Each of which are responsible for certain aspects pertaining to the criminal justice organization. As the organizational levels progress, the functionality and responsibility of each grows. Each level has a little more power than the one beneath it. Overall each is of extreme importance to the criminal justice system, but each have their own functional priorities. This is to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall organization through splitting up the responsibilities of each level. Each level of policing has different organizational, administrative, management, and operational functions. While the setup may appear to be similar amongst each, there will be slight variations dependent upon on the function of the level. The management and leadership styles will vary based on the operations. Different operations will call for different styles of leadership, and this will show in the various operational functions of policing. Policing is more than what meets the eye...
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...which deals with the moral principles behind the operation and regulation of marketing. Some areas of marketing ethics (ethics of advertising and promotion) overlap with media ethics. Contents 1 Fundamental issues in the ethics of marketing 1.1 Frameworks of analysis for marketing Possible frameworks 1.2 Power-based analysis 1.3 Is marketing inherently evil? 2 Specific issues in marketing ethics 2.1 Market research 2.2 Market audience 2.3 Pricing ethics 2.4 Ethics in advertising and promotion 2.4.1 Content 2.4.2 Delivery channels 2.4.3 Deceptive Advertising and Ethics 2.5 The use of ethics as a marketing tactic 2.6 Neuromarketing ethics 2.7 Marketing strategy 2.8 Further issues in marketing ethics 3 Regulation and enforcement 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links Fundamental issues in the ethics of marketing[edit] Frameworks of analysis for marketing Possible frameworks[edit] Value-oriented framework, analyzing ethical problems on the basis of the values which they infringe (e.g. honesty, autonomy, privacy, transparency). An example of such an approach is the AMA Statement of Ethics.[1] Stakeholder-oriented framework, analyzing ethical problems on the basis of whom they affect (e.g. consumers, competitors, society as a whole). Process-oriented framework, analyzing ethical problems in terms of the categories used by marketing specialists (e.g. research, price, promotion, placement). None of these frameworks allows, by itself, a convenient...
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...The Origins Of Batman “ AKA Bruce Wayne” The Origins of Batman, AKA,“Bruce Wayne” shares a trilogy of many storylines and outrageious adventures. He is the child of Doctor Thomas and Martha Wayne philanthropist whom were murdered by a mugger in Gotham City. This event traumatized Bruce and influencing him to become Batman “The Dark Knight” to protect the city and those whom cannot protect themselves. Batman having a secret identity that is only known by very few people in order keep his identity safe from enemies of the outside world. Protecting and working with the law enforcement such as the police commissioner ,”Gordon,” of Gotham City Batman keeps the crime down and helps the people of Gotham stay safe from villanist Phos....
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...Science fiction is often seen as a genre dealing with imaginative content, futuristic settings and anything go possibility; while sci-fi genre has become much more visual and action focused, but in truth the setting is only a means to discuss much deeper and serious subjects. Dredd 3D, directed by Pete Travis, besides the over the top violence and non-stop action, is an interesting view of the future and one takes criminal justice to an extreme. A movie about law enforcement, but not bound by today’s social value or political view, raises interesting questions and critique on today’s justice system and the future of it. The movie is based on the comic book character, Dred, from 2000AD series. While the comic do involve social commentary and such, but ultimately focused more so on much more fantasy in content. The movie tries to base itself to a believable future, and in to a much broader sense the discussion is related much more than the movie itself and covers much more about the city the movie takes place, Mega City One, a metropolis with 800 million residents “living in the ruins of the old world” where residents live with extreme poverty. Crime rates are so high, the amount of violent crimes reported, that the police force could only respond to 6% of crimes reported, and it is up to the judges, police officers who are granted the power and responsibility to “judge, jury, and executioner” on the spot, to decide. The absolute and extreme jury system in Dredd, provides a stark...
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...CODE OF CONDUCT 1. CODE OF CONDUCT: Rules of good conduct must take place and be honored by the security officers of a shift if it is to function effectively. All security officers will adhere to certain rules in order to enhance a climate of harmony and teamwork. Personal background qualities that need to exist in order to accomplish this are: a. Self discipline b. Self respect c. Loyalty d. Professionalism e. Team spirit f. Cooperation g. Good humor h. Pride 2. PERSONAL CONDUCT: Security officers are to conduct themselves in a professional manner while on duty. The following is a list of things that employees should not do: a. Use bad language b. Make abusive or demeaning remarks about race, religion and must make an immediate apology if offence is taken by any listening party c. Make physical contact with any other employee which may cause offence 3. COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW: Exercise compliance with all laws of Iraq. Immediate dismissal and appropriate prosecution will happen to all who do not. 4. MEDIA: Security guards are not to make any statements to the media. Any approach from the media must immediately be reported to a supervisor. 5. BRIBES: You are not allowed to accept or offer commissions or benefits from or to any supplier or third party. 6. DISCIPLINE: Security officers are required to conform to high disciplinary standards and to obey the commands of those in charge...
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...One answer that politicians talk a great deal about is gun control, and another would be for stricter gun laws for gun owners. But the question cover with this paper is; will gun control cut down the number of suicides and homicides or will it not? In “Gun Control Is a Misfire” Marc Cooper shows what the liberals and the NRA both get wrong. Cooper, a contributing editor to The Nation, retired from the journalism faculty at the USC Annenberg School, has reported on politics and culture for...
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...He tends to focus on his career to the detriment of everything else, which led to the divorce between him and his wife, Abby. Carter's unorthodox (for Eureka) style and manner has led to some friction with Deputy Lupo, although the two share a deep unspoken respect for each other. As demonstrated in "Many Happy Returns," Carter enjoys baseball, as S.A.R.A.H., his new house's "personality", reveals as she is dispensing beer for him. Another reference to his love of sports is given when SARAH explains her ability to call up many magazines, and the first couple of which are sports magazines. In "Blink," he attempts to recruit a baseball team, much to his later dismay as he learns they play "virtual baseball". A running plot device used for humor throughout the series is that Carter's vehicle is frequently destroyed in odd and unlikely ways. Carter's birthday is May 13, 1969 (he is however 46 years old if you count in the "extra" 4 years which we saw a small glimpse of in the end of season 1).[1] (a Tuesday) Carter and his daughter Zoe stumbled upon the town of Eureka just as Walter Perkins was conducting his tachyon experiments. ("Pilot") When the previous sheriff was crippled as a result of this, Jack took over temporarily and solved the problem. The old sheriff retired and had him promoted to be the new sheriff as he was impressed by Carter's handling of the situation. Carter had wanted a promotion and he finally got one, just not one he expected. Carter is assigned out of the...
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...Cognitive, Conscious, Energetic and Behavioral Impact of Violent Video Gaming Experiences Gabriel Aaron Dionne Strayer University English 215 December 11th 2011 Cognitive, Conscious, and Behavioral Impact of Violent Video Gaming Experiences “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Brainy Quote (2011) Identifies Violence as: The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. Ravishment; rape; constupration. To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel. This statement gives insight to the ideology of violence being compelled or brought about in an individual through excited actions. The level of violence in video games is astounding not to mention the level of realism which can totally encapsulate you in the gaming experience leaving you feel like that experience was real on a conscious, cognitive, and behavioral level. Long gone are my days of Mario bouncing on mushrooms these days it is assault rifles, hand grenades and tactical missile strikes. Entertainment Software Rating Board (n.d.) provides a list of potential violent behaviors that may be found within our children’s gaming experience and it...
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...“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in” (Henry Green). Martin McDonagh’s productions display a reoccurring theme of violence. McDonagh’s films and playwrights contain an overload of violence but also includes humor. McDonagh’s choice of themes and how he introduces them attracts a specific audience. First, the uncensored graphic violence described in McDonagh’s production The Pillowman tends to shock the audience. Secondly, Martin McDonagh’s film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri attracts a very passionate audience who relate to the film. Thirdly, the short film Six Shooter attracts an audience of all different types due to the various genres used. Martin McDonagh’s choice of topics for his productions attract...
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...Contrast Paper Effective communication is key to successful leadership. According to Schroeder and Lombardo (2006), there are ten principles for effective communication. They are; know your objectives, choose your language, consider your environment, rehearse, know your spoken and unspoken message, role play, feedback, hypocrisy, don’t over communicate and listen (p. 99). All of the were used by President Lincoln (Phillips 1993). A leader must be able to use all of the above steps in order to communicate an effective message and get the end results he or she wants. President Lincoln was a very effective communicator and felt that his communication style was key to his successes. Lincoln could talk to anyone using humor and witty stories, which he used as persuasive tools (p. 399). In comparison to Mandela in the movie Invictus (2009), Lincoln used his persuasive, yet honest communication style to win the election in 1860. Mandela was elected as President in 1990 after being incarcerated for 26 years and pledged an oath to unite the people of South Africa. Lincoln’s style was a bit different during the time he ran for president as he was told to remain silent (p. 386) and he only spoke when it was needed in order to alienate few people. Mandela became President of South Africa during a time of turmoil, as did Lincoln. Lincoln battled the ramifications of the Civil War while Mandela was battling the ramifications of apartheid. In comparison, both conflicts...
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