McNair For Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice Administration Professor Dr. Phillip R. Neely, Jr. Saint Leo University October 15, 2012 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Literature Review 5 Methodology 6 Data Analysis 7 Conclusion/Recommendation 8 Appendix A 9 Survey 10 References 11 Abstract Racial Profiling Black Males Drivers Over the past several years, the use of race by law enforcement agencies in their
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The test will focus on material covered since the Midterm Exam: Unit #7: Deviance and Social Control * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 7 * Wolf, “The Rebels: A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers” * Video: Faking the Grade Unit #8: Sociological Research Methods * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 2 Unit #9: Social Stratification / Politics and Economics * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 8 and Ch.14 * Bales, “A New Slavery” OR Reiter, “Serving the Customer: Fast Food is Not
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that have the same basic purpose: to obtain payment from an insurance company by deceptive or dishonest means. While incidence of fraud is estimated to be low, it remains an area of great concern for insurers. Losses Due To Fraud As with most crimes, it is impossible to accurately gauge losses to fraud because only that which is detected is measurable, and the typical suggestion is that the "true" value may be significantly greater than the measurable value. With that in mind, it is (gu)estimated
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Analysis of a Young Offender The Canadian public perception of youth crime is that it is growing out of control and that violence crime is common. Sensationalized media coverage, frustrated law enforcement officers and vote-seeking politicians, have tended to portray only parts of the overall reality of youth crime (John Howard Society, 2008). The government of Canada has evolved over the many years to deal with youth crime from installing the Juvenile Delinquency Act in 1908 all the way to the
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The Investment Climate and Enterprise Performance in Rural Pakistan: Implications for Rural Non-farm Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction Mona Sur South Asia Agriculture and Rural Development Department World Bank msur@worldbank.org & Jian Zhang Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California-Davis jian@primal.ucdavis.edu Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, July 23-26
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Social Media Addiction Distracts Drivers Noelyne Paet Chamberlain College of Nursing Social Media Addiction Distracts Drivers PR Newswire (2015) reported Abby Slatten, 20-years-old, was allegedly speeding at 85 miles per hour (mph) while scrolling through pictures on her Facebook account via smartphone. Tragically, Slatten plowed into another car that killed another driver who was at the elderly age of 89-years-old. The elderly victim could have been someones parent, friend, or sibling
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Part 1 Essay Describe the similarities and differences in the way identity is conceptualised by the psychosocial theory of identity and social identity theory. I will start this essay by explaining both theories, Psychosocial theory and Social Identity Theory mentioning what is understood by identity and answering my essay question describing their similarities and differences. Identity is a major area of study for Psychology. Over the decades many psychologists in the field
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intervention. After summarizing cognitive behaviour therapy principles, he discusses strategies for implementation, and provides research data supporting its effectiveness, including post release outcomes on the Reasoning and Rehabilitation (R & R) program. Porporino’s conclusions are subsequently compared with other researcher’s opinions and research based empirical data. Methodology Porporino criticises several programs he reviewed that claimed to be cognitive. In particular, he disregards motivational
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1999) In order to properly asses the government revenue implications that are associated with deregulating, a controlled alcohol market needs to pose the question of what government revenues that deregulated systems will generate over time in comparison to what the controlled market would have generated if the government maintains its existing retailing system. The Alberta government has experienced steady declining revenues that resulted in a decline of 35% despite higher consumer prices (Unknown
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Persuasion and Resistance: Race and the Death Penalty in America Mark Peffley Jon Hurwitz University of Kentucky University of Pittsburgh Although there exists a large and well-documented “race gap” between whites and blacks in their support for the death penalty, we know relatively little about the nature of these differences and how the races respond to various arguments against the penalty. To explore such differences, we embedded an experiment in a national survey in which respondents are
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