The legalization of marijuana could be very economically beneficial according to a study done by an economics professor at Harvard University named Jeffery Miron. Professor Miron says the government would save about $7.7 billion a year by the policing and prosecution being cut if marijuana was legalized in the U.S. The study also states that if the taxing of tobacco and alcohol was similarly used on marijuana, another $6.2 billion would be attained. In 2008 another study was done. In Texas
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crime maps to create graphic representations of the spatial geography of crime (Siegel, 2012). This technology is a great example of taking an old, tried and true technique and modernizing it to make it exponentially more effective in modern day policing. By taking the old pushpin maps that have been used in every police department planning room for decades to track various crime metrics and converting them into digitized, searchable databases that incorporates crime data along with various other
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The True Face of Los Angeles: Homelessness Marqueta Oliver BSBO1ELEG6 10/29/2014 Paul Korzeniowski The True Face of Los Angeles: Homelessness Even though some people believe that tourism is a more important focus in Los Angeles than poverty, Homelessness is a crisis in Los Angeles because it affects everyone and reducing homelessness will improve the economy. Homelessness in our nation affects our, communities, economics and families at large. Being a native Angelino, I grew up not realizing
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myriad of challenges, including emotional distress, financial instability, and disruptions in their education and social lives. These consequences not only affect the immediate well-being of the children, but can have long-lasting implications on their future generation and their opportunities. Topics and my thoughts on what I focused on. Children of incarcerated parents often face emotional and psychological
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foundation will help improve community relations and defuse confrontations that could happen in the future. Though it is not a perfect solution, it would be a good starting point in making changes and getting things back on track. In an article from Philip Stewart writer for The Washington Times, he quoted Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stating, “Police need to learn more than logistics of policing but also the broader significance of their role in society.” Showing that police aren’t getting
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Crime statistics and incarceration rates reveal that young African American men are prosecuted and imprisoned at higher rates than their Non-Hispanic White counterparts. Although the total number of incarcerations by race does not vary significantly, the age of prisoners by race is meaningful. In December 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice statistics for sentenced male prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction totaled 1,537,415. Broken down by race, African American lacks totaled 555,300
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Week 7 Review and Analysis Keller Graduate School of MGMT Information Security Law Chapter 22, Question 3, 4, & 5, Page 739. (Questions found on p743) Question 3: At one time, in order to demonstrate their alleged intellectual superiority, a number of teenagers broke into computer systems that guarded records of schools, government generally, and the military. What are the current potential criminal risks associated with hacking illegally into computer systems? For starters, all of the
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Child immigration: The new bill to pass In November of 2014, President Obama made a presidential address passing a bill without the consent from Congress to reform the immigration system. He had decided that if an illegal immigrant had been living in the United States, since 2010 or earlier, and had a child who had been born in America, they would be eligible to gain legal documentation. Immigrants will also have to pay their fair share of taxes and pass a criminal background check. Unfortunately
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PROFESSION OF ARMS The purpose of this paper is to express a set of views on the ethical obligations of members of the American profession of arms in order to stimulate thoughtful discussion and broader debate about the proper limits of acceptable and effective professional conduct. These views are focused for most part on the obligations of commissioned officers, but they apply in many ways to the public and private conduct of senior non-commissioned officers, and indeed, all military
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very imperative in the world that we live in today as police activity 2 continues to be more controversial while law enforcement also, battles with many forms of crime in todays society. In order to combat these problems and have a positive future in the criminal justice system, everyone must work together on a bigger scale. All law enforcement officers should be trained in criminological theory in order to be more effective in their roles in the community, on behalf of how they approach a
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