the social significance of hip-hop from its creation up until current day. The purpose of this paper is to inform and enhance the understanding of hip-hop music, drawing connections between musical stylistic origins and social influence throughout history on hip-hop music to create an unbiased, accurate account of how hip-hop music came to be what it is today. The genre of hip-hop music formed in the 1970s amongst African American Groups in urban New York City, during a time when “block parties” and
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Massachusetts, becoming a police officer is a competitive hiring process. In 2009 there were 2,247 state police officers alone, which is significantly higher than other states. Mass Labor and Workforce development predicts that there will be 810 fewer police jobs in 2020 than there was in 2010. This will make becoming a police officer in Massachusetts a lot harder as the years pass ("How to Become a Police Officer in Massachusetts", 2013). The Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC)
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than other police approaches? (2) How and why is it difficult to implement the philosophy of community policing? Remember, you must use at least one quote from the text in this assignment. Respond to at least three of your classmates. There are many different approaches when it comes to policing such as the watchman, legalistic, and service styles. There is also traditional, problem-oriented, zero-tolerance and community policing, which I will be addressing. Many people think of police as guardians
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In 1961 authorities forced their way into Dollree Mapp’s house due to suspicious behavior. Police believed Mapp was hiding a bombing suspect in her home in Cleveland Ohio. The police asked multiple times if they had permission to enter her house and she denied all of these request. After many hours of waiting and talking the police forced their way into Mapp’s house. Once they searched the house they realized that she was not hiding the suspect but they did find something else. Authorities
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Why is it acceptable for Police the people who can legally get away with killing you, the people we trust to keep us safe are doing the opposite. One such example is The Rodney King Riots in Los Angles. In some cases violence is the necessary and final option to go too. There are many headline cases but the reality is many will never get reported or if it is there are very few convictions of it. When police attacked, question or harass you because you are a minority is just one sad reality we have
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Commission and New York City Police Corruption Publication: June 2012 by: Columbia University Press In the course of his narrative, Armstrong illuminates police investigative strategy; governmental and departmental political maneuvering; ethical and philosophical issues in law enforcement; the efficacy of the police's anticorruption efforts; the effectiveness of the training of police officers; the psychological and emotional pressures that lead to corruption; and the effects of police criminality on individuals
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were made while the defendant was held in police custody or deprived of freedom of movement in a significant way; * What procedures were required to guarantee the defendant’s privilege against self-incrimination according to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? This case is considered the summit of the criminal procedure evolution establishing specific procedures to safeguard the rights of defendants beyond the courtroom and onto the police station. The procedural details and the breadth
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has continued to remain a global level problem of police focus. Police policyholders and lawmakers began examining existing resources and emerging police strategies to focus efforts on the sale of drugs on street corners by implementing directed police policies and hot spot strategies to crackdown on crime, ultimately to apprehend offenders and drive the level of drug use down. Several key components are involved in policing to evaluate the police policy/strategy being utilized: inputs, activities
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part of the city is a result of a shortage of police officers and an absence of leadership on the part of the city council. In order to rectify the burgeoning growth of crime that threatens the community, the city council must address this issue seriously. Instead of spending time on peripheral issues such as education quality, community vitality, and job opportunity, the city council must realize that the crime issue is serious and double the police force, even if this action requires budget cuts
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domestic violence are women and 1 in every three women will endure some form of domestic violence in their natural life. Sadly enough only one fourth of all victims who have been physically assaulted by an intimate partner will actually report it to the police, implying that official statistics will never justify the full scope of the problem. The average age of a female victim who is at the greatest risk of harm by an intimate partner is between 20 to 24 years old. Domestic violence is the primary source
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