accused or even imprisoned every year because of racial profiling. In order to further explain this topic, several researchers have studied cases in which race has interfered with lawful decision making in important figures such as jurors or traffic police. After the articles are thoroughly understood, the
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Civic Event Paper Fortuna City Council Political Science Sara Callow July 19, 2015 I chose to attend the Fortuna City Council meeting. The council establishes policies and provides guidance on everything that concerns the city and its operations. “As a legislative body, the City Council is responsible for the enactment of local laws (ordinances), the adoption of the annual City Budget and Capital Improvement Program, and the review and adoption of proposed policies, agreements, contracts
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There has always been tension raised between maintaining a safe society and observing by the constitutional right of its citizens. People have always criticized the aggressive way police officers prevent crime. The African American and Hispanic communities have concerned about racial profiling when referring to crime and sentences. They have commented that discrimination and color blind will never end. The 4th amendment of the us constitution enforce the notion that all man is created equal, it also
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answer this question without looking farther into what racial profiling is, and what affects it has on people. From my understanding, when most people hear the words racial profiling they automatically think of black Americans being harassed by the police or other law enforcement officials. Racial profiling does not just consist of law enforcement officers arresting or detaining minorities because of their color or ethnicity. It also consists of people harassing other people differently because of
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Gathering Research in Criminal Justice Law enforcement officers and officials have a very strenuous job and even life style. Many things go into being a police officer and even more behind it. Research plays a crucial role in criminal justice in statistics, measuring crime rates, and on the job hazards or satisfaction. There are indeed many areas to look into but I believe that an officers job hazards would be the main focus in my research. The goal of researching law enforcement hazards
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germane to hate crime policing and prosecution, but the effect of lynching is partly contingent on the presence of a minority group threat. That is, past lynching combined with a sizeable black population largely suppresses (1) police compliance with federal hate crime law, (2) police reports of hate crimes that target blacks, and in some analyses (3) the likelihood of prosecuting a hate crime case. Our findings have implications for research on law and intergroup conflict, historical continuity in the
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main focus is tackling the high crime rate, different approaches have to be taken when dealing CASE STUDY 3 with different cultural diverse groups. In order to combat this, most law enforcement agencies try to ensure that their community police force is a representative of its population. To do this
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expertise and information essential to the content of the document. Executive Board Richard Ward Director, Discretionary Grant Programs Division Bureau of Justice Assistance Dan Rosenblatt Executive Director International Association of Chiefs of Police Charles “Bud” Meeks Executive
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Fear of Crime: Development, Progress, and Efforts to Erase the Negative Effects it Leaves Behind Abstract This study diagnoses the different aspects that cause fear of crime to grow or progress in society. Things that have stronger influences on the mind are considered on higher scales than others. This report has many different points; it will be focused most on: demography and how it is used to show characteristics of your 'common victim', the media's ramification’s on crime, what
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Devin Mayo English 101 03/30/14 Free Mary According to government surveys over one-hundred million Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime, Twenty-five million have used in the past year, and fourteen million use on a regular basis despite the laws against it. It has been reported to be the third most popular recreational drug in America (only behind alcohol and tobacco). It also has been proven to be less harmful than alcohol and tobacco in numerous occasions. Which brings up the
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