Survey is not completed. Step 2 - Your Research Question Please submit your research question in the box below. You cannot progress to Step 3 of the research project until you have received feedback from your instructor on this step. Remember, a good research question... * is specific, narrow enough to be researchable, and relevant to the student's discipline; * is stated as a question and passes the "so what" test; * is not too narrow to be able to find supporting resources * is
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to violence of the offenders, health hazards at crime scenes, and the dangers of vehicular traffic among other dangers. Schmalleger presents that 134 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2008 (pp. 276). Issues of racial and biased profiling also present problems for law enforcement. It is important for officers to maintain a balance of justice and to treat all citizens equally. This becomes an issue many times when the crime occurs and the victim of said crime was a member
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ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) o Hinduism • Racial/Ethnic
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If you asked the general public more often than not the majority would agree. This idea is also used in protests, or boycotts. Doing nothing to prove a point, or make something happen. Whether for marriage equality, or racial profiling, a protest of calm and peaceful manner has sufficed in passing several laws in America. Boycotting especially is a perfect example of inactivity accomplishing something great. Doing nothing to achieve an end goal, is often not the case, but continuous
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Soleil Gott 10/18/12 ENC1101; Midterm Exam Professor Prapopoulos Society can influence individual human behavior in many different ways. The influence possibly can be greater if the individual is week minded and not strong from within. The way society is can also influence the way someone becomes. Affirmative Action is something that is common in society today and is recognized a lot by others. “Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender
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It seems that every few years a new trend comes along that effects law enforcement. Several years ago it was racial profiling, before that it was Rodney King and police brutality. In the last two or three years there has been an alarming trend in assaults on police. It seems that we are losing officers at a faster rate than ever. People seem to have no respect for law enforcement nowadays. I don’t know if it is from the media making such a big deal out of corrupt officers, or just a general reaction
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Assignment #2 Chapters 1-4 Journal A Cristina Castro Would yo describe yourself as multiracial, or do you see yourself as belonging to a single race? Why? ( page 9) I would describe myself as being multiracial, even though when asked in forms I usually only circle Hispanic or Latino. My mom is Venezuelan, and as far down as we can track all her ancestors were also Venezuelans, on my dad’s side he was European, and all his relatives as far as being tracked down
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On the day of April 12, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama sitting in a jail cell was one of the finest and memorable man that America has come to known Mr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was one of the illustrious leaders for the civil rights movements back in the 50’s and 60s. He has done things in his life that many would say was courageous. Mr. King wrote a letter stressing the issues the black community were facing in Alabama. The letter as we all know is called “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.
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According to Mastro, Lapinski, Kopacz & Behm-Morawitz (2009), the Whites in the United States of America perfect in racial prejudice against their fellow black countrymen and women. The Whites perceive the Black as being aggressive and overly violent. This negative depiction of the Black Americans by the White Americans is hugely contributed to by media exposure. The ethnic and racial minorities in the country are depicted as criminal suspects in the news watched through televisions. Unfortunately
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War on Drugs 1 Running Head: WAR on DRUGS: EFFECTS of DRUGS War on Drugs: Effects of Drugs Matthew Boone Camden County College War on Drugs 2 Abstract This paper will attempt to explore the effects of the War on Drugs by showing the way drugs have effects on people and been classified. This researcher will show how effects of drugs plays a major factor in today’s society. It will explore the cost of incarceration that play apart of today’s economy and how it has increased
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