character of the three women whom started BGCA is a great example of the virtue theory. Taking boys off the streets into their homes to provide a positive alternative is a selfless act of kindness. BGCA’s purpose is to assist with motivating, educating and encouraging at risk youths of today an avenue toward a successful tomorrow at no cost to the child. The clubs of BGCA ‘provides a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun, friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during
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Franklin felt the obligation II. Welfare was given to the people of America as a hand up to get back on their feet. It helped anyone who needed the assistance. III. President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. IV. President Clinton’s changes pushed able bodied person(s) to work and support themselves and their families. Legal Issues concerning welfare reform A. Immigrants B. Requirements C. Length of time I. Immigrants that need
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Week#7 MSAC 601 Legal and Ethical Duties of Care Due: Monday, April 20th, 2014 CPMR Abstract This paper addresses the duty of care, duty of loyalty, and ethics of care issues that arise in the workplace. It outlines the nature and scope of care that employers are ethically obligated to give their employees. Characteristics of duty, and how it can be implemented are provided, along with how to deal with issues that arise. Duty of care is the principle that directors and officers of
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Community Health Task 1 Alisha Diehl Western Governors University Community Health Community Description and Data Interpretation Located in South Central Pennsylvania, comprising a total of 910 square miles, York County was founded in 1749. It was formed out of Lancaster County, and became the fifth county established in Pennsylvania, as well as the first county established west of the Susquehanna River. A dispute grew between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as both states claimed a portion of
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Law Enforcement Effects and Costs Associated with Section 1983 By: Bonny Meador Liberty University – CJUS 530 Abstract The Federal Civil Rights Act – Title 42, United States Code, § 1983 offers the opportunity to vindicate human rights. Section 1983 was enacted after the Civil War to provide citizens with a remedy for unlawful police arrests, detentions, and killings. Today, Section 1983 is the primary civil rights law victims of police misconduct rely upon. The evidence supporting the claim
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the government for a redress of grievances (The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration , 2014). In 1787, James Madison received a letter from Thomas Jefferson discussing how wrong it was to not include a Bill of Rights in the Constitution, and made the statement "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth" (Exploring Constitutional Conflicts, 2014). One of the important rights guaranteed in the first Amendment, freedom of assembly, it is important
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Adrianne Scott Date: 09/21/2014 Class: Thinking and problem solving Instructor: Jacob Aroz Illegal Prostitution Prostitution is a dangerous business that is commonly known as the oldest profession which is far from an exaggeration. Statistics show that prostitution is legal in 50 percent of our country, 11 percent limited legality, and illegal in 39 percent of our country total 100%. In the United States it is illegal but legal in 11 rural counties in Nevada where they have to do registration
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Police brutality has been around for hundreds of years, back when racism was a huge problem. Blacks and whites were not considered equal in the eyes of the government and law. White policeman would beat black men, women and children for no reasons at all many of times. Police brutality is the excessive use of force beyond what is necessary to handle a situation. Many people might say Police brutality is not just a racism, which could possibly be true but you see mainly white policeman killing African
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the highest number of homeless people in the country. The next biggest is Loss Angeles and then Seattle/King County Washington. As a result of doing nothing for the homeless, more people will become homeless. That means, more people sleeping on the streets, dying from hunger, and possibly an even higher crime rate. Economic factors play a huge role in the issue of homelessness. The number one cause of homelessness is the shortage of affordable housing. With such low incomes and low minimum wage workers
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be defined as a person of reasonable caution who believes that a crime has been committed and the person accused has committed that crime. Modern law has afforded police officers an incentive to respect this amendment, known as the “stop and frisk” act. The Stop and Frisk law allows police officers to stop someone and do a quick search of their outer clothing for weapons: if the officer has a reasonable suspicion that a crime has or is about to take place and the person stopped is armed or dangerous
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