Policing Essay Police discretion poses an interesting paradox in our democratic society. As Ramirez et al (2000) explains‚ we entrust the police to enforce the law‚ to maintain order‚ and to use legitimate force if necessary ’. Not only do we expect police to complete this rather demanding task‚ but we also expect them to accomplish these tasks by treating the public in a fair and even-handed way ’. Thus a major problem is the over policing ’ and stereotyping ’ of marginalized groups such
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Goals of Receivable Management The basic goal of credit management is to maximize the value of the firm by achieving a trade off between the liquidity (risk and profitability). The purpose of credit management is not to maximize sales‚ nor to minimize the risk of bad debt. If the objective were to maximize sales‚ then the firm would sell on credit to all. On the contrary‚ if minimization of bad debt risk were the aim‚ then the firm would not sell on credit to anyone. In fact‚ the firm should manage
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Does McDonalds have a competitive advantage over other fast food restaurants? If so‚ why? Introduction The aim of this enquiry is to investigate whether McDonalds outlets have a competitive advantage over other fast food stores‚ in particular Burger King restaurants. If this is true then I will evaluate what their competitive advantages are and how exactly they help McDonalds to achieve their success. To aid me with my investigation I will carry out two forms of research. My primary research will
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Movies have evolved dramatically over the past 100 years. There are a lot of new changes that have occurred over time. For example color and sound. Or the cost. Even the computers have upgraded. Color and sound is one of the most oblivious differences between movies now and then . As the text states in How Have Movies Changed Over the years? Movies Used to be silent as a mouse. It was a very popular thing. Families would go watch a film while a piano player accomplished them. Movies of the past
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How has the strategy of pirates changed over time? The North and East coast of Africa are very well traveled waterways for the Global Maritime Shipping business. Learning about and working with one of these businesses was very eye opening to an unknown world. With every major industry there are upsides and downsides. When someone is placed in a new industry they are generally naïve to any downsides until they begin reading periodicals and researching every facet of the industry. When someone
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of the narrative revolves around what they are wearing. Fashion is touched upon a lot more in Friends and there is also a lot of talk about stereotyping what men and women are meant to wear. Also most of the actors in Friends are a lot younger than those in M.B.B. and would therefore appeal to the younger generation. Another difference is the filmic style between the two programmes. As there are a lot more characters in Friends‚ the two shot is not used as much as in M.B.B. Friends also uses a lot
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Police Discretion Jocelyn Golphin University of the District of Columbia Criminal Justice System 2/21/2014 Golphin 2 Police discretion is a very important approach in matters concerning criminal justice. There has been a consistent problem between enforcing the law and the spirit of the law. Discretion in the broader sense can be defined as the individual’s ability to make a decision basing on the principle of courses of the action. During training‚ police
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Police Discretion Police discretion is the ability to choose a course of action because of broad limits of power. It "refers to the autonomy an officer has in choosing an appropriate course of action" (The Police In America‚ 113). It "includes authority to decide which of the various means of helping the helpless‚ maintaining order‚ and keeping the peace are best suited to particular circumstances" (www.worldandi.com/specialreport/1989/january/Sa15878.htm). The police need to have discretion
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Table of Contents Introduction Invention-the satellite Development of maps over time Comparison of early maps and modern maps Introduction Maps has given humans accurate locations‚ and helped world-travelling become a dream to reality. However‚ maps weren’t always as accurate as it is now. It has taken thousands of years of research and development for maps to become accurate enough to fully rely on. Humans have invented many tools so that maps could be as accurate as possible. One of the most
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Bath Spa Univesity PERCIEVED INTELLIGENT QUOTIENT REPORT Abstract Researchers (Beloff‚ 1992; Byrd and Stacey‚ 1993) evidenced that male self–estimated IQ scores were higher than those of women. Similarly‚ Hogan‚ (1978) carried out a related study and found that male IQ self-estimates were higher compared to those of women. Hogan also noted that both men and women awarded higher IQ scores to their fathers than their mothers. In addition‚ Hogan also noted that females awarded their
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