NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING A PLAN OFACTIONFOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SEPTEMBER 1992 Boston Hon. Francis M. Roache Police Commissioner Boston Police Department 154 Berkeley Street Boston‚ MA 02116 Dear Commissioner Roache: September 15‚ 1992 Neighborhood Policing: A Plan of Action for the Boston Police Department provides a framework‚ schedule‚ and list of tasks for converting all operations of the BPD to the practice of Neighborhood Policing‚ while meeting the basic need of
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Can terrorism ever be justified? Since the turn of the century‚ the postmodern world has seen increasing levels of political‚ cultural‚ military and socio-economic tumult‚ much of this due to a series of terrorist attacks on American soil and the resultant waging of Washington ’s “War on Terror”. Consequently‚ the nature of terrorism has come under intense media focus and is subject to immense debate‚ especially on its justification. Before engaging in such a debate one must first identify terrorism
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Is Terrorism Justified ? Is terrorism ever justifiable ? The answer is no‚ terrorism is never justifiable. I will argue that terrorism is not justifiable because it does not contribute to a goal of a more peaceful society. Terrorism contributes to conflict‚ no matter what reason is used to legitimize it. But in order to argue that terrorism is unjustifiable I must first decide on a definition of terrorism. This definition encompasses all the acts that we would determine as terrorism. This
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Can terrorism ever be justified? Introduction The purpose of this essay is to explore the issues surrounding the morality of terrorism. I will begin by providing contextual information of the topic through exploring the history of terrorism. From the Sicarii in 50AD who carried out assassinations with short daggers to more recent attacks such as 7/7 bombings in the London underground. In this section however we will find it is not only the methodology of terrorism that has changed but its definition
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decision of the House of Lords in A(FC) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 71 and the article by W.L. Twining and P.E. Twining ‘Bentham on Torture’ at vol. 24 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 305‚ what is morally wrong with torture? Can it ever be morally justified? If so‚ when? If not‚ why not? Torture is not a popular practice amongst any developed society. To some‚ it is an extremely emotive word‚ the mere utterance of which brings to mind feelings of disgust and hatred
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Is abortion morally justifiable? The issue concerning abortion is considered to divide many individuals‚ it tends to be fought over the point in which a foetus (an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception) becomes an independent life that has its own values: before birth or after conception. “To my mind life begins at the moment of conception‚ and to suggest otherwise seems to me just the sort of casuistry which an anti-Papist might describe as fesuitical. (Incidentally‚ I am
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Is Terrorism Ever Justified? “Terrorism has no justification‚ no matter what pretext terrorist use for their deeds.” Says Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour‚ a Tunisian Culture and Preservation of Heritage Minister. (UN News Centre.) Many people view terrorism the same way as Ben Achour‚ especially in America. But there are also many of those‚ such as Alan Dershowitz‚ who counter with questions like‚ “Is ‘terrorist’ just a negative version of ‘freedom righter’?” and “How are civilian deaths in terrorism
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Martin Allan IPM0630 Can Terrorism Ever Be Justified? If So How? If Not‚ Why Not? Terrorism is the deliberate and systematic murder‚ maiming‚ and menacing of the innocent to inspire fear for political ends. This definition was proposed by terrorist analysists in 1979‚ but has never been surpassed for clarity and concision. Schmidt and Youngman in their book Political Terrorism for example‚ cited 109 different definitions of terrorism‚ which they obtained in a survey of leading academics in the
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background behind the start of the war with Iraq and then examine the rationale of both the pro and con side of this determination. In the following arguments‚ this paper will concentrate not on security issues as much as whether the war was morally justified. On January 17‚ 1991 the United States spear headed a coalition of countries in an intervention into Iraq after Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait. Although‚ this venture was successful from the standpoint that Iraq withdrew from Kuwait‚ Iraq soon
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For those who spend their lives working to prevent and end wars‚ whether and how war itself can be justified must be an urgent question. Of course‚ war’s justification is an ancient tradition. Bizarrely‚ Just War theory was formulated within the Christian church‚ whose founder chose a donkey instead of a war horse and taught his followers to overcome evil with good. Not only is the theory still mainstream among churches but‚ as Dan Smith‚ head of an important NGO working for conflict transformation
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