In performing their duties‚ police are allowed to use a wide range of discretion. Police discretion “is defined as the power enjoyed by a public officer to make a choice among possible courses of action or inaction”(Green & Kelso‚ 2010). Using police discretion‚ officers can decide whether to make an arrest‚ and make decisions about the amount of force to use during an altercation. Factors that affect these decisions are race/ethnicity‚ the seriousness of the offense‚ the suspect’s demeanor‚ poverty
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want to have as life companions. These are all important decisions. What usually happens is that parents will want to barge in on all these three decisions and if possible make the decisions for the teenagers. The reason: Parents know better; they have been that way before; they are older; they are wiser and so on. But as often happens‚ especially in these fast moving times‚ parents train their children to live in their (the parents ’) time rather than in the teenagers ’ time. Teenagers should be given
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vBiotechnology – Human Cloning Should it be done? Biotechnology is a field of biology that involves the use of living things in engineering‚ technology‚ medicine and other useful applications. The concept of this field includes a range of procedures for modifying living organisms according to human purposes. One major subject in biotechnology is human cloning. This is the asexual creation of a genetically identical copy of a human‚ human cell or a human tissue. It is a controversial issue
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Venus and Mars Communicating Differently within the Same Space Bartender83 Student #: ****** November 15‚ 2011 “The ways that males and females characteristically use nonverbal cues helps them develop their distinct gendered identities (Gamble & Gamble‚ 2003‚ p. 96).” One can see that males and females communicate differently. We base our understanding of our environment on past experiences‚ knowledge‚ perception‚ and reasoning. However‚ it is important for males and females to be
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Adverse Trends in the Emergency Department Lori Davis HCS/482 April 21‚ 2014 Lynn Bertsch It is no secret that the wait times and length of stay for patient’s within the Emergency Department (ED) has steadily increased over the past several years. With that‚ comes adverse events affecting all patients alike. According to Weston (2013)‚ “Falls and delays to treatment are the major contributors to serious and sentinel events” (pg. 33). Data collection has now been utilized to capture
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1. What changes have occurred in Amanda’s behavior? What are some possible reasons for these changes? Amanda has been unmotivated to be an active student and poor employee at her local restaurant job. She continues to be affectionate‚ but his unaware that she expresses and is overly affectionate. Amanda can be overly affectionate because she wants to explore the dating world. Following with the previous statement‚ Amanda cares more about her appearance to receive attention‚ and that could be getting
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wonder how the Nazis could do so many bad things. How could they kill so many people. 6 million people sent to their death‚ just for the thoughts of a political party. Was it really just Hitler‚ or did someone else carry out the dirty work? What did the police do? Were they not fighters for the law‚ for justice? The Nazis not only sent troops to war‚ but to grab innocent people like jews‚ homosexuals‚ gypsies‚ political opponents‚ and more to concentration camps. With rants‚ protests‚ and speeches;
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the Los Angeles Police Department as it relates to police culture and several major incidents leading up to the Rampart Scandal. The police culture of a young LAPD ultimately seemed to linger and affect the LAPD of today. The lack of supervision and positive community interaction seemed to solidify the primitive police culture. The History of Police Culture Leading to the Rampart Scandal The Los Angeles Police Department is one of the biggest and most innovative police departments in the world that
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4.1 Explain how groups behave differently to individuals within an organization and what characteristics they exhibit. A group is a collection of individuals who have regular contract and they interact frequently this is because they have a something in common‚ mutual influence and who work together to achieve a set of common goals. (1) Where as an individual is a person that works by him/herself to achieve their own goals. Group’s behavior refers to the situations where people interact in
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