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    Final Paper: Future of Policing Paper Randy Morgan Axia College Jeffrey Scott April 22nd‚ 2012 In this paper I am going to talk about the trends affecting police today. I will also talk about some of the foreseeable critical issues that may affect policing in the future. I will look into what changes may need to be made to effectively address these critical

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    Of Mice and men Essay    Minorities and women are often stereotyped and are often thought of as being impotent. This refers to the often portrayal as less dominate or powerful. Impotence is especially common in older eras when discrimination for these two groups was much greater than today. Steinbeck uses impotence tone toward women in minorities in Of Mice and Men.   One group of minorities includes those who have disabilities. In Of Mice and Men‚ one of the main characters‚ Lennie

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    ISSUES AND INTOLERANCE OF SEXUAL MINORITIES IN ARIZONA Gays and lesbians are discriminated against and oppressed by archaic "sex laws" used by the conservative Arizona government. Some statutes include the restriction of same-sex marriage‚ and no monetary or federal benefits for domestic partners of homosexuals who work for a government agency. Section 38-656 of the Arizona Revised Statutes reads "A country‚ city‚ town‚ or other political subdivision of this state shall not offer health and

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    I have chosen the topic of militarization of police. This is the process of training local law enforcement officers how to respond to situations that everyday police officers would not know how to handle. It requires military equipment and techniques. The stakeholders in this issue include the manufactures of military equipment‚ the SWAT teams‚ local law enforcement officers‚ the citizens where the SWAT teams serve‚ the military‚ the government‚ the ACLU‚ and the groups who are rioting or otherwise

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    negative consequences for minorities. Some negative consequences include no sense of responsibility‚ despair ‚ and development of ways to cope with social and spatial isolation. This isolation from non whites is called white habitus which is defined as a racialized‚ uninterrupted socialization process that conditions and creates whites’ racial taste‚ perceptions‚ feelings‚ and emotions and their views on racial matters (p. 152). White habitus lead to negative views about minorities and a racial identity

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    Minority stress includes the stigmatization and victimization resulting from sexual orientation‚ internalized heterosexism‚ and concealment of sexuality (Edwards & Sylaska‚ 2013). Minority stress theory focuses on how the experience of discrimination from the outside community is internalized by both the victim and the perpetrator and how this is manifest into feelings of shame and devaluation of the LGBT community and‚ in turn‚ one’s self (Hassouneh & Glass‚ 2008). Minority stress has

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    all fifty states are allowing gay marriage to be legalized once and for all. I decided to take a class during my senior year of high school to learn more about social inequality. I decided to take American studies and Ethnic and minorities class. In my ethnic and minorities class I learned a lot about inequalities issues and what exactly was going on in the United States. In my American studies we discussed inequality events that occurred In American a long time ago. I learned about gay marriage‚

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    The Minority Report‚ written by Philip K. Dick in 1956‚ is one of his better known short stories and was adapted into a film in 2002. This story‚ not unlike many of Dick’s other works‚ has a central theme of potential realistic controversies or issues that could arise from the existence of certain technologies. Dick has become somewhat famous for this particular genre of science fiction‚ having identified many major aspects of modern society years before they were present. This story describes a

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    How would you explain the several issues - including the political‚ economic‚ and social - that revolve around the subject of immigration and border security? Do illegal immigrants take jobs away from americans? Americans do not want bomb-carrying terrorists crossing the borders undetected. Are U.S. schools over-taxed by the needs of immigrant children? Do uninsured aliens in emergency rooms drive up the costs of health care premiums for the insured? What are some of the reason why illegal immigration

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    Studies of policing have shown that there is a high rate of stress factors associated in this occupation. Stress can be a physical‚ mental‚ or emotional strain caused by an external source that disrupts the human body and can contribute to health issues. Several of these factors are related to or caused by poor training‚ substandard equipment‚ inadequate pay‚ lack of opportunity‚ role conflict‚ exposure to brutality‚ fears about job competence and safety‚ lack of job satisfaction‚ pressure of being

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