Term Paper Police Discretion Discretion‚ uncertainly‚ and inefficiently are rampant and essential in criminal justice. Nobody expects perfection. That would neither be good nor fair. Justice is a sporting event in which playing fair is more important than winning. Law enactment‚ enforcement‚ and administration all involve trading off the possibility of perfect outcomes for security against the worst outcomes. Policing is the most visible part of this: employees on the bottom have more discretion
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War on Terrorism and Racial Profiling There are many different definitions on what terrorism is‚ what a terrorist is‚ and why they do what they do. First off‚ terrorist are human beings with feelings and concerns even though they channel those emotions in a lethal way (Nance 8). They are organized and ready to attack at a moment’s notice (Nance 9). Terrorist use big or small acts of violence to put fear into people and win when they have your attention (Nance 9). Lastly‚ terrorist only fear one thing:
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Running head: POLICE DISCRETION Police Discretion CJA/342 University Of Phoenix Police Discretion Police discretion is an important tool in police work due to the law sometimes being too vague or ambiguous. Police officers are trained on different scenarios that one may come across while they are at the academy. The problem tends to arise when a police officer comes across a situation that they were not trained for‚ and since the academy cannot cover every possible scenario that
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P R E V A L E N C E OF POST T R A U M A T I C STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOMS IN T H E R O Y A L C A N A D I A N M O U N T E D POLICE by CHISEN GOTO B.A. Simon Fraser University‚ 1998 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL F U L F I L L M E N T OF T H E REQUIREMENTS FOR T H E D E G R E E OF M A S T E R OF ARTS in T H E F A C U L T Y OF G R A D U A T E STUDIES (Counselling Psychology) T H E UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH C O L U M B I A August 2006 © Chisen Goto‚ 2006 11 Abstract This study identified duty-related
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Throughout history‚ efforts to police society have been flawed by brutality in one way or another. Police Brutality exists in many countries and is only one of several forms of police misconduct. Abuse by law enforcement officers in the United States is one of the most serious human rights violations in the country. Police officers have engaged in unjustified shootings‚ severe beatings‚ fatal chokings‚ and unnecessarily rough treatment. The history of police brutality is cyclical‚ going through phases
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1. Introduction Islamic View on Terrorism The events of September 11th‚ 2001 brought the issue of terrorism to the forefront of world affairs in an unprecedented manner. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon forced a new and aggressive campaign to combat terrorism worldwide. The US declared a war on terrorism. On October 7th‚ a war against Afghanistan was launched by the US and Britain supported by many nations in the world. The US declared list of suspects
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Police Brutality By: Anonymous "But they didn’t have to beat me this bad. I don’t know what I did to be beat up." Rodney King‚ March 3‚ 1991. Police brutality has been a long lasting problem in the United States since at least 1903 when police Captain Williams of the New York Police Departmen coined the phrase‚ "There is more law at the end of a policeman’s nightstick than in
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The other disputable topic of terrorism is state terrorism . Terrorism is frequently‚ however not generally‚ characterized as far as four qualities: the risk or utilization of savagery‚ a political goal‚ the longing to change the norm ‚ the goal to spread trepidation by submitting fantastic open acts‚ the purposeful focusing of regular folks. The last component focusing on pure regular citizens is tricky when one tries to recognize state terrorism from different residences of state savagery. Announcing
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literature on police use of force has grown over the past four decades‚ limited attention within this body of work has focused on injuries sustained by suspects and officers during these encounters. The deadly force literature has examined the patterns and characteristics of police shootings and resulting fatalities‚ which represents analysis of the most extreme injury to suspects In addition‚ other researchers have examined the patterns and characteristics of encounters that result in police deaths in
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Socially‚ terrorism is viewed as a deviant act against the public. From a structuralist perspective‚ terrorism is a result in a faulty public structure. Structuralist believe terrorism is a result of society’s failure to include a social group within its structure‚ especially politically. In western politics‚ terrorism is often defined as an unlawful use of violence‚ force‚ and intimidation in the pursuit of political goals. It often is aimed at civilians in order to gain a response from a government
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