1. BIAS IN POLICE STOPS? In the late 1990s‚ popular‚ legal‚ and political concerns were raised across the United States about police harassment of minority groups in their everyday encounters with law enforcement. These concerns focused on the extent to which police were stopping people on the highways for “driving while black” (seeWeitzer 2000; Harris 2002; Lundman and Kaufman 2003). Additional concerns were raised about racial bias in pedestrian stops of citizens by police predicated on
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to regulate discretion. Police departments can limit police discretion through management and training. Management can established guidelines‚ policies and a code of ethics within the department to improve officers’ performance and accountability (Kelling‚ 1999). Supervisors are needed to oversee its subordinates activities‚ productivity and effectiveness of their subordinates to ensure their actions are aligned with department’s policies. Training should be given to all officers. Ethical decision-making
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Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the value of the right realist approach to crime and deviance (21 marks) While theories such as critical criminology and labelling regard crime as socially constructed‚ realists see crime‚ as a real and growing problem that destroys communities‚ undermines social cohesion and threatens society’s work ethic. The right realist approach to crime has been very influential in the UK‚ the USA and elsewhere. For example its main theorist‚ James Q .Wilson
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1.1 Sociological Problem The public perception of crime is that it has increased whilst official statistics show that overall‚ crime has decreased over the years. In this ‘risk society’‚ a fear of victimisation has become part of our lifestyle and we are constantly reminded of the potential dangers of becoming victims of crime. The famous study by Stanley Cohen (Folk Devils and Moral Panics (1972)) is a prime example of how society is encouraged to worry about certain groups and use them as
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Running head: DRUG ABUSE AND CRIME Drug Abuse and Crime Charlene Bright University of Phoenix Abstract This report focuses on the overwhelming problems related to the abuse of drugs in America. Problems include drug addiction; vandalism and destructive behavior; rape and other sexual offenses; gang-related violence; drug trafficking; vehicular accidents and injuries and other violent and property crimes. This report will discuss the correlation between drug abuse and crime
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Nick Loredo Professor Sutton Soc 172 June 8‚ 2011 Essay (topic #2) In the United States there is in extremely high rate of incarceration and mass imprisonment. Policies and ideas for change are being brought to the table on a daily basis. Is it worth it? Is the question that we always have to ask ourselves and will justice truly be served at the end of the day. Well throughout this course I have found that there is never a true solution to crime rates in general only ideas to decrease
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the value of the right realist approach to crime and deviance. Realist approaches to crime are alternatives to the Marxist and Interactionist approaches‚ which in realists eyes both seemed to be unable to generate ideas that could lead to reducing levels of crime. Marxists tended to see property crime as a justified attempt to redistribute wealth‚ whereas Interactionists saw criminals as different from non-criminals only in that they had acquired
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The broken window was a theory proposed by James Wilson and George Kelling in 1982. The theory said that if there is a broken car window then it gives a sense that “no one cares”. So if no one cares about vandalism/graffiti in a neighborhood then the neighborhood goes downhill and more crime will occur (Duneier‚ 158). Mitchell
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Police Discretion Should Be Enhanced Police discretion can be defined as can be examined in many ways. A police officer’s belief system consists of his or her beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ and other subjective outlooks. Regardless of any factors‚ there is always room for improvement and police officer’s discretion should be enhanced. All police officer’s use discretion in every situation they encounter. Officers realize they are constantly in the public eye and every move they make
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“How I Meet My Husband” is how a young innocent farm girl waiting for a gypsy pilot to write her a letter. She never hears from him again but still manages to find love while maturing and learning a life lesson. The plot seems to thicken when Alice Kelling showed up‚ who was the finance of the gypsy pilot (p.94). I found the symbols in the story “How I Met My Husband” (Munro‚ 1974) to stand out very well. The first few paragraphs talk about the plane landing and the kids getting excited because they
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