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    Law Enforcement: Intelligence-Led Policing PSF5380 Dr. Pete Conis Capella University Assignment u10a1 Intelligence-Led Policing and Civil Liberties Jeff Weber December 17‚ 2010 Intelligence-led policing (ILP) is a policing model that has emerged in recent years which is “built around risk assessment and risk management”. The leading definition is that ILP is “a strategic‚ future-oriented and targeted approach to crime control‚ focusing upon the identification‚ analysis and ‘management’

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    Securing America and Protecting Civil Liberties Mia A. Rapier POL 201: American National Government Instructor Scott Wilson December 12‚ 2011 Civil liberties can be defined as “the personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge by law‚ constitution‚ or judicial interpretation” (O’Connor et al‚ 2011). In the wake of the terrorist attacks in September 2011‚ the American government passed the USA Patriot Act into law. The Patriot Act in short gave law enforcement agencies

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    Americans to rebel in 1776: *parliamentary taxation *British military measures *restrictions of civil liberties *the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas. Introduction: a. Time Frame/organization of the paper: As a result of the Seven Years’ War‚ Britain was buried in debt caused by instigating war to safeguard the colonies. Manipulating the colonies into taxation in order to pay debt resulted in resentment toward the British. From the years of 1763 leading up to 1776‚ Parliament sanctioned

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    Professor Sharifian GOVT 2305 07 October 2017 Civil Liberties vs Civil Rights “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This passage drawn from the Declaration of the United States Independence encompasses two notions‚ which at first glance look like the same‚ the Civil Liberties and the Civil Rights also known as Equal Rights. The laws

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    Essential Questions 1. Why did Americans choose not only to break from Britain‚ but adopt a republican form of government in 1776? What Republican ideas did they share‚ and what did they disagree about? The Americans chose to break from Britain for a lot of different reasons. But the main reason was they wanted freedom from parliament; they did not want to be governed from overseas‚ they got sick and tired of the taxation and laws. They adopted the republican government because they did want

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    Civil liberties are our natural rights‚ such as freedom‚ equality and pursuit of happiness‚ which the government cannot modify by making new laws or by judicial interpretation. Civil liberties are important because it helps restrain the power of the government to dictate how we behave. This ensures that our daily life is not interrupted by authoritative figures that may just try to intentionally cause harm. Civil liberties contribute to the protection of our personal choices‚ such as the right to

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    Are civil liberties protected sufficiently in the UK? Civil liberties are basic rights and freedoms granted to citizens of a country through national common or statute law. They include freedom of speech‚ freedom of movement‚ freedom from arbitrary arrest‚ freedom of assembly‚ freedom of association and freedom of religious worship. Such rights and freedoms form the basis of a democratic society and are often denied to those living in a dictatorship. Civil liberties are distinct from human rights

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    order to keep the nation "safe and free." With mixed results‚ it has become a common practice throughout history to restrict personal freedoms in the name of national security. Many questions arise from this process: Where is the line drawn? If liberties are restricted do they ever truly return? If it is true that we are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it‚ an examination into the circumstances of the Japanese American internment in 1942 may inform the ways to most effectively deal

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    the bill of rights protects civil liberties. People in the United States‚ hold civil rights‚ which are those privileges‚ immunities and rights held by all Americans and political rights‚ which are the rights that are restricted to those who are entitled to participate in elections‚ as candidates or voters. The distinction is important since not all are eligible to vote though they all should enjoy their freedoms. This may no longer be feasible as majority of the civil rights are taken to include

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    Proposal for PhD level research Title: STRIVING TO PRESERVE THE PEACE! The police‚ the campaign for civil liberties and the dynamics of disorder in inter-war Britain. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship the Metropolitan and provincial police forces had with groups fighting for the protection of civil liberties in Britain during the inter-war period‚ principally the NCCL‚ the CPGB and NUWM‚ the Board of Deputies and other Jewish organisations in relation to police mistrust

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