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Criminal Justice System and Discretion in Law Enforcement

Discretion, 2003). In his acclaimed study of discretion, University of Chicago law professor Kenneth Culp Davis discovered that p...

Misconduct in Law Enforcement

techniques used by some of those in law enforcement can still exact a confession from a completely innocent person, but it is now ...

Overview of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

were being ordered to advance through the most difficult terrain and the least traveled terrain in Canada. "The horses suffered so...

Police Brutality and Reducing Its Incidences

et al 1997, 642). A much more dramatic impact followed the beating of Rodney King, with ninety-four percent of whites, eighty-nin...

Law Enforcement Changes

they have witnessed. It sometimes takes a long time for the psychological aspects to come out after these traumatic events, but i...

Domestic Violence and Criminal Investigations

country on a regular basis, the good news is that many concerned people are trying very hard to fix the system. And, it is throug...

Interrogation Rooms and the Mandatory Presence of Cameras

it mandatory for video and audio recorders to be in the interrogation rooms. This would aid in preventing excessive coercive pract...

Police Officers and Stress

home as well. All of this adds up to the fact that officers rarely have a place they can go to relieve their stress; it follows t...

Components of the Criminal Justice System

be the individual to conduct the follow-up investigation. In other words, after the initial report is made, a detective may be ass...

Juvenile Delinquency and A Child's Emotional Needs

contributing to delinquent behavior it may be nearly impossible to formulate an appropriate and meaningful intervention or treatme...

Randy Woodfield, 'the I5 Killer'

killing spree along the I-5 section of interstate. His story seems to typify that of several other serial killers, Ted Bundy, for ...

Effective Law Enforcement Tool Known as Foot Patrol

foot are able to mingle with the crowd, maintain order and keep a much closer eye upon the goings-on than any car patrol ever coul...

Peter Horne's Women in Law Enforcement

consequences of their involvement were far reaching. Not only did womens prisons improve but new jobs were created form women. T...

Frances Heidensohn's Women in Control?

the treatment received. The work examines, as would be imagined, both the United States and Britain. According to one review of...

Ethics and Law Enforcement

one is afraid to get caught? And what of rationality - is that not merely a reflection of ones own self-interest? It is importan...

Drug Offenses and High School Undercover Law Enforcement

however, an easy demonstration to make. Indeed, drugs in our schools have resulted in the formation of its own subculture and tha...

Police and its Main Functions

at sporting events and just generally ensuring that there are no tie-ups in the smooth running of anything in the public areas. T...

Societal Changes and the Future of Law Enforcement

public reprisal. What happens is that when a suspect is unfortunately shot in the course of illegal activity, the officer is scrut...

Abnormal Psychology Study and Law Enforcement

repressed anger" (Shannon, 2001; p. 60). This rudimentary profile can describe hundreds of thousands of Americans, of cours...

Australia's Internet Child Pornography and Law Enforcement

a pedophile, as such, is not a crime under Australian law, as there is "no common law or statutory definition in Australia of the ...

Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement

In fourteen pages this paper examines domestic violence, law enforcement, and the various conditions and issues pertaining to them...

Police and Society During the Sixties and Seventies

or another. As people began to question the integrity of their own government during this time period the propensity for possessi...

Law Enforcement and Codes of Conduct

"formal code of conduct" will generally be comprised of a guideline of official policies and procedures, as well as applicable st...

Influence of Subculture in Law Enforcement

the profession in order to "beat people, violate individual constitutional rights or use excessive force" (Swope 80). No one beco...

African Americans and Differential Law Enforcement Treatment

the subsequent verdict has divided New Yorkers. Since the young, Haitian immigrant was riddled with bullets by police, there have ...

Stress and Law Enforcement

political positions, trial attorneys, people in the military and police officers. The job of the police officer is obviously fill...

Objectives of the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Prosecution Myriad aspects comprise the component of prosecution, not the least of which included the interrogation process...

Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, and the Impact of Technology

has developed over the past decade. Even more prevalent than in-field computer systems is the vast computer resources whi...

Minority Police Officers - Are More of Them Needed?

diversity in the police department in a town with a combined minority rate close to 50 percent continues to plague city officials,...

Occupational Drug Testing of Employees

have enacted certain laws on their own which sometimes provide for testing in a much wider arena. Consider Idaho as an example. ...