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Law Enforcement in America as a Profession

In seven pages this paper assesses the pros and cons of a career as a police officer in America. Six sources are cited in the bib...

Function of Policing

This paper consists of eight pages and discusses policing function, trends, and issues including training and powers of discretion...

Suspects and Interrogations by Law Enforcement Officials

This paper consists of six pages and assesses whether or not law enforcement officers are too tough on suspects in custody during ...

Criminal Justice System and Its Current State

ineffective as a crime deterrent. The rising rate of the prison population attests to this fact. Although the prison syste...

Community Law Enforcement and Discretion

In sixteen pages this paper examines the importance of discretion in community policing with issues including training, ethics, Fo...

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan and the Contemporary Police State

This 5 page paper argues that Thomas Hobbes' classic work Leviathan and its negative view of what he called the state of nature is...

Law Enforcement and the Impact of Stress

They do not see society on its best behavior. They are not able to have the joys that some occupations have. "Its not amazing th...

NYC Crime and the Amadou Diallo Case

shooting has disturbed those who believed Diallo had been killed due to the color of his skin and emphasized the uncertainty peopl...

U.S. Law Enforcement and How It Developed

In forty pages this paper examines how law enforcement developed in America in a consideration that includes police administrative...

Ivan the Terrible, Oprichnina, and the Secret Police

In ten pages this paper examines Russian Czar Ivan's brutal use of police force in Russia during the 16th century. Ten sources ar...

Chinese Society's Collectivist Vision

In eight pages this paper discusses China's 1960s' and 1970s' collectivist vision in a consideration of the New Life Movement and ...

Crime Prevention and Law Enforcement

In three pages this paper examines community policing and other topics as they pertain to crime prevention and law enforcement's r...

Murder Investigation Comparisons of the Lizzie Borden and O.J. Simpson Cases

in which Lizzie Borden was accused of the brutal murder of her father and stepmother. Lizzie Bordens trial occurred in 1893 (Eato...

Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning

The writer reviews the book Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning, which is a study of the way in which ordinary people can commit ...

'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's detective tale is examined in terms of the protagonist's superior class attitudes that are revealed when he in...

The Amadou Diallo Shooting From a Functionalist Perspective

This paper addresses the 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo and subsequent acquittal of all police officers involved. The autho...

Fiction or Truth in the Works of Joseph Wambaugh

flawed heroics. Wambaughs first nonfiction book, The Onion Field (1974), about two young cops fateful encounter with two young ro...

How the Public sees the LAPD

This research paper offers an extensive and insightful discussion of the Los Angeles Police Department, which draws on sources in ...

Law Enforcement Tool of Profiling

In twenty pages this paper discusses how profiling is being used more commonly by police and law enforcement as a crime fighting t...

New Ways of Investigating Street Crime

waiting for the "perp" to arrive on the scene. Community policing, a form of urban law enforcement, is a restructuring plan that ...

Behavior Modification, Group Methods and Racism

Racism by public servants is the focus of this comprehensive paper. Rose's group behavior method as it applies to police is noted....

Interrogation Need and Charles Manson

In a paper consisting of nine pages Vincent Bugliosi's case against Charles Manson is discussed in terms of how it had to be based...

Education and Rural Community Policing

In twenty two pages this paper discusses rural community policing and its present conditions. Twenty sources are cited in the bib...

Prevention of Suicide in Law Enforcement

In seven pages this paper discusses the law enforcement profession and the incidences of officer suicide in a consideration of cau...

Model for Policing Issues

In five pages this paper examines policing issues in a consideration of a possible model with topics such as estimated program cos...

'To Serve and Protect' Law Enforcement Motto and Heroism of Police Officers

In five pages this paper discusses police heroism in a consideration of the law enforcement motto. Six sources are cited in the b...

Crime and Community Policing

This paper consists of six pages in which community policing is defined and assessed in terms of its effectiveness as a crime prev...

Police Families and Domestic Violence

In twenty pages and five sections domestic violence is examined within the context of police families with a problem statement, re...

Urban and Minority Neighborhoods and Community Policing

This research report looks at policing of the urban neighborhood with particular notice of minority members. Miami is the focus of...

Law Enforcement Recruitment Challenges

In sixteen pages this paper examines the U.S. recruitment of rookie police officers in a consideration of challenges associated wi...