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Rampart Division Scandal and the LAPD

important in the context of appropriate law enforcement and community policing. THe pervading attitudes regarding "us" and "them" ...

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...

Canada and Bank Robberies

Canada, published in 1995 by Nelson Canada. This paper will answer some questions about bank robberies in Canada by supplying pert...

An Early Twentieth Century Comparative Analysis of New York City and Los Angeles

the similarities will be striking, but the differences are also worth noting. II. The Political Development of New York Between...

Higher Education and Community Policing

Indeed, campus administrators are more than aware of the extenuating circumstances that arise on account of student sexual harassm...

1919's Police Strike in Boston

intent was to create better working conditions, fewer hours and higher pay in exchange for putting their lives on the line and uph...

A Police Corruption History Including Issues and Solution Possibilities

police corruption came to light during the Chicago illegal drug trade from as early as 1890. During the early 1900s, there were fe...

Interrogations and Law Enforcement

long investigation by the Washington Post into allegations that homicide detectives engaged in activities that in fact coerced mur...

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 ...

Freedom of Speech, the Internet, and Legal and Social Issues

There are a number of issues involved in the question as to whether or...

Law Enforcement and Discretionary Power

could hear her better. From all indications the woman was under the influence of some narcotic substance as her gaze was fixed, he...

Precedence of Brutality by Law Enforcement

mentioned in this article applies the combined approaches of theoretical and substantive application in such a way as to test the ...

Full Life Planning and Police Management

an upper-middle class lifestyle. My husband works and I attend school and our lifestyle is one primarily dominated by professiona...

U.S. Policing, Racial Prejudice and 'the War on Drugs'

the economic and political struggles of inner-city existence in the United States. "Racial discrimination exists in the criminal ...

NYPD Views by Rudolph Guiliani and Al Sharpton

through the views of these two men. Can there be a compromise? Will the two men ever see eye to eye on racial issues? And even if ...

Solving Bigotry Problems Through a Consideration of Race Concept

a color blind society. However, to do this, race must first be taken into account. The problem is pervasive. Examples of prejudice...

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...

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 ...

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...

Banking System in Canada

global merger craze, as well as by the business upheaval created by new technologies and a changing competitive climate. This has ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

United Kingdom Police Force and 'Equal Opportunities'

In eleven pages this paper discusses the UK police force with an examination of how the practice of equal opportunities is often t...

Chicago Law Enforcement Officers and Their Families and the Impact of the City's Residency Requirement

In ten pages this paper discusses how Chicago's residency requirement impacts police officers and their families alike. Eight sou...

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 ...