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Job Stress and Suicides Among Law Enforcement Officerside

the United States...." (PG). That statistic is overwhelming. It means that each day an officer of the law takes his or her own ...

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...

New York City Police Brutality

was released (143). The fact that such a big deal was made over this honest New York City cops attempt to call forth justice provi...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

1919's Boston Police Strike

This paper consists of eight pages and presents an overview of the 1919 Boston Police Strike and examines the reasons of pay, work...

Police Effectiveness Issues

unjustified in their reluctance to arrest perpetrators in the past. It was not uncommon for charges to be dropped once the immedi...

Physical Fitness and Law Enforcement

In five pages this paper examines law enforcement and the significance of police officer physical fitness. Four sources are cited...

High Speed Chases and Effects on Police

In four pages this paper discusses police officers react to high speed chases in an examination of psychological and physiological...

Problems of Corruption in Law Enforcement and How They Can be Solved

In ten pages this paper discusses police corruption problems and solutions through reforms at political, social, and educational l...

Excessive Force and Law Enforcement

In five pages this paper discusses police use of excessive force that can prove deadly in a consideration of regulation through tr...

Models of Management in Law Enforcement

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the traditional paramilitary police management model as opposed to the new COPPS ma...

O.J. Simpson and His Investigation by Law Enforcement

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the improper obtaining of police evidence during the O.J. Simpson investigation. ...

Florida Law Enforcement's Role in the 1995 Hurricane Season

In five pages this paper examines Florida's 1995 hurricane season and the need for increased police intervention during this criti...

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...

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 ...

Cold War and the 'Hot Spot' of Mexico

Mexico in an unfavorable light in the eyes of the world (Ferris A18). Following the incident at Tlatelolco, there was internation...

'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...

US Police Forces and Racial Integration

force with 18 percent of the command positions - but still were skewed enough that the director of the black fraternal organizatio...