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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 ...

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...

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...

Evaluating Press Freedom and Responsibility

In a paper consisting of eleven pages a study from the 1940s that encouraged journalists to police themselves is examined within t...

Private Policing and Ethics

In seven pages this report considers policing within the private sector and the importance of an ethical code. Four sources are c...

Private Security Industry and Increased Powers

law enforcement in general: the role of the police has changed and developed considerably in the past twenty years, and part of th...

Criminal Law Considered in 4 Questions

fair and sensible legal procedure based primarily upon morality and justice. Alexander the Great was the instrumental force behin...

Stress and K9 Police Officers

standpoint. They must daily confront ethical questions such as: Is it accepting a cash bribe? How about an offer of reduced cos...

Law Enforcement's Use of Force and the Effects of Race

While the prevalence of the association between racism and the use of force by police is a highly debated topic, there are instanc...

Three Viewponts of Police Unions

the private sector. However, government workers and teachers would soon be recruited to the labor movement (Troy, 2000). Yet, it a...

Marketing and the British Police Force

office, the new Home Secretary, David Blunkett, announced that there were plans to radically reform the police service (Mawby and ...

Candidate Recruitment in Police Departments

within their districts, some join the FBI for which salaries commanded get close to six figures at the highest levels ("Police"). ...

18th Century Paris Fire and Police Services

has a smoke detector and fire extinguisher, as well as firearms to ward off criminals, things were much simpler in those days. Of ...

Forensics and 'Cyber' Crime

computer system with the intent to destroy or manipulate data is more than enough reason to augment security measures. According ...

Police Brutality and a 2004 Australian Article Sociological Assessment

engine ("Brit music"). After police stopped the car, a man in his twenties had been arrested ("Brit music"). The article report...

Nottinghamshire Police Force and Accountability

the 1990s in a general sense, but critics say that there is a weakening in respect to community relations (Downing, Stepney & Jor...

Jersey City and the Availability of Street Drugs

that became known as "crack" cocaine, which is cocaine in its purist form (Marcocci, 2002). After its first appearance, crack quic...

Female Preference Shown in Policies of Sexual Harassment

This question of definition is addressed in the Harvard University procedure manual. In the manual, it is noted that defining sexu...

Literature Review of Probation and Policing Fields Discriminating Against Women

a considerable difference between the garment worker of the nineteenth century and the beat cop of the twenty-first century. Howe...

The Jeremiah Mearday Case

theory is pertinent in this particular case due to its fundamental component being that of social order and organized coercion. T...

Fair Use Doctrine and the Rodney King Videotape

of communications between Holliday, KTLA and the national networks, the outcome was that two days later the images had been transm...

Overview of Nottinghamshire Police Authority

whole. The Nottinghamshire police authority, along with other local authorities, has since 2000 been required...

Autocratic and Democratic Styles of Leadership

final style is non-directive, this is also known as a Laissez Faire styles which is indirect and involves deferring to others. Whe...

Overview of Community Police Academies

strategies (2000). By and large, this has been a grass roots effort. However, not too long ago, the President committed approxima...

Justice and the O.J. Simpson Double Murder Case

he received All-American honors at the University of Southern California, won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 and set several National ...