... I will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating myself before God to my chosen profession--law enforcement (8). A code of ethics, to be used for occupational purposes, as in law enforcement, must be set above ordinary expectations of citizens (7). It takes more than a commitment to be an officer of the law; it demands utilization of ethical ... activity, superficial investigations, omitting paperwork, doing just enough work to "get by (2)" and many other activities that are easily omitted. Once officers omit job responsibilities, the next step in the continuu...

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... police department (Banks, 2009). Conversely, explanations for police misconduct focus on three factors: individual police officer, on the institutional culture of policing, and on society in general. In the individual approach, corruption is explained as a consequence character faults, and the principal motive is the pursuit of personal gain whether materialistic or promotion. Explanations based ... thereof (Manning, 2009). Research studies indicate that the underlying causes of police misconduct go beyond the conduct of one officer and his/her subunit. The organizational and occupatio...

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... to cause physical or psychological harm (School Violence, 2009). Youth Violence typically includes persons between the ages of 10 and 24, although pathways to youth violence can begin in early childhood ("School violence," 2009).Violent behavior includes bullying, fighting (e.g., punching, slapping, kicking), weapon use, electronic aggression and gang violence. There is no single definition ... to their families, helps reduce crime. According to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, school violence is a serious problem. In 2007, the latest year for which comprehensive data ...

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... to the crime, the offender and the relevant circumstances. As such there are a wide range of sentencing options available. Below is a short synopsis of what the main sentencing options available in this case would entail: Absolute discharge: This is a finding of guilt without punishment. Conditional discharge: This sentence is essentially an official "telling off- and largely a rehabilitative sentence; the implication is ... condition of a further 6 months probation upon release [with a drug treatment order attached]. Sentencing the magistrate commented: "Mr Dilligan, you are a habitual...

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... the three men, he was only twenty two-years-old, he was an extremely proud young man. Some of the criminal activity that he had participated in included the following: stolen car, criminal mischief, shoplifting, trespassing, theft, and stolen property. He did not care about what other people thought. He was ... is learned and therefore it is passed on by the criminal exposure that they receive based on the contacts that they known and are mainly involved in criminal behavior. I believe this theory clearly describes and relates more to Mike since he is the youngest of the three of the men...

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... of twenty-eight, have fluid leadership structure and member participation. They may display common colors, insignia and communication patterns like hand signs, graffiti and codes. They are also less sophisticated in terms of organizational structure, rules of conduct and nature of criminal activities. The police will classify a person to be a gang member into a database if they meet at least two ... of the qualifications that they have determined would be consideration of a person associated with organized crime. They must have been directly or indirectly involved in a gang-motivated cr...

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... . There have been several communities that have tried community policing and it has turned out to be very effective and efficient. "One study conducted in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1996, focused on police-community interactions in jurisdictions that have implemented some form of community policing" (Baley). The research shows numerous, positive effects from the community policing. "One striking research ... finding was that as cooperation between police and citizens solving neighborhood problems increased, the residents felt more secure in the neighborhoods" (Brown). Naturally, the membe...

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... a heightened awareness about injustice and inequity during the civil rights movement. Apprehensions concerning the unfair application of the death penalty were addressed in a landmark decision in 1972, Furman vs. Georgia. In this case, the Supreme Court concluded in a five to four decision that capital punishment "as was then administered, was arbitrary and capricious and opened the door to discriminatory practices ... of 7.3 percent of the nation's total population (Texas 4). Therefore, Texas executes a proportionately higher percentage of offenders compared to its population. Because Te...

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... by 1985. According to the Institute of Criminology, Queensland was the first state to abolish capital punishment in Australia, in 1922, followed by New South Wales in 1955, Tasmania in 1968, ACT in 1973, Northern Territory in 1973, Victoria in 1975, South Australia in 1976 and finally Western Australia in 1984. Now the worst punishment impoundable by Australian law is life imprisonment, with no parole. Capital punishment ... from being applied even handedly. Another issue to be taken into consideration is the rehabilitation of criminals. Society desires for its citizens to reintegrate t...

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... These beliefs come primarily from discourse or communication within the group. Along with other elites groups, such as the politicians, educators, and corporate managers, the media has a responsibility in forming and perpetuating these beliefs because they have control over the resources of public discourse (van Dijik 1998). Media discourse is the main source of people's knowledge, attitudes, and ideologies ... as disfranchised free men. Their history of slavery, segregation, and systematic discrimination adds to the difficulty of receiving fair treatment. Furthermore, whereas many other...

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... became the main contributing factor of gang formation. Not until after the Watts Riots of 1965 would black gangs truly make their stake in Los Angeles. Rivalries began to spring up across the city and violence against one another erupted. In the summer of 1972 the world bear witness to the birth of a monster, the birth of the "Crips" gang. Founded by Raymond Washington ... the gang, the streets and the drugs. Hispanic and African American gangs had many similarities and a few differences, which made them difficult to actually separate. One numerical difference is that in Los Angeles the...

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... the attention of different civil rights organizations following the Rodney King case in which a small group of policemen in Southern California assaulted a black motorist initially stopped for a traffic violation. The fist case in court against the agents involved in this incident ended with a not-guilty verdict that sparked riots in Los Angeles and then focused on the issue of police brutality (Fyfe). After ... violence during the 1990s, discusses the accusations made by human rights groups about police misconduct in the nation's east and west coasts, but does not mention similar organi...

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... 12,111 arrests made. There was also around 7,000 fires started . The overall estimated damages in L.A was nearly 1 billion dollars.(Charting the Hours of Chaos, 2002) Not many events in history has had almost 1 billion dollars worth of damage that was inflicted by humans. The riots in Los Angeles caused an enormous amount of damage to businesses, buildings, houses and automobiles, which classifies the ... Los Angeles riots of 1992 as one of the worst property crimes ever. The most appropriate theory ... for the riots of Los Angeles is the Radical theory. After the officers were acquitt...

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... people who, rightly, ask: "What is this costing the tax payers?- The answer is: a lot! "In a test case that could mean millions of dollars for counties throughout California, Los Angeles County is asking the state to pick up the tab for $169million extra costs it has racked up under the ... trials and longer time spent in jail while awaiting trial;- (Jordan 1) If that test case should mean Los Angeles county will be reimbursed, guess who does the reimbursing> Not the legislators The taxpayers! Los Angeles estimates that in the first year of this law, it cost the county $64. In the second ...

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... gang members have been affected not only by economic shifts, but by recent changes in the welfare system. Welfare has been an important economic resource for many of them. In Los Angeles, CA, for example, Mexican American gang members active in the 1950's and the 1970's became pregnant, on average, at age 18 ... . They tended to rely on Welfare, combined with work and help from their families, to survive. However, welfare reforms introduced in the mid 1990's ... gang members do. They were also more likely to use hard drugs and to feel that the gang played an important part in their live...

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... and non-judicial sentences. Simply sentencing these juveniles with restitution to the victim, community service, or a forfeiture of their driver's license isn't enough. In 1998, The Los Angeles Times states that today more than a half-million people are locked up in this country; that total grows by more than 1,000 inmates each week. The numbers have grown quite a bit since then. Not trying minors ... the police, the juvenile courts, the courts' intake and probation staffs, attorneys for the state and for the child (and often for the parents), juvenile detention centers, juvenile correc...

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... Valley Mens, "a gang is a group of people that form an allegiance to the exclusion of others, for a common purpose of engaging in violent, antisocial, or criminal behavior" (www.geocities.com/rainforest/4207/gangs.html). Gangs have been a problem for years in the big cities of the U.S. In Los Angeles, they account for about half of the city's murders. From 1991 to 1993 drive-by shootings ... in Wichita, Kansas rose 3,000 percent. Now the presence of gangs has been seen in smaller cities. Violent street gangs are now operating in 94 percent of all medium and large-sized cities ... capit...

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... executive officer, Roy Richards, and its president, James Richards, have donated more than $18,000 to Gingrich's campaigns for Congress during the past ten years. According to the Los Angeles Times, James Richards has also donated 80,200 to GOPAC, the political action committee spearhearded by Gingrich. Computer Crime Computer technology has introduced new factors concerning the types of ... and was formed to empower people to take action that will result in less crime, stronger families, and more active communities. RadioShack has underwritten the cost of the alliance's program and is ...

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... countries that decided to ratify the International law. So who are the "kids" that are committing these crimes that force us to be in this debate in the first place? Almost all the juveniles given the sentence of death are male, 98% of the total (Streib 2000). Two-thirds ... they should be held responsible for their actions, but punishment as severe as death is too extreme. That may be the viewpoint in Texas, however out in Los Angeles the tides turn a bit. One citizen there believes that if a kid can commit an adult crime they should face adult consequences (Farley ... & Willwerth, 19...

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... the students actually pointed their guns at the attacker. In all, seventy-two stories described how the attacker was stopped, without mentioning that the student heroes had guns. But almost the same number of stories (sixty-eight) provided precise details on the gun used in the attack. Larry Elder host of KABC radio in Los Angeles had a particularly disheartening discussion with a "readers" representative ... " for the Los Angeles Times. The representative told Elder "Even if there was a good guy with a gun, I don't know that he played a ... key role in this case." All this speculation, ...

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... to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and con will be much the same as they always have been. In 1977, legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament regulating long guns for the first time, restructuring the availability of firearms, and increasing a variety of ... with the opponents of gun control, that the professional criminal who wants a gun can obtain one, and leaves the average law-abiding citizen helpless in defending themselves against the perils of urban life. Is it our right to bear arms as North Americans? Or is it privilege? And what ... Unite...

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... different methods are used by different pieces of software each producing different results (Agung, 1997). (2) Standard Deviation Ellipses: Regions based on standard deviation are often used in crime analysis in predictive models for serial crimes. If an analyst has determined that a crime was likely committed by a single person or group, known crime locations can be used ... . The ShotSpotter system is one particularly original method of crime prevention being used by the police force in Redwood City, CA to drastically reduce gunfire in their city. A series of specially designed microph...

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... and socially constructive modalities for the socialization of children should be designed. Measures should be taken to help families learn about personal obligations and encourage their involvement in family and community based activities (Mendel 1995). Effective delinquency prevention interrupts the processes that produce youthful deviant and delinquent behavior and encourages those processes that support healthy ... factors as well as the media are known to influence children throughout child. Community based services, which respond to the interests of young persons, including community...

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... up like a hardened criminal. Our community needs to be protected from juveniles with violent histories which should be incarcerated for committing violent crimes ,however most of the children in juvenile centers are sitting in jail for non-violent crimes and they should not be locked up like a hardened criminal (Ziedenberg and Schiraldi para.1.) After two day's our son was released to us ... and adolescents tend to focus on short-term consequences (A Better Way to Handle Juvenile Offenders par. 4.) Sentencing in some states has become more remedial for juveniles for a wide spread of off...

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... the complicated mission of minimizing consequences, increasing benefits, and ultimately reducing juvenile crime, policymakers, practitioners, and society must realize that sending more juveniles to adult court may not result in significantly more punitive sanctions for offenders, lower juvenile crime rates, or rehabilitation. Instead, it may mean longer pretrial delays, more pretrial incarceration time with few needed services, greater ... are criminally charged as adults every year. When children are found guilty, after being charges as adults, they are sent to adult prisons instead of ...

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