... are easier to hide than long guns, so it would be prudent to make handguns a priority in the gun control law debate. Furthermore, the study was indicative that confiscating foreign guns would not diminish law enforcement manslaughter[ CITATION Win94 l 1033 ]. This makes it apparent that the attention should be ... on guns manufactured in the U.S, not guns imported. Tucker-Gail, Selman, Kobolt and Hill (2010) conducted a study to try to determine why law enforcement officers die while on duty. People have speculated that is due to "bad timing, to bad people, to ... 22). Law enforcement a...

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... a growing interest in the geography crime. According to Georges (1978: 2), the geography of crime involves methods and theoretical foundations that make this research different from other approaches that study violence and corruption. The importance of this type of social science focus is that is associates the practice of anti-social relations with the spatial distribution of their negative effects ... a spatial or geographic view is essential to permit a useful assessment of the aspects of violence. During the nineteenth century, government officials and researchers used crime maps to...

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... , confrontations, property damage, or similar events. According to Bigger (1993), the research revealed a total of 1,818 serious physical assaults against officers and 792 attempted assaults. As the study reported, during the 13-year time span in question: * 14 officers were murdered and 2 murders were attempted; * 2 officers were raped, while 5 rapes were attempted; * ... Probation and Parole Association Board of Directors. (1994). APPA position statement: Weapons. Perspectives. Bigger, P. J. (1993). Officers in danger: Results of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association's...

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... are also significantly less likely to be involved in fights or other physical altercations on the job than their male counterparts (Hargrave, Hiatt, & Gaffney, 1988). For instance, in a recent study of seven major U.S. police departments, it was found that only 5% of citizen complaints for excessive force and 2% of the sustained allegations of excessive force were lodged against female officers. ... form of physical testing as a part of their selection process. Studies have consistently failed to support that this premise is correct. As an illustration of this, an early study of the Cal...

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... ;A survey was conducted in 1995 asking the following question: "Would you close your eyes for a second, envision a drug user, and describe that person to me?" (Alexander 107). This study showed that ninety-five percent of respondents pictured a black drug user, while only 5 percent imagined other racial groups. These results of course, contrasted sharply with reality. Whites constitute the majority ... of drug users while Africans constitute only 15 percent. In another study, 60 percent of viewers who saw a drug story with no image falsely recalled seeing a black person, and 70 percent o...

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... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey conducted by the ABS in 1994 found that assault was five times more prevalent amongst Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous Australians (ABS 1995c). A study of the rates of victimisation of Indigenous Australians found that Aboriginal women were 10.7 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than non-Aboriginal women (Harding et al ... sexual contact, or the relationship around the acts, or if they accepted inducements used in a process of seduction (Hawkins & Briggs 1995, p. 18). Non-Reporting by Sexual Minorities According to a ...

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... may be held responsible, though a corporation cannot be imprisoned. The most controversial issue in regard to the study of corporate crime revolves around the question of whether corporate crime is "really crime." Corporate officials, politicians, and many criminologists object to the ... criminological study of corporate criminality on the strictest sense of the word. The conventional and strictly legal definition of crime is that it ... public. The idea for the Pinto, as has been noted, was conceived by Mr. Iacocco [sic], the Executive Vice President of Ford. The feasibility study was ...

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... to deal with a very likely event is necessary but the family's grief is unavoidable. The article titled "The Remains of the Workday" describes an in depth study of nineteen police officers and their spouses. The study surveyed the officer's levels of stress what they brought home and their spouses reactions to their behavior. The findings are summed up by two officers who ... with being in danger on the job and suicide seems to be the only way to alleviate these high levels of stress. Last officers have access to firearms and in a study ninety five percent of officers took their lives w...

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... is not as blatant as what it once was, the system has come to depend on inequality. Other than police misconduct, racial inequities have also poisoned the criminal justice system. A study by the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts found that the justice system gives little attention or resources to investigating crimes against minorities ... and that minority defendants receive harsh treatment compared to white defendants in similar circumstances. The study also found that black-on-black crime or Latino-on-Latino crime is not taken as s...

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... order to perform policing duties. There are three issues that have shaped the role of ethics in policing: styles of policing, the police as an institution, and police culture. The study of police ethics highlights the importance of the roles and responsibilities of the police, specifically the power of discretion afforded to them. Police decisions can affect life, liberty, and property ... that anyone outside the police profession are incapable of understanding the pressure placed on the police therefore should have no say in its performance. It is important to distinguish the study of ...

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... it's also not a very popular topic in the law enforcement and police culture. Last year, 126 police officers ended their own lives, according to data released in August by a national study of police suicides performed by the Badge of Life, a Connecticut-based website run by active and retired police officers, medical professionals, and family members of suicide victims. According to Badge ... ...

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... year-old Cheri Jo Bates, of Riverside, CA., but once the other crimes started, the evidence became clear. On October 30th, 1966, Cheri went to her community college library to study. Upon exit of the library, she was greeted by a man who offered her a ride home. As they walked to his car, he placed a hand over her mouth, put a knife to ... ...

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... case, through perfectly legal means." Debate has also risen over non-lethal weapons being used as torture or punishment devices. If they are, the result is long term psychological damage. A study by Amnesty International in 1997 found that batons, rods, and electroshock devices have been used for torture in over fifty countries since 1990. Currently, there are no national or international ... ...

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... year-old Cheri Jo Bates, of Riverside, CA, but once the other crimes started, the evidence became clear. On October 30th, 1966, Cheri went to her community college library to study. Upon exit of the library, she was greeted by a man who offered her a ride home. As they walked to his car, he placed a hand over her mouth, put a knife to ... ...

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... believable, therefore having more impact. Considering all the evidence, Cry Freedom is propaganda. Sir Richard Attenborough came from a radical family and he left home at the age of seventeen to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His parents hated any kind of racial or religious intolerance and he grew up with the same feeling. They were involved ... ...

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