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Police Officers Essays and Term Papers
Social Unrest“All we lack is the will- the will to see that the greatest threat is not change, but our continued resistance to it.” These words, expressed by the late, Senator Edward Kennedy, display perfectly how our society is reluctant to change when a change is needed. Any change or variation, ...
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The Legalization Of MarijuanaMarijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which ...
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Nonviolent ResistanceIn Martin Luther King, Jr.'s selection,
which first appeared in 1958 as a part of his book Stride Towards Freedom,
he describes the processes people follow as they confront their situation.
There are three ways he explained how oppressed people can deal with their
situation. The different ...
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Al Capone 2Alphonse Capone was perhaps the most famous of all American gangsters in history. Al Capone was involved in many serious crimes including the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, income tax evasion, and the illegal selling of liquor. He also took part in the running of gambling and prostitution. He ...
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Personal Writing: The PondIt was the middle of springtime and across from my house where the
incident took place. There was a lake there in which my brother and I
loved to explore from time to time. The humidity and waterdrops where
reminiscent of a fully functional sauna. The onslaught of heat and burning
glow of the sun ...
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Capital PunishmentIntroduction
is punishment by death for committing a crime. Since
the early 1800's most executions have resulted from convictions for murder. The
death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery,
kidnapping, rape, and treason. There is a lot of conflict between ...
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Strikes And Alternative Forms Of CopingAre strikes the most beneficial way of resolving labour - management
conflict? Or are alternative forms of coping more beneficial?. Throughout this
paper I will attempt to answer these questions by, first giving a description of
each of these forms of coping. Then I will examine the effects, both ...
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Altered StatesMost americans are not alcoholics. Most of us do not smoke marijuana to get high. LSD trips went out of style along with the flower children of the sixties. Nevertheless, many Americans are walking and driving around with their minds slightly out of kilter. In its attempt to cope with the ...
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Illegal DrugsGoals - In order to solve the problem of drugs in this country, supporters want to inplement programs by stepping up enforcement of already existing drug laws and enforcing new ones. The war on drugs, should eventually become a responsibility shared by the federal, state, and local governments, ...
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Youth ViolenceIn the book Toting a Gun for Tomorrow by Jonie Michel, a fictional world is created where it is an accepted fact that occurs, and where teens kill teens in large numbers. The main idea in this book is that changes need to be made in order to deter teen violence, and when these changes do not ...
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Network Security And FirewallsIn our age of decaying morals, we find the need for security in every aspect of life. There are far to many people that are willing and able to take anything they can that doesn't belong to them. We have security everywhere we look. There are armed guards in our stores and even schools. ...
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Affirmative Action Programshave played an important role in giving opportunities to women and minorities to begin to take their rightful place in our society, and these measures are still needed today. have opened doors for women in the workplace, in our schools, and in other areas of our society. But equal opportunity ...
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School ViolenceViolence in schools is a great concern in our society. The concern is heightened by the abundance of media coverage on a number of recent school shootings. With all of the news clips, sound bites, and Internet coverage swirling around in our heads, one might conclude that children are more violent ...
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Gamblingwith the Future In the last year Americans have wagered $482 billion dollars in the United States. Over eighty-five percent of this wagering took place in casinos which are now legal in twenty-seven states. In the past decade there has been incredible growth in t he industry. Twenty years ago if ...
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American Prohibition In The 1920sIt was a time of conservatism; it was a time of great social change. From the world of fashion to the world to politics, forces clashed to produce the most explosive decade of the century.
In music, the three sounds were jazz, jazz, and jazz. The Jazz Age came about with artist like Bessie Smith ...
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Holocaust 9The world's biggest desolation that caused the murders of millions of
Jewish people took place during WWII. The Holocaust orchestrated by the
Nazi Empire destroyed millions of lives and created questions about
humanity that may never be answered. Many psychological effects caused by
the Holocaust ...
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Affirmative Action Is WrongAmerica was known as the Land of Opportunity. Then it became evident
that "opportunity" was only available to white men. Later, laws were
passed to ensure equal opportunity regardless of race, sex, or religion.
These Affirmative Action laws were set in place by our government with the
intent of ...
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Little WomenLost Horizon is the story of four people who, while being evacuated from a war-torn city in Asia, were kidnaped and taken to a mystical and mysterious valley in the Tibetan mountains named Shangri-La. Shangri-La was a uncommonly strange place. It was isolated, it wasn't on any map and no one had ...
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MarijuanaWhat is , and how has it effected us all? As we all may, or may not know, use is on a constant rise in the United States. is and has long been the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. It is used here more frequently than all other illegal drugs combined. According to ...
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Creative Story: The LakeIt was the middle of springtime and across from my house where the
incident took place. There was a lake there in which my brother and I loved to
explore from time to time. The humidity and waterdrops where reminiscent of a
fully functional sauna. The onslaught of heat and burning glow of the sun ...
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