...Policing Development and Operation Trends Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice/CJA 394 April 14, 2014 Ms. Marilyn West Past, present, and future local, state, and federal agencies can trace their routes to the Colonial Period of history. As with everything in history the various agencies were required to change, adapt, and develop specific procedures, missions, and operations. As criminals become more technologically advanced, laws are amended, and public perception changes each agency must change the way the handle, organize, and implement those changes. Local The local organizations begin with municipal police, county police and county sheriff. In the United States, there is under 18,000 law enforcement agencies to include 12,656 local police, and 3,061 sheriff departments. Municipal police or also known as the city police are among the key components of United States law enforcement. In the 2000 charts, municipal police makeup 71% of law enforcement agencies and employed 62% of all sworn officers. The city police or municipal police play a vital and complex role in the communities, and cities. Municipal police heavily influence all agencies. The cities and bigger cities represent the most complex environment and more so in the diversity in the population. The city police are often responsible for dealing with serious crimes that are disproportionately centered in cities. City police provide a wide range of...
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...I. On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court decided one of the most controversial cases in United States history, but the debate was just beginning. The landmark case of Jane Roe v. Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade was not only symbolic of the progress of women’s rights, but an indication of judicial activism and its potentially damaging affects. It began as a fight for an unmarried young woman and her desire to terminate her pregnancy, even though it did not pose serious physical danger to her health. But, in the process of this struggle, an unprecedented judicial involvement emerged. II. This paper will first provide the necessary expository information, highlighting the central characters in this historical case, the political climate of the Supreme Court Justices during the trial, as well as a earlier case, Griswold v Connecticut which preceded Roe v. Wade. The paper will discuss the proceedings of the case at both the District and Supreme Court levels. Following, this paper will debate the surface issues of the abortion controversy, Roe as a precedent for future cases (Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Stenberg v. Carhart, and the breaking news decision of Gonzales v. Carhart), and the implied right(s) of the Constitution. III. In the 1970s, Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington, two hot shot young lawyers from Texas, recruited Norma McCorvey as lead plaintiff under the alias “Jane Roe” in a class action suit lawsuit on behalf of US women everywhere...
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...passed legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado and Washington. In the eyes of many avid smokers, this law was just as monumental as landing on the moon was for Neil Armstrong: one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind. Despite the fact that marijuana is legalized for recreational use in these two states and legalized for medicinal purposes in 16 others, the drug is still forbidden under federal law, meaning marijuana is still an illegal drug. For decades, the subject of legalization has been a recurring theme in Washington and state governments. Should marijuana join the ranks of alcohol and cigarettes and be made legal? No, we must realize the damaging health effects and the detrimental societal/cultural effects that legalizing marijuana could have on Americans in the future. Although there are some advantages to legalizing marijuana in the United States, the disadvantages tremendously outweigh any advantages when considering this touchy topic in politics. Of course, there has been research conducted that states that marijuana could be positive for the nation. Advocates to legalization suggest that if marijuana were legal, it would tremendously boost the economy, forcing drug dealers out of business. Roberto Trevino and Alan Richard explain the economic gain America would experience, stating “economists for the most part support the legalization of drugs…they argue that the legalization of dugs will lower drug prices and drive the economic rents enjoyed...
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...PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CLINICS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AUSTINTATIOUS CONSULTING, LLC PREPARED FOR: DR. CHAU NGUYEN TABLE OF CONTENTS I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ENGAGEMENT ........................ 1 A. YOUR CLINIC ........................................................................... 1 B. OUR EVALUATION.................................................................... 2 II. THE EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STATE OF THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES............................... 2 A. THE IMPACT OF MEDICARE ...................................................... 3 B. IMPACTS OF THE THIRD-PARTY PAYER SYSTEM ........................ 3 C. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND BEYOND .............................. 5 III. MARKET STRUCTURE........................................................... 5 A. QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS .................................................... 5 B. QUANTITATIVE MEASURES ....................................................... 7 IV. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT .......................................... 9 A. THE FIVE FORCES ................................................................. 10 B. SYNTHESIS ........................................................................... 11 V. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY CONCERNS ............... 12 VI. CONCLUSION .................................................................... 12 ABSTRACT This analysis and memorandum were prepared by Marshall Coover, Chau ...
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...Garden, Sedalia, Stokesdale, Summerfield, Whitsett Higher Education Environment Cooperative Extension County Advisory Group Former Guilford County Commissioners Non-Profit Organizations Hospitality, Conventions, Arts & Sports Focus Group Detailed Notes from Focus Group Meetings Introduction Why Focus Groups? Phase One of the Strategic Alliance Project was Assessment. The goal during this phase was to engage the public in the project, to receive comments from stakeholders and residents, and to establish a benchmark for future public assessments of County performance. Three methods were used to meet the Assessment goal: a community survey, facilitated public forums and focus groups. This report summarizes the focus group discussions. How did input differ from the community forums and survey? The focus groups are made up of community stakeholders that have specific interactions with County government. In some cases there is a very strong existing relationship. In others, there is a desire for greater interaction. For example, while the “focus” and direct relationship between the County and the Judicial group relates to courtroom space, crime prevention is an issue that involves the entire community. Because of the participant make-up of focus groups and the meeting format, questions posed to the groups varied slightly but followed these major themes: What does Guilford County/county government do...
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...ANTEBELLUM TEXAS. In the drama of Texas history the period of early statehood, from 1846 to 1861, appears largely as an interlude between two great adventures-the Republic of Texas and the Civil War.qqv These fifteen years did indeed lack the excitement and romance of the experiment in nationhood and the "Lost Cause" of the Confederacy. Events and developments during the period, however, were critical in shaping the Lone Star State as part of the antebellum South. By 1861 Texas was so like the other Southern states economically, socially, and politically that it joined them in secessionqv and war. Antebellum Texans cast their lot with the Old South and in the process gave their state an indelibly Southern heritage. When President Anson Jonesqv lowered the flag of the republic for the last time in February 1846, the framework for the development of Texas over the next fifteen years was already constructed. The great majority of the new state's approximately 100,000 white inhabitants were natives of the South, who, as they settled in the eastern timberlands and south central plains, had built a life as similar as possible to that experienced in their home states. Their economy, dependent on agriculture, was concentrated first on subsistence farming and herding and then on production of cotton as a cash crop. This meant the introduction of what southerners called their "Peculiar Institution"-slavery.qv In 1846 Texas had more than 30,000 black slaves and produced an even larger number...
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...started my line of questioning. After reading part on of The Omnivore’s Dilemma my position on the topic of HFCS is beneficial because the production of the product allows for the development of low cost food items, due to the American government subsidies to corn production. HFCS also allows for the productions of a variety of many low cost food products, which sustain American farmers business with the use of subsidizes. Although many argue HFCS is less health than other types of sweeteners that cost more to produce, research has shown that high fructose corn syrup is chemically similar to table sugar. (Insert Cite) High fructose corn syrup is created when the “molecular composition of glucose and convert it to fructose” (oukosher., 2012). Essentially it’s a process that combines one glucose molecule with one fructose molecule that is fixed with fructose, and to add more “sweetness” to the product one way is to add slightly more glucose than fructose. The two researchers responsible for this process go by the name of Marshall and Kooi were the creators in 1957. Corn refiners in the United States were in love with the process do to the federal subsidies that could help this endeavor. With the establishment of...
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...The Hershey Company Presents Bucket of Chocolate The Hershey Company Presents Bucket of Chocolate Table of Contents Situational Analysis Executive Summary 4-5 Introduction 5-6 Industry Analysis 7 Product Category 7 Nature of Demand 7 Product Life Cycle 8 Top Competitors 9 Company Analysis 9 The Hershey Company Background 9-10 The Hershey Company Mission Statement 10 The Hershey Company SWOT Analysis 10-16 Competition 17 Nestlé Background & SWOT Analysis 17-21 Mars Background & SWOT Analysis 21-25 Objectives for the New Product Plan 25-29 Segmenting, Targeting, Positioning 29 Segmenting 29-30 Demographic 30-32 Geographic 32-33 Psychographic 33 Behavioral 34 Target Market 34-35 Positioning 35 Marketing Mix Product Decisions 36 Product Description/Classification 36 Branding, Packaging, and Labeling 37 Hershey’s New Product vs. Hershey’s Existing Products 38 Hershey’s Bucket of Chocolate vs. Competitors 38-39 Price Decisions 39 Pricing Strategy 39-40 Hershey’s Bucket of Chocolate vs. Competitors 40-42 Place Decisions 43 Distribution Channel and Physical Distribution 43 Distribution Intensity 43-44 Placement Decisions Fit Positioning and Pricing Goals 44-45 Hershey’s In-Store Placement vs. Competitors...
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...trained the 2013 Aintree Grand National winner Auroras Encore? - Sue Smith 13. What life-saving device did Sir Humphry Davy invent? - Miner's safety lamp, the Davy Lamp 14. Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson lost his right arm during which battle? - Santa Cruz de Tenerife 15. Who would use a trudgeon? - A swimmer 16. Which soup is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine made from the salivary excretions of the swiftlet? - Bird’s Nest Soup 17. Which geographical area is part of both Chile and Argentina? - Tierra del Fuego 18. Name the two main ingredients of pasta. - flour and water 19. Who wrote the poem beginning with the words "Because I could not stop for death..." - Emily Dickinson 20. Who said, "The medium is the message"? - Marshall McLuhan 21. Patrick Viera received 8 red cards in his English Premier League career. This puts him in joint-first in the list of red cards with which Irish player? - Richard Dunne 22. Which American comedian and social activist unsuccessfully ran for President of the United States in 1968 as a write-in candidate of the Freedom and Peace Party? - Dick Gregory 23. In what...
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...AN ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES IN ACHIEVING ENERGY SECURITY FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF HOMES, SCHOOLS AND HEALTH FACILITIES IN KAJIADO COUNTY, KENYA BY ONYANCHA MORARA GEORGE A Research Project Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Conferment of the Degree of Master of Business Administration DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS FACULTY OF COMMERCE KISII UNIVERSITY 2014 DECLARATION DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE This research project is my original work and has not been submitted for the award of a diploma or degree in this or any other institution/university. Signature……………………………….. Date…………………………… Onyancha Morara George CBM12/10003/10 DECLARATION BY SUPERVISORS This research project has been submitted for examination with our approval as University Supervisors. Signature:………………………………… Date:………………………… Dr. Nemwel N. Bosire Lecturer, Department of Business Signature:………………………………… Date:…………………………. Mr. Martin O. Lumumba Lecturer, Department of Business COPYRIGHT All rights reserved. No part of this report may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by means of mechanical reproduction including photocopying, recording or retrieval from systems without express permission of the researcher or Kisii University on his behalf. ©2014 DEDICATION This research project is dedicated to my father, the late Onyancha Michieka and mother...
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...IMPORTANT VOTER INFORMATION VOTER REGISTRATION • WHEN TO RE-REGISTER: If you have moved since you last registered to vote, wish to change your party registration, or have changed your name, you need to re-register as soon as possible. You must register by October 22, 2012 to be able to vote in the November 6, 2012 Presidential General Election. WHERE TO OBTAIN A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM: Anyone who is eligible to register to vote in California can use the new California Online Voter Registration system. You can find the online process at the Registrar of Voters website at www.sdvote.com. Click on Register to Vote and follow the instructions. Voter registration cards are also available and can be found at Post Offices, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, Library buildings, various City Clerk offices, and the Registrar of Voters office. NOTE: You can check the status of your registration by visiting www.sdvote.com. Follow the prompts to verify your voter registration. VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT • • PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL VOTER: If you are currently a vote by mail voter, you will automatically receive your mail ballot. To confirm your voting status and see your polling location, review the colored mailing label on the back cover of this pamphlet. If the label indicates you are a permanent mail ballot voter, please do not reapply --- we begin mailing the vote by mail ballots on October 9, 2012. If you do not receive th your ballot by October 18 , please call the Registrar...
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...The Death Penalty Is It a Deterrent to Cop Killing And Crime in General Eastern Michigan University School of Police Staff and Command Executive Lieutenant Ronald Livingston Huntington Woods DPS Huntington Woods, MI An applied research project submitted to the Department of Interdisciplinary Technology as part of the School of Police Staff and Command Program. 2 Abstract This paper examines whether or not the Death Penalty is a deterrent to crime in general and more specific, it examines if the Death Penalty is a deterrent to the murder of Police Officers in the line of duty. It explores the history of the death penalty as our country moves through different periods in its history. Comparisons were made of regions throughout the country as to how the death penalty impacts crime in general and whether the fact that having the death penalty makes Police Officers safer with potential Cop killers knowing that the death penalty awaits them should they kill an Officer. This paper was compiled mainly by researching online periodicals, newspapers and books. This is a topic that evokes strong feelings, pro and con. These feelings and responses to certain crimes provide a virtual emotional roller coaster ride depending on circumstances. The killings of two Detroit Police Officers earlier this year proved to be no different. 3 Table of Contents Abstract ………..……………………………………………………………………..2 Table of Contents………………………………………………………………….....3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...
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...of Detention1 Introduction: The Growing Impact of Youth Detention Despite the lowest youth crime rates in 20 years, hundreds of thousands of young people are locked away every year in the nation’s 591 secure detention centers. Detention centers are intended to temporarily house youth who pose a high risk of re-offending before their trial, or who are deemed likely to not appear for their trial. But the nation’s use of detention is steadily rising, and facilities are packed with young people who do not meet those high-risk criteria—about 70 percent are detained for nonviolent offenses.2 “[F]airly viewed, pretrial detention of a juvenile gives rise to injuries comparable to those associated with the imprisonment of an adult. ” –Justice Marshall for the minority in Schall v. Martin, 1984. “Detention: A form of locked custody of youth pre-trial who are arrested— juvenile detention centers are the juvenile justice system’s version of “jail, in which most young people are being held before the court has ” judged them delinquent. Some youth in detention are there because they fail the conditions of their probation or parole, or they may be waiting in detention before their final disposition (i.e. sentence to a community program, or juvenile correctional facility). 3 ” The increased and unnecessary use of secure detention exposes troubled young people to an environment that more closely resembles adult prisons and jails than the kinds of community and family-based interventions...
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...Introduction In this paper, the reader will be provided an overview of the size, location, purchasing power, and market potential for the three largest minority target markets in the country - Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans. AFRICAN AMERICAN Total Numbers in the US In 2013, the US Census Bureau estimated 45,003,665 African Americans in the United States (BlackDemographics.com). Percent of the Total US Population At an estimated census of 45,003,665, the African American census in regards to total percentage is 14.1% (BlackDemographics.com). Rate of Growth The African American population is expected to increase from 41.2 million in 2012 to 61.8 million in 2060. Its share of the total population would rise slightly, from 13.1 percent in 2012 to 14.7 percent in 2060 (United States Census Bureau). Average Household Size According to the 2010 census, there are 14.1 million African American households. The average household size among African Americans was 2.74, according to the 2000 census, compared with 2.63 in the 2010 census. (Franese) Average Age The average age for African Americans is 32.1 with more than 47% under the age of 35 (Nielsen). Percent with College Degrees In 2013, 83.7% of African Americans 25 and over had a high school diploma or higher, 1.7 million African Americans 25 and over had an advanced degree, and 3 million were enrolled in undergraduate college compared with 2.6 million in 2008, a 17.5% increase...
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...IMMEDIATE PLACEMENT IN ACCREDITED HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AT LOW COST Contact WOMEN's PAVILION 515 Madison Avenue New York, N.Y. 10022 or call any time (212) 371-6670 or (212) 371-6650 AVAILABLE 7 DAYS A WEEK STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. We will make all arrangements for you and help you with information and counseling. 1 Specifically, Mr. Bigelow was charged with violating Va. Code Ann. § 18.1-63 (1960). The statute made it a misdemeanor to encourage or prompt the processing of an abortion "by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the sale or circulation of any publication, or in any other manner, encourage or prompt the procuring of abortion or miscarriage". Mr. Bigelow was tried and convicted in Albemarle County Court. He appealed to the Albemarle County Circuit Court, where he was granted a de novo trial. De Novo is Latin for ‘new beginning’, so a de novo trial is a completely new trial. Typically, a trial de novo is ordered by an appellate court when the original trial failed to make a determination in a manner dictated by law. 2 He was tried by judge in July, 1971. The facts of the case were stipulated. The evidence presented included a copy of the advertisement printed in the February 8, 1971 issue of The Virginia Weekly, as well as the June 1971 issue of Redbook magazine, in which was printed an article...
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