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Shaping The Thin Blue Line: American Police Reform From The London Model To Community Policing, Philip Rosenbloom
Shaping The Thin Blue Line: American Police Reform From The London Model To Community Policing, Philip Rosenbloom
Honors Papers
American interpretations of the police officer's role in our society span the distance between two distinct and opposite poles. On the one hand, many Americans, especially those living in middle or upper class, non-urban, predominantly white areas, believe that a police officer is a hero, "a courageous public servant [and] a defender of life and property." If they are victimized in some way, they believe they can call the police, and that the police will come to their aid. There is however, a considerable segment of our society, often those living in poor, urban, non-white areas, that understands police officers …
Socio-Historical Studies Of The National Woman's Party And The National Women's Trade Union League, Janet Ellen Joseph
Socio-Historical Studies Of The National Woman's Party And The National Women's Trade Union League, Janet Ellen Joseph
Honors Papers
In every society there are individuals or groups of people who have the power to control, or at least direct, various resources. Resources, an ambiguous term, can mean anything from monetary supplies to legislative sanctions to different objects or opportunities.. Just as there will be individuals controlling these assets, there will also be groups perceiving and expressing discontent. For example, these people may be dissatisfied with the power groups' methods of leadership; they may perceive their needs to be neglected and/or they may want to seize control of these assets and channel resources into their own hands for the betterment …