Street Crime Investigation: aka "Yo McGruff!"
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This 7 page paper examines the process of street crime investigation in a new light. Modern technology augments setting, surveillance, eye witness, evidence, interrogation, and court room drama techniques. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBcrime.doc.

Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences In California
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15 pages in length. California has been considered a leader in the fight for drug control. With its 'three strike and you're out' program, the west coast state has demonstrated its firm stance on the issue of illegal drugs. However, the writer discusses that at the helm of this controversial topic is the mandate of minimum drug sentencing for what some consider to be insignificant usage; as such, people caught with what would have one time been considered a negligible amount of cocaine are now – under new and forceful laws – looking at a mandatory minimal jail sentence. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: TLCCaldr.wps

Introduction To Security
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40 pages in length. In recent years, an increasing focus on crime has resulted in an increasing focus in both business and home security. The focus of Congress on the $30 billion crime bill in 1994 and 1995 led to a shift in the perception of American security. As a result, the security and security management industries have struggled to continue to meet the existing needs of their customer base while addressing new segments of the population requiring security assistance. The writer of this paper includes topics like the home security industry, business security, security management and even focuses on changing technologies and security. Bibliography lists more than two dozen sources.
Filename: Introsec.wps

Private Security And The Law
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12 pages in length. The writer discusses the world of private security. Specifically analyzed is the growing popularity of private security forces, the availability of jobs, and the 'line' that exists between security work and actual law enforcement. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Privsec.wps

The Pros & Cons of Private Security
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In 5 pages the author discusses the pros and cons of private security while making the recommendation of when it is necessary to hire private contractual security officers. It is posited that private security, even with all of its problems, is the way of the future. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Privsec2.wps

Abuse Of Authority? A Debate In Political Philosophy
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History has a way of repeating itself and it is by understanding the processes of debate within the context of the social paradigm of the past that the future may be better understood. This 7 page paper asserts that by exploring the views of such political philosophers as Jean Jacque Rosseau, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, the student can come to a broader understanding of modern events, such as the murder of Amadou Diallo by New York Police officers. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KTamadia.wps

Example / Search & Seizure Scenario Analyzed
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A 4 page paper analyzing a drug search scenario to determine whether evidence gathered should be legally suppressed. The writer details the facts and the law attached to each issue. No bibliography.
Filename: Search2.wps

Illegal Searches & Seizures
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6 pages. With major U.S. cities not far from the Mexican border, the State of California finds itself in a unique geographic position for illegal smuggling. Consequently, police officers are often tempted to search vehicles traveling local highways without probable cause. Various legal cases are cited and it is argued that the Courts must serve a 'greater good' and work to stop illegal searches. Several ideas to stop the problem are presented including harsher penalties for police officers who conduct searches illegally and the requirement that vehicle operators sign consent forms prior to the commencement of any search. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Policesc.wps

Legal Precedent For The Suppression Of Evidence
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A 12 page analysis of a case against two cocaine dealers in which the writer presents a defense via suppression of evidence rules as a rersult of illegal search and seizure processes that occurred. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Druglaw.wps

Search & Seizure
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A 9 page paper that discusses the debate between protecting society and avoiding police harassment as it relates to the search and seizure issue. The writer argues that the only answer resides in interdependence of the separate 'agencies' (community and police) with each other. The paper explores the issue based on a history of the use of search and seizure, the making of the exclusionary law and the 1995 loosening of that law, and how police and individuals can solve the issue through community involvement. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Searsiez.wps