Once the street lights are on, the illegal street racers hit the streets. Since the movie "Fast and The Furious" thousands of teens and young adults have entered the illegal street racing scene. Some people could say it's a good thing, but many others are against it. Illegal street ra...

Car enthusiasts all over the world take part in illegal street racing. Street racing is a part of history and has been around as long as the automobile itself. The dangers and consequences are high, but it is only exceeded by the excitement and entertainment that one gets from competition. Racing...

Illegal Street Racing It is midnight at the local Wal-Mart, with the parking lot packed with all makes and models of import cars, ranging from Acura Integra's to Honda Civics, paint jobs shining as bright as a new star in the evening light. The late evening air is heavy with the smell of hig...

Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander is a mystery about Sir John Fielding in the mid 18th century. This story takes place in London and the main characters are Sir John Fielding and Jeremy Proctor. Fielding is well known in the area along with his brother Henry Fielding for being the founders of the B...

Book Review: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Jeffrey Reiman is the author of several books, including Abortion and the Ways We Value Life. His some of his other works are Critical Moral Liberalism: Theory & Practice, Justice and Modern Moral Philosophy, -- and the Poor Get Prison: E...

Chris Sandman Mumia Abu-Jamal Wesley Cook was born in 1954. While he was protesting at a George Wallace for president rally in 1968, several white men attacked him. He claims that two men grabbed him. One kicked his face and skull, while the other kicked him in the groin. As the beating...

Teen Curfew In San Diego County, and in many other counties across the country, teenagers are forced to be indoors after ten p.m. Should there be a teen curfew? This idea is ridiculous. There is no legitimate reason for there to be a curfew. The proponents of a teen curfew say that a curfew would b...

In 1981 when director Milos Forman took up the challenge of making the 1975 novel Ragtime written by E.L. Doctorow a movie, he had to make many changes. Some of these included rewriting whole characters so they were able to fit into the genre of a movie. Some of these include how Tateh in the movie ...

Are so called Megan's laws a good idea? Most definitely; Megan's law is designed to help protect a community by providing information about convicted sex offenders. The commonly known New Jersey law, "Megan's law", originated when the parents of seven year old Megan Kanka of Hamilton Townsh...

Curfews have been around for hundreds of years. They originated for the public good-to get youth offenders off the streets. Most curfew ordinances trace back to a public safety regulation imposed by Alexander the Great that required the residents of Oxford, England to retire and cover their fires ...

A person would be considered to be deviant if they are violating what our social norm is in our culture. What causes humans to act certain ways is a disputed topic among researchers for a long time now. There are three types of researchers that have tried to answer this question. There is the psycho...

THE MINNESOTA CONNECTION Written By Al Palmquist with John Stone The Minnesota Connection is a true story written from police records, interviews with ex-prostitutes and pimps, and the personal experiences of Al Palmquist and numerous other officers of the Minneapolis Police Department. The pri...

You are pinned down near a parked car by gunfire crisscrossing from two rivaling gangs with an innocent child you managed to grab from the street before the child was bout to be caught in the crossfire, you have the child in your arms with a gun in your other hand while you try to radio in for backu...

The Accident It was a cold and frosty morning as I left for my bus stop. This year my bus stop had been changed so I had to walk farther to get to it. This was kind of a pain but I got used to it and learned to like it. I was tired and cold as I walked down that open street. When I arrived at m...

It is a calm Saturday night, the sky is clear and the stars are out. The house down the street has invited some friends over for a party. There are a few kegs of beer in the basement and the music is playing. All the doors to the house are shut except the one that everyone walks through, and even t...

The Neighborhood Watch: One of the most effective crime prevention tools being utilized today is the Neighborhood Watch. The Neighborhood Watch was designed to help strengthen the relationships between neighbors and in the process build community wide crime prevention. Law enforcement officials...

Wrong Hour, Wrong Place It was a nice summer day in January; new year had just passed by and everyone was thinking in their resolutions and goals for that year. After this personal experience that for a moment almost send me to jail, I understand that even in our times although it's said t...

William Bratton is not afraid of hard work. He does not back away from a challenge; rather, he embraces it. Perhaps this is why he became so successful in the field of law enforcement. Bratton, who holds a bachelor's degree from Boston State College and is a graduate of the FBI Nationa...

Racism is an issue that has been around for hundreds of years. Throughout the twentieth century movements have taken place in order to change the ways of our past. Although there have been significant strides in the world today I don't think that anyone can truly say that racism is gone for go...

Outline I. Introduction II. History of SWAT A. The Conception of SWAT Teams 1. The Founder of SWAT 2. SWAT B. The SWAT Mission 1. Original Mission 2. Mission Revised III. SWAT Team Training A. Requirements and Training B. Military Training IV. ...

Tom Chappelle Civics p.1 Police Abuse In recent years, police actions, particularly police abuse, has come into view of a wide, public and critical eye. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been shown that they must also keep a watchful eye on those ...

Does the Fourth Amendment Work? The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America arguably has to be one of the most misused, misguided, and misunderstood laws ever written It was adopted as protection against unreasonable searches and seizures being exp...

The Declaration of Independence stated, "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights" (Jefferson). But how much of that is true? Since the very beginning of the legal system in the United States, there has been inequality. Appearance has held suc...

Each day in the United States, people's natural human rights are being infringed upon. The causers of these violations are none other than the people who are supposed to protect society: police officers. This increase in police violence is a part of a toughened criminal justice system which inc...

It has been 30 long years on the force and time has flown by. Who would have thought I had what it took to become Chief of police? I worked hard everyday and I loved every second of it. I have met so many people and seen so many faces. The best part of my job is I get to help people. There is n...