Law Enforcement and Immigration Introduction       Two major periods of immigration influxes since the turn of the century as well as the transformation of the nation due to both illegal and legal immigration have determined large Hispanic communities in many Western states. States li...

The Supreme Law: The Constitution For over two centuries, the American Constitution established the foundation of democratic government. It can undoubtedly be considered the strongest and longest lasting piece of document in the history of government. The Constitution, adopted in 1789, created a f...

The Original law of the Illinois juvenile court defined a delinquent as: a child under the age of sixteen years who has violated any laws of the state, or any city or village ordinance. Under the common law, children between the ages of 7 and 16 years of could be dealt with as delinquent. Today in 3...

In today's world, the amount of repeat sex offenders who are on the sex offender registration list is rising. With over 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, the value of the sex registry is evident. The sex offender registration law has continuously been in place until today w...

The definition of a patriot is one who loves and defends his or her country. On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act Bill into law. This bill passed 98-1 in the United States Senate and 356-66 in the United States House of Representatives. The act is 342 pages long and c...

NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE RACIAL PROFILING SEAN SILVERS PROF. ROMANO 11/6/00 Racial profiling is a law enforcement strategy that encourages police officers to stop and question African Americans simply because of their race. Although not raised as a major issue in the courtroom ...

American Drug Trade On February 28th 2001 in Nogalas, Arizona federal agents raided a border house and seized 840 pounds of cocaine that had been trafficked through an underground smuggling tunnel. "If we were to say that there are no more tunnels out there than we'd have our heads in th...

Technology offers the potential for friendship, unity, and a lasting support to law enforcement, but is this friendship truly compatible or has technology increased the need for new and tougher laws, with a revision to most of the old laws already on the books. Technology has taken an average man&ap...

President George Washington led the patriots through the Revolutionary War, not to conquer but to begin building the American Dream. Since that time, the Constitution that bound the colonies into the United States of America has continued to represent the preservation of freedom. This precious docum...

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in September 11, 2001 or commonly known as 9/11 made America join the ranks of countries that suffered from the effects of terrorism for decades such as the France, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. America's innocence was since this terrorist in...

Gun Control: Protecting Rights or Protecting People Whether writing the Articles of Confederation in 1776 or watching the Columbine Shootings in 1999, the right to bear arms has been a public and political debate since the beginning of our nation. Who should have the right to bear arms? What laws...

Chris Searls Public Policy Drug Prohibition Under the United States Constitution the federal government is charged with the responsibilities to protect our individual, as well as collective, rights to life and liberty. Often times this charge leads the various branches of the federal...

Racism and police brutality goes hand in hand, and causes a major concern in today's society, in the United States. On March 3, 1991 in California, Rodney King an African American, was pulled over after a high-speed chase, and after stopping was beaten by four white police officers (Worsnop 635)...

Criminal justice in the United States is an expensive business. It is the only country in the west that routinely sentences offenders to prison terms longer than two years: 39 percent of state prisoners in 1991 had been sentenced to ten years or longer. It is also the only country in the ...

Introduction: The original version of the Privacy Act of 1974 (S. 3418 Public Law 93-579) according to the Department of Justice (www.usdoj.gov/oip/1974intro.htm) was actually singed into law on September 27, 1975. It was called an "omnibus" (meaning that it packaged together several piece...

Violence motivated by a bias against victims' characteristics which include race, religion, ethnic background, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation, represents a serious threat to all communities. Experts estimate that a bias-related crime is committed every 14 minutes. Criminal jus...

Issue of Gun Control and Violence The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is tobe any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and con will be much ...

Law enforcement officials often project the image that a police force is a closed society. Some officers are male and some female; some Black and some white, but when they join the force, the image presented is that they view themselves as "blue through and through." Privately, though, s...

The rise of military enforcement measure, from the U.N. was formulated from President Bush and Gorbachev as part of the New World Order. This was based on the rule of law and the principle of collective security. This principle was established to enable the military enforcement measure, if...

Whenever people get organized, they are usually able to accomplish far more than they can individually, and organized crime is no exception. Indeed, organized crime remains a multibillion dollar global enterprise today, and it is reasonable to suggest that it is not going away anytime soon. In the ...

Courts As Legislators The purpose of this paper is to show that although not originally intended to, some our modern day courts in the United States have in essence become legislators. I will give a brief overview of the history of courts and site some cases where the dec...

Background and History: The Exclusionary Rule is a fundamental constitutional principle of modern criminal procedure law in the United States. Generally, it prohibits the introduction at criminal trial of any evidence seized or otherwise obtained in violation of the Fourth Am...

Introduction The law requires that one who takes the stand in a courtroom under oath tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help them God. These words are universally understood to mean that once one takes that oath they are expected to adhere...

Illegal immigration is a major problem in the United States, especially in our home state of California. Due to such high rates of illegal immigration, lawmakers were forced to implement new laws such as Proposition 187 to scare away these immigrants. In the Asian American community, the views on...

"At last, the nation allegedly has turned the corner in the war on drugs. In May, 1998, Attorney General Janet Reno and Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin announced more than 100 indictments and the seizure of about $150,000,000 from Mexican banks, representing a successful conclusion to the ...