Police misconduct

Even though both universities are involved in sexual assault scandals, when comparing both Penn State and Baylor university's cases I came to the conclusion that there should be a difference in disciplinary action. Reviewing Penn State scandal, on November 4, 2011, a grand jury report was released containing testimony that former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused eight young boys over a period of at least 15 years. On July 23, 2012, The NCAA announces a $60 million…

The title of this visual is “Rate of Police Killings, African Americans vs. All Other Races”. The visual is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics. Both sources are reputable and tend to report on facts and statistical information gathered from the population. I threw in an image captured by a bystander of an unarmed black man in Oklahoma being violently wrestled to the ground to give a real life perspective to the chart. Content: This…

eyewitness misidentification, incomplete forensic testimony, government misconduct and an inadequate defense. In 1982, a white pregnant woman was raped and robbed by a black man in her home in Detroit, Michigan while playing with her seven month old son. She described her assailant as a thin black man between the ages of 15 and 18. She stated to detective Janice Nobliski, that the man was clean shaven with braids in his hair. When police arrived at her house, they collected the robe she was…

disorder is established and consequently all kinds of violence. Because of this, police activity has been one of, if not the most important state tool in maintaining law and order in the control of social rules. As a result of this activity permeated risk factors the police professional has been affected by various diseases, and one of the most serious and common are mental disorders. Thus, hundreds of military police move away from their work activities because they are affected by disorders…

Within our police system in America, there are gaps and loopholes that give leeway to police officials who either abuse the authority given to them or do not represent the ethical standards that they are expected to live up to by society. There’s a simple argument to determine whether that the American criminal justice isn’t one system with massive racial disparities but two distinct regimes where it’s the kind of policing regime you expect in a democracy or the alternative which is the kind you…

Since as early as 1963, the United Sates Supreme Court has issued several decisions regarding officer misconduct with in the criminal justice system. The Court has continually recognized the importance of addressing these issues in order to assure that defendants have access to all available information during trial. Three major case decisions that address these issues are Brady v. Maryland (1963), Giglio v. United States (1972), and United States v. Agurs (1976). The following is a summary…

supervisors identify officers at greater risk of engaging in misconduct” (p. 16). Police organizations must develop innovative strategies in order to be effective and efficient when faced with “technological advances, globalization of crime and increased scrutiny” (Chrismas, 2013, p. 2). Innovation could improve police and citizen relationships, and it could also help police supervisors counsel their subordinates regarding police misconducts such as excessive force. Law enforcement executives…

what is happening in today's world. But more specifically I want to talk about how police are targeting African American and sometimes policemen are even killing innocent African American and get away with it since the judge says he made a mistake. How many times does a mistake happen until you realize that you are doing something wrong? There are many victims of African American get shot multiple times because the police assume that the individual has a weapon and will shoot, them since they…

crime. Other professors said that, broken windows theory is do not influential crime. According to Kelling (2016), who is a criminologist, broken windows theory is when some small crime happens, if polices do not solve that crime, next time crime will bigger than now. In addition, Kelling said that, “if police departments addressed small problems, maybe the bigger crimes wouldn't happen” (As cited in Shankar, Nov. 1.2016). However, another idea is according to Harcourt ,who is a Columbia…

In early July, the death of a civilian under the hands of the police in the U.S. occurred. Philando Castile, who was only 32 years old, was fatally shot by police officers from the passenger seat of his girlfriend’s car. According to an ABC News article by Julia Jacobo and Enjoli, the police officer planned to stop the vehicle Castile was in because he unethically assumed that Castile and the driver were robbers based on racial profiling (par. 4). After the officer killed Castile, the driver…