.... up authority to outsiders. Mollen stated that, " what we did find shocking was a total ineptitude of police fighting corruption, they are superb in fighting crime-except among themselves." Corruption is the product of individual police officer and police environment, and its control must mainly should come from the department. Any number of elements or combination of things can influence the behavior of an organization. Within the police department ; the organizational hierarchy , the police culture, and the interaction with the public influence the lev .....

.... was cultivated heavily in colonial period. After 130 years of being legal, the potential problems of marijuana were brought into the public eye by Harry J. Anslingler, the commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and author of Marijuana: Assassin of Youth (Goldman 88). In his book, Anslinger portrayed images of Mexican and Negro criminals, as well as young boys, who became killers while under the influence of marijuana. With the added public pressure, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. This law made th .....

.... death penalty will act to discourage other criminals from committing violent acts. Numerous studies have been created attempting to prove this belief. In addition, with the growing sympathy of modern society, the number of inmates actually put to death is substantially lower than 50 years ago. This fact that it was more safe back then than it is now probably has to due with the fact that in earlier times, where capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric, capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, .....

.... and Northern America more slaves were needed in the South to produce these cash crops. Without slaves there would be no cotton, tobacco, or sugar production and without these integral items the Southern economy would absolutely fail. The South depended on slaves to fuel their economy and therefore slavery dominated their economy. Between 1840 and 1860 many political issues, debates, and actions were inflamed by slavery. As America grew, the South wanted more slave states and the North wanted more free states to increase their hold in politics. One important act .....

.... in the bloodstream. The money being spent on fighting this war on drugs seems to be to no avail as drug statistics have sky rocketed over the last couple of years. In 1996 44.9% of twelfth graders use marijuana, that's up from 23.9% in 1991. Eighth grade marijuana users have increased by 12.1% from 1991 to 1996, a substantial enough climb to raise concerns about. Drugs are getting easier and easier to get at a younger age these days. A whopping 21.2% of eighth graders also abuse inhalants (glues, aerosols, and solvents), these are very dangerous substances to inh .....

.... bilingual programs in California and give students with limited English skills about one year of special English classes before placing them in the mainstream. To even have something like this on the Ballot in California seems very odd. California has more students with limited English skills than any other state. California has approximately 1.4 million students with limited English and about 30% of them are in formal bilingual programs, including some two-way programs. The most common approach in California is “transitional” bilingual education, in which s .....

.... this problem in the United States, what is the extend of this problem in our country, and is this distrust of our government even a serious problem at all? These are three questions that need to be addressed in out society today. What really has caused the American people to distrust our government and when did this trend actually begin? I do not believe there is any clear answer to these questions and I do not believe it would ever be possible to pinpoint any exact reason for the feelings of the American people. One reason cited by some is that it is .....

.... possession, and use of marijuana. Marijuana has many nicknames, including grass, pot, and weed. It is also called cannabis, a word that comes from Cannabis sativa, the scientific name for hemp. Effects Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals. When smoked, it produces over 2,000 chemical that enter the body through the lungs. These chemicals have a variety of immediate, short-term effects. In addition, the repeated use of marijuana has been linked to a number of long-term effects short- Term Effects of marijuana include both psycho .....