Metropolitan Police Essays

  • Comparing The Orthodox And Revisionist Perspectives Of The Metropolitan Police Reform

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    With reference to the orthodox and revisionist perspectives, assess the statement that ‘the establishment of the Metropolitan Police in 1829 was a rational solution to changes in society and the associated challenges of crime and disorder’. Use a contemporary example to demonstrate how these perspectives can be useful in interpreting modern policing activities. This essay will introduce two competing perspectives of policing, they are the orthodox and revisionist perspectives. This essay will then

  • US Metropolitan Police Department Case Study

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    used the organizational structure for U.S. Metropolitan Police Department, Washington D.C. to show readers the importance of organizational structure when it comes to following commands within a major organization that deals with homeland security. Following, September 11, 2011 terrorist attack, homeland security and MPD was forced to make changes in the organizational structural. Because the order of communication between the national security and the police department wasn’t communicated inefficiently

  • The Siege of the Iranian Embassy

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    Iraqi terrorist group burst into the Iranian embassy. The embassy in Princes Gate, London, contained 20 people, which included a police constable. The terrorist wanted the release of 91 political prisoners from jail in Iran and a plane for them to escape. If their demands were not met they would execute all the hostages and blow up the Embassy. The Metropolitan Police invited B Squadron, 22 SAS onto the scene. Within hours of the siege starting they had set up observation posts and where monitoring

  • Jack The Ripper

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    and Dr. Phillips thought that is was between 5:00 AM and 6:00AM. This didn't help the police with the evidence of the witnesses either. The primitive ways of the police and the fact that the Metropolitan Police didn't get along with the City of London police, they were un-cooperative so this slowed down things even further. When the first victim was killed, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police was out of the country, so the officers were left to figure things out for themselves whit

  • Law and Order in the Late Nineteenth Century

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    write about Londonin the nineteenth century and also about the creation of the metropolitan police force. During the 19th century Londonwas different then what it is now for instance there was no major police force and most of the police was made up of volunteers. 75% of the crime in Londonwas petty theft; only 10% of the crime was made up of violent crimes such as murders so there really wasn't any need for a police force which explains why there wasn't one. The population of Londonstarted

  • The Reasons Behind Police's Inability To Catch Jack The Ripper

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    Jack The Ripper was never caught, and his identity remains a mystery to this day. The police were unable to catch Jack The Ripper and solve the mystery of the Whit Chapel murders because of several reasons. The first reason is the police themselves. In London, there were two police forces. The Metropolitan police and the City Of London police. The murders took place in both of the jurisdictions. The police forces each had separate investigations going on and they did not share evidence or

  • Jack The Ripper Research Paper

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    This historical investigation will be looking at the police investigation of the serial killer Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper is infamously known around the world as a serial killer who was never caught in 1888, Whitechapel, London. While these murders took place more than 100 years ago, new theories on the possible identity of the murderer are arising and the question of his identity still remains a mystery. Much of the original evidence of the case has been lost and facts have been altered with

  • Emperor K’ang-hsi

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    based on the thousands of imperial documents that came from the emperor. The author was able to piece together the kind to government that existed. The central bureaucracy of emperor K’ang-hsi’s China was composed of a metropolitan division and a provincial division. The metropolitan division was supervised by four to six Grand Secretaries and were directed by the presidents and vice-presidents of the Six Boards. The provinces were divided into six province blocks, controlled by s governor-general

  • George Gemistos Plethon on God: Aristotle vs Plato

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    George Gemistos Plethon on God: Aristotle vs Plato In this paper I examine George Gemistos Plethon's defense in his De Differentiis of Plato's conception of God as superior to that of Aristotle's. (2) Plethon asserts that the Platonic conception of God is more consistent with Orthodox Christian theology than the Aristotelian conception. This claim is all the more interesting in light of the fact that Plethon is, as it turns out, a pagan. I argue that Plethon takes the position he does because

  • Diaspora and Syal’s Anita and Me

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    distinction between the old (sugar) and new (masala) diasporic movements. Sudesh argues that the old diasporic movement is marked by the semi-voluntary flight of Indians to non-metropolitan plantation colonies such as Fiji and Trinidad while the new diasporic movement is the post-modern dispersal of all Indian classes to thriving metropolitan centers such as the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Sudesh claims that writers of the old diaspora tend to concentrate on the cracks within the experience

  • Tri-State Water Wars: Impact on Metropolitan Atlanta’s Future Growth

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    Tri-State Water Wars: Impact on Metropolitan Atlanta’s Future Growth “Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting.” - Mark Twain Metro Atlanta is on a collision course with reality – and the shock of this collision will have profound political and economic implications for future growth throughout the Southeast. The core problem is that Atlanta’s runaway growth will soon outstrip the available water supply (Corps, 1998). And if Atlanta continues to increase its water consumption until

  • Oakland, CA

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    spent their childhood days there. Baseball hall of famers Reggie Jackson and Ricky Henderson still own homes in the city. In modern times Oakland is known as the main metropolitan city in the East Bay. The city possesses 3 professional sports teams, which have a population of just below 400,000. Oakland is also the 3rd largest metropolitan city in the Bay Area behind San Jose, and San Francisco.( Encyclopedia Britannica ) The city mayor is the ex Governor of California Jerry Brown. Located in Alameda

  • An Analysis of Up in Michigan

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    so small that they could never avoid meeting each other. A phrase like "One day she found that she liked it he way the hair was black …"(p.59) indicates that the girl Liz' falling in love with Jim the blacksmith is not the falling in love of a metropolitan person who is marked by the many choices of a bigger environment. Liz's love or interest in Jim comes from there being no other it seems and so with time she has developed an interest in him that is totally based on a picture she makes of him in

  • Metropolitan vs. Colonial Space in Forster’s A Passage to India and Lawrence’s Women in Love

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    Metropolitan vs. Colonial Space in Forster’s A Passage to India and Lawrence’s Women in Love At first glance, it seems easy to state a definitive distinction between what Said calls “metropolitan space” and “colonial space.” In its simplest form, metropolitan space is the space occupied by the colonizers. Examples of this include England, France and the places these people reside in while living in these colonies. Likewise, colonial space is that which is occupied by those who are colonized

  • The Police Force

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    The Evolution of the Police Force in England The history of the police in England is long and complex. Many things the United States learned have come from, how England has evolved as a good example of a best in class police force that focuses on using less violent means to contain and control. Prior to the Norman Conquest in 1066, the majority of England did not have a specialized police force or public office to maintain order. The lack of structure caused an environment where there were civil

  • The Role Of A Police Officer

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    Introduction Firstly, the job role I will be exploring is a police officer which falls into the sector of justice. Sector and Employer Moreover, the police officer can work in the statutory community justice sector, which is controlled and financed by the government. This sector is generally maintained by people who pay taxes and national insurance as well as it has been set up by acts of parliament and are funded by public money. The police officers in England and Wales are each given money from three

  • Law and Order in Late 19th Century

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    Law and Order in Late 19th Century In the 19th century the main aim of the Metropolitan police was to deter criminals from committing crime rather than actually solving it. However the police force did have to deal with many cases of drunkenness and petty theft, which were common in 19th century London. As well as dealing with the common crimes, the police also got involved in controlling public demonstrations. They often used batons to control the crowd and soon got a reputation for being

  • Law and Order in Late 19th Century

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    Law and Order in Late 19th Century The idea of the police force was invented in the nineteenth century. In 1800 there were two police forces in Britain. The first one is the bow street runners, which had been invented in 1749, the other was the Thames River police, which was just two years old. Then the Metropolitan Police force was set up in 1829. This still exists today. This police force was created to carry out the functions of both the watchmen and the special constables. They were

  • Compare And Contrast Rural And Rural People

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    For many city residents, the country conjures up pictures of unpolluted air, garden-fresh food and physical activities. But these days, Americans residing in big metropolitans live longer, better lives compared to their country counterparts – a reversal from years earlier. One of the most prominent features of the industrial stage is the development of urban life. In early times, the populations habitually lived in settlements engaged in agriculture. Cities arose here and there as hubs of trade or

  • Urban Evangelism

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    Urban Evangelism "…and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8 This commandment, given by Christ to his apostles, was one of action. First they were to go into their homes, or Jerusalem, then to their community, or Samaria, and then finally to the ends of the earth. The Christian church of today, however has lost sight of that directive. For too many years now we have sent thousands of missionaries abroad while ignoring