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Policing history has had an arrayed of ties within the community servicing,
politician, and organized crime. This concept eventually evolved to policing corruption,
Policing derives from the community, and the community that circumference
humans have needs for survival (Keppeler, 1995). This is to say; culturally people are
causation of police corruption one has to first determine the scope of humanity in regards
to social acceptance (Keppeler, 1995). However, it is determine by the powers that be.
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Table of Contents
I. Title 1
II. Abstract 2
III. Table of Contents 3
IV. The exposing historical and present elements of policing 4
a. Governmental corruption 7
but the professional behavior is learned through experience. Policing is always within the
process of innovating newer strategies that evolves from past performance of policing
(Kappeler, 1995, pg., 3). The individual that is the police officer is human-being, and is
not robotic. However, that individual derived within a society that shares a common-
interest (Keppeler, 1995). Historically, policing has service community that shares a
commonality; such as, same racial cultural ethnicity, values, norms, and common-interest
(Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). When policing exposes their commonality to friends, family, and
others within their role, and-or off-duty environment the probability for corruption would
likely occurred (Kappeler et al, 1995). Through such concept policing would developed a
favorable position such as, the preventable measure of exposure policing would
police department lacked the powerful, centralized authority that would establish as
legitimate, unifying mandate for their enterprise (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). The manner to
which policing derived both their resources and authoritarian complex was from local
political groups such as, mayors, city officials, senators, and congressman leaders known
as politicians (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). The types of conceptuality of historical policing
were local favoritism provided by the local citizenry (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). When
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policing requirements regarding proper ethical conduct where mandated caused policing
to struggle with their various interest groups that provided their local entity (Keppeler,
1995, pg. 5). Therefore, the proper purpose of policing is to be won by the legal elements
that create the legal law, regulation, and precincts level of authority within societal
(Keppeler et al, 1995). This is the only reason why policing should only be affluent to
local politicians that serves the sole purpose of instituting, and creating local, state, and
federal laws (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 6-7). Theoretically, without this concept policing would
be accessible to defend particular elements within society that would widen furtherance
of police corruption. This theory would perhaps delineate the objective of policing, and it
the law would consider being favorable. However, the link that was developed between
neighborhoods where off-duty police officers resided, and local politicians their still
existed elements of corruption (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). Some theorist believes that early
policing that had links or ties to both their neighborhoods, and politicians became
adjuncts to local political machinery (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). This relationship was often
reciprocal.
The political machinery which was a joint venture of policing working with local
politicians that both recruited, and mandated policing individuals either within the district
offices, and on the beat (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). While policing was walking the beat
enforcing lawful orders they also helped coerce the local citizenry to elect political
leaders within their community, so these political officials can maintain their political
status within society (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 7). The best police officer would talk to local
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encouragement not through coercion (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 5). If the citizenry refuses to
either cooperate or comply with policing regarding voting in the manner of policing
coercion policing would discouraged their concept of thinking. Perhaps, policing would
observe the individuals opinion and-or beliefs as a potential criminal nature (Keppeler,
1995). Such common practices were traditionally accepted, and certain citizens found it
favorable. When citizens determine what is too be favorable it would mean that they
would be offer protection, safety, and security. This was a common concern especially
for business owners, because during the early American periods of poverty and financial
deprivation was staggering. Therefore, they viewed that by complying with policing
working alongside with politicians would provide their stable security (Keppeler, 1995,
pg. 7-8).
Through the practice of policing encouraging the citizenry to vote for local
politicians there was an illegal practice of election rigging (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 6). This
battles with two central fronts: one was that local politicians required policing to fulfill
demands such as; law enforcing both local and state, serving the courts, and political
offices (Keppeler, 1995). Theoretically, when policing was patrolling political offices
they developed what was known as a conflict of interest. This conflict of interest was the
social acceptable behavior between policing and politicians (Keppeler, 1995). This may
not seem as negative perception, but became the central benchmark for political
favoritism (Keppeler, 1995). Cultural practices was also acceptable such as; within the
southern states in the United States racial segregation practices was common, and the
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inhumane treatment that both policing and the media perceived as a social appropriate
practice (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 8-9). This practice emanated the conflict theory between
two societies, that policing and political interest of targeting the lower social classes of
Secondly, policing demanded both the organization from the public as well as, the
demands of public safety, and protection within the citizenry environment (Keppeler,
1995, pg. 6). The citizenry requested that policing walk the beat, and by doing so gave
policing interaction both with the public and the public is given the security sense of
safety and protection (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 8). When these practices between policing and
the public failed there arouse the negative feedback of both poor communication between
the public and policing, and the inevitable downfall of policing corruption that affected
duties policing would expose certain elements of corruption. In other words, political and
policing combine with elements of organized crime, policing would become more active
with elements of organized crime (Keppeler, 1995). During the era of prohibition Al
Capone had members of the Chicago Police Department covering and protecting
elements of his organized crime (Rock, 1995, pg. 396). Mostly, policing would not act on
elements of criminality on its’ own, rather it would be both protected, and rewarded by
Governmental Corruption
variables. One variable is that it would be utilized throughout this presentation when
policing discloses elements of negligence and lack their duty (Keppeler, 1995). The
concept of brutality that is associated with policing has been an identifying issue since the
policing conduct have been exaggerated, repeated exposure, and virulent criticism
(Keppeler, 1995, pg. 293). This has always stemmed to be a serious sociological problem.
On the contrary, policing is allowed to use excessive force when only to subdue an
individual who is resisting apprehension. However, there are limits and guidelines that
only the suspect or individual would know the scope or duty of policing (Keppeler,
1995).
The genesis and the function of illegal use of police violence present an explanation.
This is solely based on the interpretative understanding of the individual police officer,
and the year of experience policing has with the profession (Keppeler, 1995). The
governmental supportive inquires which the media would perceive are as follow
A. Policing traditionally accepts and morally justifies their illegal use of force.
During the episodes policing encounters with the individual the individual police
other words, they are trained to manipulate their findings of both the crime scene,
Policing individuals would tend to justify in the mannerism of their conduct, and
both the media and the court system would consider the police expertise of their
profession. Such apprehension is tied along with incident that the police officer
encounters with the individuals (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 293). Policing would
demonstrate to the state on how the individual or culprit reprehensively from their
C. Policing conduct whether performed professionally and-or the use of illegal force
and-or conduct would tend to be socially accepted rule of conduct within the legal
body elements such as, courts that would stem to justify policing behavior
D. The analysis drawn depicts the occupational perspective on the use of violence by
policing. In other words, the explanation provided by the police individual would
tend to justify the practice used to subdue the suspect (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 298).
Thus, the meaning of this use of violence is derived by relating it to the general
behavior of police occupation, and such occupation in general are illuminated through the
delineation within the mannerism of they handle the nature of their duty (Keppeler, 1995,
pg. 293). The interesting insight of how policemen handled a situation is based solely on
the physical, mental, and biological trait of the individual police officer. In other words,
the policing individual characteristics start from the individual, but because of their
position within society it would stem to embrace their psychosis much further (Keppeler,
The social definition of the occupation invest in its’ members with a commonality
prestige. A man or woman occupation is a major determining factor of his or her conduct
and social identity (Keppeler, 1995). This concept is not viewed on the individual’s
persona relating to his or her work, but it would perceive beyond their work or
normal line of employment. It would view the police-officer normal scope of their
employment, but the social-psychological identity goes beyond the scope of their
normality identity of both their professional individualism and their employment status
(Keppeler, 1995).
To discover the behavior aspect of policing one must understand the individual’s
definition of self and conduct (Keppeler, 1995). This would focus more than just the
routine technical demands of public work. Then one must understand the social
relationship between their colleqes, policing, status, and their self-conception (Keppeler,
1995, pg. 394). To better understand these definitions the researcher must investigate
determine why the individual committed any offenses (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 294).
The policeman is also known as a public official which is a public duty settling
and dealing with locals concern. They would also insure that lawful orders were carried
out, and they would be the governmental vehicles to enforce the law (Keppeler, 1995).
Their duty is to enforce the rules and to discipline by authority those who are outside the
scope of the societal legal mainframe (Keppeler, 1995). Their duty of performance is
graded by the public; because the public and-or individual would know the role of
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policing by their ethical conduct, and the service that they promise under to oath to
The conceptuality to uphold the oath of office has been a debacle for several years
however; both the police and other public officials sworn to uphold and defend the
Constitution of the United States. The purpose of policing is to defend the rights of its
citizenry with equality and integrity regardless, of the individual’s status quo, and social
identity. Through this concept and if policing walks outside the scope of publics
expectation policing would be viewed as corrupt, and inefficient to fulfill its role
(Keppeler, 1995).
misconduct. Throughout policing history there lies a certain boundary that some policing
official would cross to justify their course, especially if there is a potential problem
(Keppeler, 1995, pg. 296). The policing individual may feel that their position within
society should be viewed by their sole discretion and not by what society perceives it.
Some policing and political officials feel that if society knew the true role of policing
To have rules, regulation work for the betterment of societal is to provide the
public the necessary translation that rules would apply for the best interest of the
environment (Alexander & Sherwin, 2001, pg. 53). This would mean that a set of
authoritative-rules can potentially loose ground to what is acceptable for society can have
conflicting laws must have accountability to its’ citizenry therefore; the citizenry has a
between two variables; law and morality (Alexander & Sherwin, 2001, pg. 3).
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geographical location must accept, adhere to local law. The conflicting issue result from
two variables is legal positivism, and the natural theory of law (Alexander & Sherwin,
2001, pg. 3). This is a major concern for jurisprudence because if both elements are
conflicting then legality is in error, and this is where society conflicts with the moral
issue of law. The legal rules must have a moral value that society must find acceptable.
What becomes conflicting is when legal issue is not within the acceptable terms with
The main function for jurisprudence is to comprise, designed laws that societal to
general rules regarding whose authority settle disputing matters requiring settlements;
general rules of conduct that settles individuals disputes is determine within the
governmental infrastructure. Judges are empowered to settle disputes however gray areas
of uncertainty or disagreements over legal meanings would likely infringe relation within
society (Alexander & Sherwin, 2001, pg. 4). In other words, society should determine
what moral conduct, legal rules that should be both applicable and enforceable
government utilizes what is and what is not socially acceptable (Alexander & Sherwin,
2001, pg. 4). Does this infringe constitutional elements? Historical data displayed that the
U.S. Constitution was initiated by governmental means to guide the course of its
citizenry. Theoretically, several legal scholars determined that the U.S Constitution was
designed for the wealthy elite of society; leaving gray questionable concern for the
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citizenry that represents the masses of society (Alexander & Sherwin, 2001, pg. 5). As a
result, it creates a matter of difficulty for local court system to interpret rules that society
When laws becomes difficult to settle among its’ citizenry the probability for
morality of justice would detour to criminality that is disguised as legality (Alexander &
Sherwin, 2001, pg. 5). Theoretically, this is one element how the legal designers can
pervert, pollute by instigating laws that would deprive society the promised of liberty and
The legal instrument initiated and justifies the matters, and every corporate
element that embraces and circumference the greed in relation to capitalism has its aim
on certain political and-or corporate agenda (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 143-144). For example,
the suspension of constitutional laws and liberties of its citizens. The concept of morality
direct towards what is right or wrong. In other words, moral is directed in accordance and
direction of what the governmental infrastructure that overseas societies determine what
is and what is not the morality issue of law (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 143-144). This is where
the conflict of legal, rules that society compromises may inflict when governmental
relation with society (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 144). A sample would be the synerio of Arthur
Levitt Jr. and Mark C. Brickell. Levitt was the Chairman of the Security and Exchange
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Commission; the primary regulator of financial institutions within the United States a
federal agency that advertised itself as “the investors advocates” (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 141).
Whereas, Brickell was a vice-president of J.P. Morgan and the top lobbyist for an
investors trade group called the ISDA. This mechanism persuaded lawmakers to allow
the unregulated derivatives markets to grow unchecked since 1985. It was surprising how
much influential unrestricted authority these two individuals were in sync (Partnoy, 2002,
pg. 142). In relation to morality is how these two individuals (Arthur Levitt & Mark
Brickell) where able to influence Congress, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall
Street to controlled spending, controlled pricing that does benefit society, but rather
infringes shareholders, employee 401-K investment relation (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 144).
This type of scam is definitely a white-collar that is nonchecked, and the probability of
infrastructure determine to publicly instigate what is morally correct within the concept
of law (Chomsky, 2000, pg. 81). The ideological concept of the “great society” is
pleasing the wealthy citizenry of the elite. The natural domestic policies were transfer of
resources of the wealthy, partially dismantling of the limited welfare system, and attack
on unions and real wages. By targeting the welfare system is by reverse support of certain
citizens residing within the governmental housing; those residing are the predominate
African American (Chomsky, 2000, pg. 81). The program is not designed to provide hope
for this particular society instead, it persuades through the educational system legally to
Policing in the one hand targets such area and the media publicly declaring where
criminality exist (Chomsky, 2000, pg. 81-82). This ideology lie within the strain theory;
where individuals succumb with stressor for achievement. However, are hopeless in lieu
2000, pg. 82). These are becoming experimental grounds to push drugs for a period of
time-policing justifiably targets these elements of criminality (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 8).
to deregulate labor force wages. Most of this practice is conducted through lobbying-
system, and welfare system (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 8-9). This ideology is what instigates
Interesting lawyers practicing within the Security Exchange and Wall Street pretty
much disagreed through counteraction when individuals such as, Arthur Levitt and Mark
Brickell that has no law degree nor any jurisprudence conceptuality of legal ethics to
determine the fateful deciding factor for Congress initiating or create laws through an
effort of justification (Chomsky, 2000, pg. 83). Some lawyers strongly feel that such
practices residing within Washington D.C. has no common interest benefiting any level
of aspiration towards society. Rather, the elite-political and corporate infrastructure that
was intended to service the public became public enemy. In other words, the publicly
industrial interest through new legislation passed by Congress (Chomsky, 2000, pg. 142).
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In 1994, lobbyist waited for investors to calm-down from the shock of how much money-
fund managers and corporate treasurers had lost due to the gambling with interest rates.
When the legislation was introduced Brickell fought it and Levitt gave speeches saying
that the financial industry should consider policing itself. In other words, this gave
perform what benefits the corporation minus the employee (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 156).
within secrecy, and the public was never made aware. When the public became aware of
corporate scandal, and the detrimental losses of millions of dollars heavy investors,
Congress has less public consideration (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 23). Instead, Congress
initiated newer derivative regulation; various federal agencies, and even the Supreme
Court instigated Congress to create new legal rules that insulated Wall Street from
liability, and enabled financial firms to regulate themselves. This within a nutshell is
what Congress allow both Wall Street, corporation the protection deregulating
shareholders fair protection (Partnoy, 2002, pg. 143). Under the influence of Levitt and
Brickell, regulators essentially left the abuses of the 1990’s to what Justice Cardozo had
Morality, what is the legal rule for acceptability regardless of what political-
corporate corruption that is potentially under the moral concept of law. The innocence of
society having to comply with such practices may surpass the strain cycle to the level of
criminal behavior for the means of survival (Chomsky, 2000). Does morality within law,
intended the law to target and imprisoned society? It is obvious that the law curtails to the
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interest of the political-corporate elite to manipulate the law under “moral” pretense to
concept of “War against Poverty” that would potentially reduced the relativity of poverty
association with criminality (Atkinson A.B., 1983, pg. 253). However, this ideology
became the winning ingredient for Johnson’s 1964 Presidential election. Theoretically,
adapt this concept of the war on poverty. Poverty between 1960 through the mid 1970’s
was the main concern for political interest. During the 1970’s was a period of suburban
living increase.
The population grew and the predominating upper social classes, especially, Jews,
Whites and fewer upper social class minorities relocated within the suburban location
(Atkinson A.B., 1983, pg. 255). Policing targeted the inner-city arenas because political-
corporate interested persuaded that such criminal elements existed. The information
provided was correct which pretty much lead to the disproportionate number of African
Since the early 1980 the suburban environment increased with different racial
cultural ethnic groups. Suburban areas began to deteriorate because of the increase of
targeting local areas influx for policing to decentralize within certain geographical
The unprecedented result is the increase tougher laws on crimes that cause the
increase potential of minorities especially, the African American detain, arrest, and less
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discretion judges provide while an individual is undergoing trial (Atkinson A.B., 1883,
pg. 255-256).
The theoretical debate is this genocidal? The concept on the War on Drugs, crime
is not exactly war against the substance itself, because items are subject for taxation
(Randall, 1998, pg. 9). Rather a particular population because African American
incarceration for illicit drug trafficking (Randall, 1998, pg. 9-10). Decriminalizing drug
use on the grounds that decriminalization would amount to genocide racial minorities
would constitute a disproportionate number of those allowed to pursue their drug habits
If the African American representing only 15% of the entire United States
population and almost half of such population serving jail, and prison incarceration
would constitute genocidal. This form of genocidal treatment had always existed within
sicknesses and diseases were transformed from one environment to another (Lewy, 1964
pg. 55). In merchant exchanges between the early “elite” European Settlers they
exchange clothing and blankets that were embedded with diseases, such as, smallpox, and
other biohazard diseases intentionally to destroy a race. According to Lewy (1964) that
barely 237,000 in 1900 represent a vast genocide” This form of philosophy incorporated
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within the legal guidelines of our governmental practices is enforceable to this present
day (Lewy, 1964, pg. 55-56). For example, t he depopularization of both Iraq and
Reproducing order is not just a term used in old-fashioned policing, but rather, a
concept or ideology similar to a play or playing sports. It focuses how policing should
have confronted when dealing with either the innocent or guilty party. The ideology focus
is not just the institution of either corrections or rehabilitation centers; such as, jails,
prisons, parole, and probation system that ONLY provide one thing (non-rehabilitation),
which is problematic (Erickson, 1982, pg. 4). The common problem is that crime is
determine by what the political infrastructure would determine, and the existing relation
between these two variables police and the individual (potential suspect) is the
unforeseen drama that occurred when both variables are confronted (Erickson, 1982).
The determining factor is the amount of funding that is channel down from
government hierarchy that would expand the size of policing (Erickson, 1982, pg. 4). On
the contrary, smaller policing agency like the TV sitcom “Dukes of Hazards” is non-
existent. Smaller policing agencies have merged to larger policing agencies, because
influential methods of centralization and decentralization (Erickson, 1982, pg. 4). This
form of ideology permeates the influx of sophisticated policing entity that could divulge,
if not aimed to control society (Erickson, 1982, pg. 4). Theoretically, does this mean that
the political agenda is to create a police-state community? Police- state community that is
designed to target not words, such as, crimes, but rather, a “police state”? The central
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authorities of policing would indirectly answer, yes, because of policing incidents that
occurred within the past several decades; therefore, it became a viable alternative to
merge the smaller policing entities with larger policing agencies (Erickson, 1982, pg. 4).
On the contrary, this would be hypocritical because policing misconduct existed within
In other words, were political corruption lies there awaits potential policing
Citizens especially minorities feel that policing should target other areas that
predominately upper social-economic class where similar crimes also exist. However,
through political motives policing is used as the striking vehicle to penetrate certain
areas, and with media continuously deceives the public with misinformation that crime
only exists within certain geographic location (Erickson, 1982, pg.6). Theoretically,
several researchers argue this may be the reason why U.S. Prison Population is a mostly
behavior emphasized that the individual being suited for police work was the factor
responsible for subsequent deviancy among the ranks of officers (Keppeler, 1995, pg.
determinant that makes a police recruit into either a good or bad byproduct of policing
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(Keppeler, 1995, pg. 186). Vollmer suggested that the quality of police work is ultimately
dependant upon the individual police officer. This is the only method of police personal
management determinability is that the individual police officer must adapt to serve the
2004). The candidate may be reviewed legitimate and professional, however, criminal
behavior is a learned behavior that police officer can acquire within their ranks. N.
The individual police candidate background may have been research to determine
whether or not if any criminal elements such as early arrest, convictions, and if the
candidate may have either family historical lineage or members ever incarcerated. This
could potentially explain why the individual police officer would commit an offense N.
If the individual police officer commits an offense then perhaps the individual
chosen for policing had already become contaminated prior to being hired as a member of
the force (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 186). Through this concept the police individual would
consider acts of favoritism such as; obtaining bribes for favoritism, and acceptance. The
concept of accepting a bribe could be offer in several ways, usually in monetary funds
The corrupt police officer may accept bribes for personal economical gain,
because they may experience several personal issues whether it is personal financial
problems, and-or the selfish desire for financial success (Keppeler et al, 1995). The two
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theories that can be applicable to the nature of police corruption are the strain theory and
The strain theory according to Merton reveals that individuals who are socially
frustrated, and could potentially intensify compulsiveness that would lead to criminal
behavior (Barkan, 2001). The Anomie Theory that Merton also analyzed is the individual
by their salary earnings as a police officer (Barkan, 2001). Therefore, the individual being
the corrupt police would obtain bribes, because it would assist to satisfy his or her
inhibition or aspiration to attain their financial goal (Barkan, 2001, pg. 7). Contrast to the
conflicting theory because the relation between policing norms and the economical
aspiration is not within the consensus of what society depicts as a social norm (Barkan,
unreasonable means the individual would feel they require certain elements of power. In
other words, there is no inbetween it is either your poor which means your are powerless
or you financially succeed to certain levels of wealth which means in the minds of the
economically deprived that the individual is becoming more powerful (Barkan, 2001, pg.
8). The similarity between corrupt policing who focus on certain elements of criminality
is in direct control to the mindset of the individual’s residing within the lower social-
provided during the period’s recruitment. There are potential that police officers may
have inadequate training, and insufficient supervision (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 186). Along
with the concept of poor police pay this could potentially provide the right opportunity
for the individual to participate in lucrative illicit enterprise (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 186).
had either a low level of intelligence and-or educational level are more prone to
corruption (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 186). Theoretically, when policing receives low salaries
there is the potentiality for the police officer to withstand the moral strength to withstand
the temptation of accepting bribes that would ultimately lead to corruption (Keppeler,
1995).
to politicians receiving campaign contribution from powerful wealthy elite societies that
violates the essence of moral ethical principle that desire to deprivate the masses of
society. In other words, politicians and Congress would be persuaded by lobbyist that
received perhaps billions of dollars to initiate the deregulation of certain amendments that
was intended to protect and helped benefit the masses of society (Keppeler, 1995).
vast amount of economic resources that would be discussed in further detail later on this
The distinction method of police work increases the difficulty of ensuring the
fairness and lawfulness in everyday policing (Skogan-Frydl, 2004, pg. 2). Police are
authorized to exercise their authority in encounters with the public by issuing citations,
making arrests, and using force. However, the citizenry has a sheer-volume of negativity
that has increased between the relations of both the citizenry and policing (Skogan-Frydl,
2004, pg. 2). The encounters individuals may feel or experience the dissatisfaction of
policing behavior; therefore this would have a tendency of becoming a problematic issue
between the citizenry and policing (Skogan-Frydl, 2004, pg. 2). In fact, there has been an
array of evident revealing that policing has utilized racial ethnic disparity throughout
their assessment during a routine traffic stop (Skogan-Frydl, 2004, pg. 3).
The public has viewed policing conduct as inexcusable, because of poor policing
treatment of their policing encounter. These citizens viewed policing for protection and
service.
The poor insight of policing conduct comes from a basic routine traffic stop that
was enacted within the early 1990’s. When a citizen who would routinely get stopped for
a minor traffic violation, is suppose to be stopped for any traffic routine violation. The
routine traffic stop authorizes policing who may or may not be citing the motorist for
traffic violation, but also records their racial identity that gets recorded in the police
system. Most local citizens were stopped not for a traffic violation, but just for their racial
racial profiling has become one of the nation’s political agenda that has imparted society
to the degree of violating the fourth and the fourteenth amendment of the individual’s
Policing favors is based on the concept on the broad range of discretion (Walker-
Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 103). It is a method allowing the police officer to conduct how
pg. 103). This corrupted practice can be problematic especially if displayed throughout
the media, textbooks, and other resources that would be revealing what is called
misinformation. This approach would mislead the public’s mind that certain racial,
cultural, and-or status quo of any individual are criminally (Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004,
pg. 104).
The problem of racial biases provided by policing is nothing new it has been a
problematic concern for many centuries since the inception of the North American
authorizing policing to enforce such rule have always been embedded within our society
data that proves the relation between both policing and their encounter with society is
Policing that favors certain societies and shown unfavorable to certain racial
ethnic groups of society is similar to a criminal man who either views the law favorably
or unfavorably towards their advantage. This concept is also ONE out of the nine
elements that earlier researcher Edwin Sutherland discovered in his theory of differential
The sample that most researchers discovered that during the 1970’s that out of
every eight African American shot by policing only one out the eight involved a white
(Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 103). James Fyfe, who is on e of the leading experts on
the subject of police shooting, and developed a concept called the “trigger fingers”,
meaning one for whites, Hispanics, and the African American (Walker-Spohn-Delone,
individual in Memphis, Tennessee police officer who shot and killed a fleeing suspect.
Police officer within this environment are permitted by state law to use the old fleeing
felon rule, which would allowed a police officer to shoot to kill, for the purpose of arrest
any fleeing suspected subject (Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 103). This theory is
based on the wide scope of policing discretion (Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 103).
This form of discretion would allow policing to conduct, and it is legally allowed
by the government system that invalidates individual’s equal protection within their
However, the U.S Supreme Court later discovered that such policing practices allowing
the old fleeing rule was unconstitutional (Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 104). The
court ruled that the fleeing felon rule violates the fourth amendment protection against
unreasonable searches and seizure; by holding that shooting s person for fleeing was
more on a particular classes of society that is influence through governmental means that
opposes the majority racial counterpart (Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 104). This
When either a racial cultural ethnic group, and-or a society feels threatened by
other elements of policing the community could become potentially violent. This concept
of community violence may not only be directed under racial discretion, but against a
society that has a high degree of criminal behavior (Barkan, 2001, pg. 446).
The two cities within the United States Chicago and Memphis have had
significant police incident shootings. Memphis has showed statistically; that between
1969-1989 out of 68 shootings from policing that resulted in the death of a fleeing
assailant. Of the 68 that were shot by police 52 were African American. In the City of
Chicago the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed that the Chicago Police is twice as likely
The ideology on the permissiveness fleeing felon rule allowed law enforcement
pg. 104). This perception is based not just the badge, but also the individual and their
culture behind the badge. The individual white police officer and-or a minority police
officer had already been inhibited the conceptual concept that certain racial ethnic groups
from the lower social-economical society are by their nature violent (Trojanowicz-
Kappeler-Gaines, 2002, pg. 54-55). So when the individual is hired by policing that has
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already inhibit with the concept that certain individuals residing within the lower
economic society are violent by nature then that police-officer is a corrupt cop behind the
These individuals would had already been considered corrupt from the beginning,
because of their cultural background stems behind the dark mask that certain individuals
racial ethnic cultural background are a threat to society (Walker et al, 2004). Therefore;
white and-or upper social class individual officers were more than likely to feel
threatened by African American, who are prone to be a more probable suspect than their
white social-counterparts. In fact, in a typical shooting incident that may occur at night
the police officer during these harsh moments in a split second decision rather shoot an
American African involved in the shooting without any form of reconsidering (Walker-
Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 105). A question according to Walker (2004) did the fleeing
When the Supreme Court declared that the fleeing felon rule was unconstitutional
the ration of police shooting based on racial disparity declined. For example, the number
of person shot and killed by policing declined from a peak of 559 in 1975 to 300 in 1987
2004, pg. 105). The new rule may have changed the mind or attitude of policing racial
pg. 105).
indicates that women are hardly of police brutality; however, out of the 44 citizens beaten
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by police only two were African American. It is inconceivable that police may handle the
treatment of women lightly with the exception of racial prejudices (Barkan, 2001, pg.
447). Although, women beatings by police maybe infrequent; but had been subject too
sexual assaults, and unnecessary search and seizure (Barkan, 2001, pg. 447).
According to Barkan (2001) blamed the PSV abbreviated for private search as
1. The male officer’s sexist ideology which expressive sexual violence against
women.
2. Situational opportunity that allows male police officers to commit certain acts.
447).
In regards to policing misconduct studies have showed that more than one-fifth of
police officers are engaged in atleast one form of corruption (Barkan et al, 2001). Such
corruption includes the acceptance of bribery, and stealing objects from local stores while
searching (Barkan, 2001, pg. 447). A poor policing practice is a common practice among
the ranks. A century or so ago policing was known for its corruption involving bribes for
economical purpose and reason. Usually, either business owners and-or politicians would
earned the special treatment of policing, by influencing the individual police-officer were
to target crime (Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 107-108). This common practice would
lead to police corruption that would inhibit the concept of racial ethnic discrimination.
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This had ultimately proceeded to police corruption that bled its way to organized
crime (Barkan, 2001, pg. 448). Bribery to earned favoritism through elements of
organized and corrupt political crime gave policing the cutting-edge for financial gain
(Walker-Spohn-Delone, 2004, pg. 106). Policing perception would permeate through the
There are two theories that researchers determined in relation between police and
the criminal is the consensus theory and conflict theory (Barkan, 2001). The consensus
theory favors on the side that police officers fairly make rational sound judgments, and is
not based on racial ethnicity biased discretion. In other words, certain segments of the
entire population are polluted with criminal intended behavior (Barkan, 2001, pg. 451).
Meaning that African Americans, Hispanics, and other minority groups chooses to
commit crime. It stems on the ideology that among minorities there is an affluent to
The conflict theory viewed the opposite by determining that minorities such as;
African American, Hispanics, and other minority groups viewed that their treatments by
both the system and policing is treated unfairly (Barkan, 2001, pg. 451). In comparison to
the minority counterparts it has been determined that African Americans are more
probable to be stop, detain, arrested, and perhaps found guilty through their trial than
their white social-counterparts (Barkan, 2001, pg. 451). It is evident through legal
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evidence that minorities are more tempted by police to be considered criminally than
Through this concept it is also evident that policing utilizes as the governmental
system vehicle to target a particular society of racial cultural ethnic groups than in
The police have their allegiance to the political and corporate elites' of society.
Or what organization, group the police have their allegiance is what decides their drive to
performance. With political unrest and intent of political agendas rest on the security and
protection of its’ own police force (Watson, 2002). Historically, policing was mentioned
several times without secrecy as to their behavior through the mainstream media when
The indoctrination the media provides to the public is to cultivate their own
perception as to what they want the public to believe (Watson, 2003). Through this
concept the readers perceptions without any knowing is the propagandize lead by
politicians use to illustrate as actors playing the role of violating the citizens rights is
Policing would enforce the rule that was set forth, because it’s the corporation that
policing has their allegiance (Watson, 2003). With this philosophy in mind provides
careful intent that the population growth must be controlled in order to protect the
interest, and investment of the investors (Watson, 2003). Without the allegiance provided
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by policing could only lead to perhaps police discretionary actions, and perhaps
favoritism, corruption.
Policing must remain a vehicle for the political elite groups, and to enforce the
laws set forth by such political infrastructure without retaliation (Watson, 2002). In other
words, policing main objective is to enforce the law and the militaristic mission assigned
(Watson, 2003).
society. It promises to serve and protect by holding allegiance to defend the Constitution
Rights of the community it deems to serve. On the contrary; the oath of upholding the
law can become confusing when the political means initiate newer laws to enforce, while
suppressing other laws policing has to adhere to those principles (Watson, 2003). When
police officers do not adhere to such rules of their work they maybe force to disciplinary
action, and perhaps termination (Nelson, 2000, pg. 22). Therefore, policing must conform
to the rules, laws that are imbedded in their minds must be enforceable without any
recourse whether or not, and constitutional rights of the individual are questioned.
American society (Watson, 2002). With the increasing number of the population growth,
plus the potential financial risk of caring of such society can become a threat to national
paranoia within the psychological minds of its people by the use of several vehicles of
communication such as; mainstream media, sitcoms, movies so that it can prepare society
for its future role of a new cultural society (Watson, 2002). In other words, policing
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would be the driving enforcing wind that would subdue, control, and monitor the actions,
This is the byproduct of future policing according to Paul Watson once society
enters its new role of the New World Order (2003). Racial segregation would once again
rule and govern the course of society, and policing would ultimately be the enforceable
vehicle to enforce such diabolical laws (Watson, 2003). Ignoring the precise foundational
roots of every American and foreign individuals rights must remain hidden from the
hypnotize, influence the millions of its viewers to remain illiterate and in denial (Watson,
2002).
The British, Russians (Stalin, and Bolsheviks), and American society in the
aftermath of WWII remained in denial even after years of researching that cause the
deaths of millions of innocent Europeans that perished as result to U.S. Allied bombing.
Luckily, those residing in concentration camps survived the horrific allied bombing.
Interesting, NOT one allied bombing hit, nor targeted any concentration camp or I.G.
Farben Facilities that was provided by U.S. and British Banking Systems.
The stench of death did not even move, nor changes those that were still affluent
to the indoctrination of those primarily responsible for the cause of WWII (Watson,
2002).
The relation between these two variables can be either conflicting, or it can work through
cohesiveness on the grounds of secrecy (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 250). The police code of
secrecy is a product of the policing perception on the media, and their investigating
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processes (Keppeler et al, 1995). Policing is always aware on how the media reports the
mannerism or conduct of police activity. Researchers had always questioned such study,
because it can potentially lay a gray area that can produce public disinformation
In the area of hostility between the police and the media is an act of hostility,
biased, and unsupportive that can attribute to functional relationship that would likely
increase police secrecy (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 250). This is one reason why police officer
are refrained from making media releases, public discussion, or commenting on current
criminal investigation in order not to endanger, or hinder the processes (Keppeler, 1995).
This is when the media instituting the concept of censorship of information to the public
(Keppeler, 1995, pg. 250). This also intensifies more on the perception of segregating the
public from policing, by creating the impression of a secret police society (Keppeler,
The secret police society that obtains from both the media, and public is creating a
theme that would help to shape the quality, and structure of the group’s social
intervention. Themes are not always complimentary to one another rather, promotes the
concept of the policing subculture of social isolation and solidarity (Keppeler, 1995, pg.
251). Isolation is an emotional and physical condition that makes it difficult for members
of one social group to have a relationship, and-or interact with members from another
noticeable attribute of the American policing subculture (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 251).
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worldview differently from a normal society, and is within the knowledge of the code of
secrecy (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 250). Social isolation reinforces both the worldview
perspective and ethos. People outside the scope of policing subculture are viewed
well as the officer authority and autonomy (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 251). This is when
officers who are minority perceived there racial and other minority groups in a similar
mindset of a white police officer. This concept of policing is a perception that is already
embedded in our society of how the political infrastructure indoctrinates policing mindset
to target crime within the lower social environments of our society (Keppeler, 1995).
protection against real and perceived danger, loss of personal and professional autonomy,
Policing has a tendency of looking inward to their members for validity and
support (Keppeler, 1995, pg. 251). Through this concept policing often self-impose
Police interaction with the public is played on separate moments such as, policing
getting involved with its citizenry to fight crime, and to reduce the fear of crime within
the community. The media views this concept through governmental perception believing
that too much reduction on the fear of crime is not a normal means, or concept that the
ruling class desires of the lower social economic class (Heath-Gilbert, 1996).
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The mass media the vehicle that political-corporate leadership mindset would
used as a tool to influence the public through the learning behavior process (Heath-
Gilbert, 1996, 379). The age of both the mass media and the age of the fear of crime are
pretty much the same (Heath-Gilbert, 1996, pg. 379). The fear of crime is what easily
influences the publics mind as to how to behave socially within certain of society.
DVD, VHS, that provides society as an educated tools that basis its opinion (Heath-
Gilbert, 1996, pg. 379). In other words, people’s opinions are based on what they see,
reaches the people around the world (Heath-Gilbert, 1996, pg. 379).
The mass media also popularity of crime reenactments television programs, and
the access to more violence via cable, satellite dishes, and other interactive nature of
electronic violent games that are played; Xbox, Playstation that raises concern about
instilling the fear of crime on its users (Heath-Gilbert, 1996, pg. 379). These not only
instill the fear of crime alone, rather intensifies compulsive aggression behavior within
the individual physiology that can reactivate the stimuli of both fear and aggression
(Heath-Gilbert, 1996, pg. 379). In other words; the media that has an arrayed of different
communicating facets associated with either television, internet, radio, can influence the
(Heath-Gilbert, 1996).
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potential danger that would influx the individual’s perception regarding the fear of crime
The media can retain secrecy as much as the reality of non-fiction behind the iron
curtain of the police and governmental corruption (Watson, 2002). Once the media
reveals the corruption of either policing or government it can potentially endanger the
likelihood of certain media organization. For example, the FCC, which is owned by
government, that regulates the control of the major airwaves that it operates in a similar
type fashion as the wealthy elite’s that owns corporation (Heath-Gilbert, 1996, pg. 380).
The social contract theory that Marx argued that people freely and equally joined
in a social contract for the common good, and thus, the law represented a consensus of
the general will (Vold-Bernard-Snipes, 2004). Marx maintained this argument because it
societies (Vold et al, 2004). Social communism is center on the philosophy of Marxism.
Communism resulted in the deaths of millions of White Russia between 1917 through
1953. Quite the contrary, more Russians were sent to the Gulag afterwards, because of
becoming more prevalent in our society. For instance, the concept of the New World
Order, which basis on the ideology of suspending the U.S. Constitution and rights of
Marx views goes on insinuating those with no wealth have no power in the
formation of social control (Vold et al, 2004). In other words, those who represent either
the middle class of society or the lower class CANNOT control what is to be determinant
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truth that would travel through a tunnel-like communication displayed by the media. The
wealthy political-corporate elite is what controls the media, not the masses of society
(Vold et al, 2004). In the western societies the government is what controls crime not the
people therefore; the fear of crime is also controlled (Vold et al, 2004).
comprised of series of ownership that carries a similar interest, secondly the government
is what regulates through what is called the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
http://www.markswatson.com/media.html).
According to the media channel that there nine different entities that
predominately controlled the airwaves, which is the major channel the media uses (Mark
to sizes, such as; Time Warner, Disney, Bertelsmann, Viacom, News Corporation, TCI,
General Electric (owner NBC) (Mark S. Watson Website (2004). Article retrieved on
The interest coined of all nine of these organization mentioned that they have
instituted a monopoly of corporation that are controlled by the majority, and the major
airwaves that is the main source of communication to the masses of society is called the
News and the media (Mark S. Watson Website (2004). Article retrieved on November 24,
controlled these airwaves, and allows the monopolization of such practices performed by
the same entities is a demonstration of the conflict theories (Barkan, 2001). These two
variables (government elites that controls regulation and corporate monopolies) represent
what is called the ruling class, because only the wealthy elite can afford the feasibility
that the FCC charges at such a high rate could afford (Watson, 2004).
In order for any communication to go through the airwaves must have the
affordability to obtained the FCC License; and the masses of society that includes the
middle class, lower economic classes could not afford the feasibility (Watson, 2004).
Therefore, the ruling classes of society have the means to manipulate the lower classes of
airwaves called the media to the masses of society (Barkan et al, 2001).
One of the main agenda that surrounds the political infrastructure, and would
become an opposing threat to this or any society is the ever-growing global population.
Since the end WWII the population occurring in China, Japan and Europe was an almost
surprising alarm to both the political leadership of the United States, as well as, the
leadership in other foreign nations (Watson, 2003). What this has to do with race,
ethnicity and the working class? Is the financial investment that exists within the
With the vast amount of immigrants pouring into the United States shores to
perhaps begin a new life. More immigrants’ means more money needed to be generated
through the Federal Reserve System, and more programs within the welfare system of
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this society (Watson, 2003). However, for the existing African American Community the
goal and intent is to control this existing society. For example, in the early 1980’s the
discovery of the AIDS Virus has been a method to target not only African Americans
within the United States, but also the Homosexual Community (Watson, 2003).
This disease is in fact a man made, but was hidden as a clandestine design to do
within the countries African community which population has vastly grown since WWII
and the amounts of natural resources, such as; oil, gas, minerals, just to name a few that
most American and Foreign Investors have a grave interest (Watson, 2003). Therefore,
by implementing such disease called AIDS its design to eliminate a race, culture, and
help control the ever-growing population. Is this act criminally and genocide? The
answer to this question is yes, with the intent to protect the interest of investors, and
political domination (Miller-Engleberg-Broad, 2001). It has also been determine that this
virus (AIDS) is not curable, and could only occur through acts of reproduction.
Through political means of a liberal party have been the only groups to fund such
research that can perhaps help discover a cure for this disease. With these two elements
could only determine a means to do away two things a particular race which is African,
and to benefit the elite group of scientist claiming to try to discover a cure for this
disease been an incurable attack especially a particular race, and secondly, a particular
society, because historically it has been a target for hatred (Watson, 2002).
Sanger, which she stated; quote “human weeds that is Black people” are experiments
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(Watson, 2003). For example, African American male were used to treat syphilis, by
deliberating avoiding them from taking medications that would cure them. These doctors
experimentally this so-called procedure wanted to see what would be the effects on
syphilis on men (Mark S. Watson Website (2004) Article retrieved on November 19,
experiment this procedure on animals, or other means, but rather on African American
Males.
This type of treatment is an example of what Adolph Hitler would allow his
scientist to experiment on the Jews, Gypsies, and other non-Nazi conformist (Mark S.
gas chambers, by cremating a person that either died of AIDS or other contagious
diseases can effect the ecosystem (Watson, 2003). The rationale behind the crematorium
with concentration camp personnel was utilized because as a result to U.S. Allied
bombing Europeans suffered from lack of food supplies, which resulted in the suffering
Europeans suffered from typhus, which is a disease caused by lice. Once the individual
dies it was recommended to have them cremated, because by burying their love ones in
the ground would only contaminate the water source, which can potentially result is the
spreading of typhus.
Similarities have occurred in our nowadays society. For example, according to the
UCR Index more African Americans have been executed through the use of gas
chambers, and lethal injection (Watson, 2003). Another factor involving both the liberals
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and conservatives is the abortion issue. Abortion and other contraceptive have been used
The mass media would only pose a different argument as to when life begins, by
disguising within Women’s Rights conception as to how they treat their bodies. It’s
amazing on John Ashcroft and President Bush is more concern about suppressing
American Civil Rights without even attempting to suppress the infamous Woe v. Wade
(Watson, 2003).
All this is a prime example of how the education system incorporates through
there save sex throughout its public schools and universities. Therefore, indoctrinating a
living. What the education system has become is a tool to police hatred against race,
cultural ethnicity against a society to better interest the investors of society (Watson,
2003). For example, Margaret Sanger once stated the more African American Mothers
commits an abortion the less of that racial group exist in our society (Watson, 2003).
The governmental concept of the more African Americans children are born it
places a burden to the welfare system, as well a burden to the justice department in
matters involving “child support” (Mark S. Watson Website (2004) Article retrieved on
author of “Planned Parenthood” brought though it has been recently declassified of the
perception of the political infrastructure intent it has against the African American and
minority community (Mark S. Watson Website (2004) Article retrieved on November 19,
has organized was called the “Negro Project”. Which was designed to eliminate to what
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she believed to be an inferior race of people? She quoted; “the means of Negroes
particularly from the south still breed carelessly and disastrously with the result that the
increase among Negroes, even more than among whites is from the patron of the
for birth control (Mark S. Watson Website (2004) Article retrieved on November 19,
concerning to exterminate the Negro population must remain classified (Mark S. Watson
http://www.markswatson.com/popcontrol.htm ).
Ms. Sanger is confident believing that the African American clergymen would
initiate a program to teach their parishioners to use birth control. The information just
provided is a political agenda that is supported by the President of the United States,
senators, corporate giants that would incorporate this concept of teaching to channel
throughout American living rooms, as well as, the educational institution of our society
(Watson, 2003).
It’s apparent that the ghost of Adolph Hitler, Winston Churchill, Stalin, Lenin,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the evil ancestors practice of earlier American
genocidal practices is alive and well; and their shadow still cast a shadow over
Washington DC, and throughout the nation. And, had touch the soils of foreign nations;
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such as, Iraq, China, Indonesia, and other countries within the Continent of Africa just to
name a few. This concept cultivates the ritual practices of why policing and the U.S.
Military has been indoctrinated to attack a particular race and geographical location
where it choices to rage its’ war on drugs (crime), and now Terrorism (Watson, 2003).
Conclusion
become criminally, but that is to be determined by the individual police officer. When the
individual police officer manipulates the law and legal rights of the individual is justified
through the manipulating efforts of a corrupt police officer. The interesting concept is
that policing derived from the public environment however; it would later adapt the
Policing since the early days of its inception developed the adaptation principle,
and methods that derived from England perception of politically controlling the
mainstream society. In fact, this provided the ideology for policing to disassociate or
disorganized socially from the known environment, by adapting the political interest that
favors the wealthy. By favoritism that is won predominately through both the courts and
political, and corporate practices. This research was based on the findings of Edwin
working alongside political elite that violates the essence of individualism of our society.
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The individual within society and the police officer are becoming the byproduct that
Strain theory according to its findings depicts the individual developing anger,
bitter frustration through the inequality method or legal process instituted by white-collar
offenders that would brand society to offend. It is a factual concern that street crime that
has been recognized, and research by criminologist and researchers within the past could
only exist, because of white-collar criminals who run society through deceitful tactics of
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