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The abuse of power is a temptation that is succumbed to all too often in both groups; one recent study of an unidentified Midwestern police force found that TASERS had become so effective at subduing resistant suspects and maintaining officer safety that worries arose regarding increased reliance on these devices (DeLone & Thompson 2009). The potential for abuse of TASERS has been well documented in other incidents by the mass emdia; stricter enforcement methods would ensure that officers are less often in situations that warrant their use, and less prone to use them.
The many recent media-noted breaches of corporate ethicality and legality are also evidence of the need for stricter laws in a very different sector of society. The large amount of intertwining between the powerful corporate elite and the law makers (and enforcers, to some degree) has led to a general reduction in law abidance at many companies, and this has had a major effect on the public's right to a free pursuit of happiness (not to mention property, which along with life and liberty Locke thought to be unalienable) (Donaldson 1982). Given that the situation has remained basically unchanged for so long, it is difficult to assess whether or not stricter laws can really have the desired effect at the corporate level. At the same time, it could very well be argued that meaningful legislative reform and truly strict legal controls on corporate behavior have never really been attempted; law enforcement has traditionally been focused on the detection, prevention, and...
This has certainly been the case with the corporate resistance to regulation in many industries, and even with law enforcement's resistance to stricter reviews and standards. In a legalistic society, however, stricter laws can only make the society function more efficiently and more safely for law abiding citizens. The few cases illustrated here barely scratch the surface when it comes to illustrating the need for much stricter laws and crime control.
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