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The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment and police effectiveness

Random preventive patrol has long been thought of as a fundamental and effective basis of policing -- dating way back to the 13th century when patrolling force was created in Hangchow (Caro 1976: 323).

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Benjamin R. Barber's critique of American educational priorities and investment

America's education system with support from Benjamin R. Barber's essay, America Skips School According to Benjamin R. Barber, "Americans pay lip service to the idea of quality education, but they continue to place a higher value on materialism than on knowledge and civility.

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The long interview as a qualitative research methodology

The interview coordinates a conversation aimed at obtaining desired information. He or she makes the initial contact, schedules the event, designates its location, sets out the ground rules, and then begins to question the interviewee.

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The economic impact of the Iraq war on the U.S. economy

An analysis of the impact of the Iraq war on the U.S. economy can be done through a cost-benefits investigation that will likely show what the potential costs and economic benefits of the action were.

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Gordon Parks' American Gothic and racial representation

The mid-twentieth century saw African-American life undergo tumultuous change. Slaves as they entered the previous century, black Americans were increasingly struggling to achieve pride, identity and a stake in an American that was desperately unequal in its laws and its economy.

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How new information products evolve from problem-solving to profitable business models

The development of new information products that have exceptional growth potential as business models share common traits. The intent of this analysis it to evaluate how these initial discoveries are transformed into viable, long-term and highly profitable business models over time.

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Life lessons in Randy Pausch's last lecture

It is difficult to conceptualize and verbalize those things which should be seen as most important to us in life. This is, of course, a deeply subjective discussion and one highly subject to changes in perspective as one goes through various stages of one's life.

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Ethical frameworks for public policy analysis

Ethics has always been a rather complex word -- or concept, rather -- to understand as, in the past, I have thought that ethics were different depending on the individual; that is, if a person thought that ethics had to do with their feeling of right and wrong or whatever, then that was their…

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Risk management in Islamic and conventional banking institutions

In the contemporary global financial sector, Sharia-compliant financial institutions, like conventional banks and investment houses conducting business in the current international expansion, desire to diversify and spread risk.

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Tactical planning lessons from the Vietnam War and military strategy

I have always perceived myself as an individual with great strengths in the area of practical task orientation. I have a good sense for the most efficient and often the most optimal ways of approaching responsibilities, organizing steps and delegating individual functions.

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