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D. A. R. E Program Essay

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If you say you have a policy in place or a program set up, it sounds like you have your stuff together. I think that’s what has been done throughout society; they want you to think they have everything figured out and under control. Of course, police officers cannot control everything that goes on in the world, and people can’t get their program that’s been set up to take control. These programs may be considered “ineffective” because it’s not helping everyone, but there may be a small percentage that is being helped that’s why they continue to go forward with the programs or policies. The D.A.R.E Program is a program that has been set up within the schools to teach “students good decision-making skills to help them lead safe and healthy …show more content…

Every day people walk down the street of New York wondering if they are going to be stopped. Paul Butler a law professor at Georgetown University and a former United States Department of Justice prosecutor says that “the problem with stop and frisk is not only that it makes the citizens of New York less free, it also makes them less safe” (Butler, 2012). This brings the feeling of the people in New York to light, as they feel like they are less than others and less free with the ability to them being stopped and searched whenever an officer has a suspicion. Not all officers have the right sense in mind when it comes to their suspicion about someone, because “according to the analysis, just 1.5% of all stop-and-frisk arrests resulted in a jail or prison sentence. Just one in 50 stop-and-frisk arrests, 0.1%, led to a conviction for a violent crime or possession of a weapon. Close to half of all stop-and-frisk arrests did not result in a conviction” (Lee, 2013). The percentages show that officers’ suspicions aren’t always correct and that they may use their own stereotype about someone when they stop and frisk. This policy is ineffective because they don’t have a 100 percent on catching people, and many times officers’ own opinions on someone gets in the way. This policy is kept around for the little percentage it has worked and to give the officers an option to do a stop and frisk if they feel necessary. If this policy

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