Abstract This paper examines the demographic changes in Baltimore from 1980 to 2000, using both qualitative and quantitative methods for data analysis. Information was gathered on sex, age, family median income, race, poverty, level of education, families with SSI income, welfare recipients, and vacant housing.
Contents:
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Race
Gender
Age
Housing
Household Income
Poverty Status
Educational Attainment
Substance Abuse
Racial Segregation
Discussion and Conclusions
From the Paper "For the purposes of the study, race was compared by census tract on the basis of census data for the years 1980, 1990 and 2000. As displayed within Table 1, while comparing whites for 1980, 1990, and 2000, there was an ongoing decrease in the number of whites in the overall population. Within all other races, the population by race continued to increase slightly, with blacks showing the most ongoing growth. Within the other group, in 1990, there was a decrease in numbers; however, the other population almost doubled between 1980 and 2000 in spite of the 1990 decline."
This paper discusses the Supreme Court case "Barron v. Baltimore" which concerned the taking of private property and any protections against this afforded by the Fifth Amendment.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, 2006, $ 26.95
Abstract This paper discusses the Supreme Court case "Barron v. Baltimore" from 1833, decided by the Marshall Court, in which the issue was the applicability of the Fifth Amendment to the states as well as the federal government. The paper analyzes the Supreme Court decision in the case which found that the Fifth Amendment did not apply to the states as well as the federal government. The paper notes that this decision served as precedent for a century before being abandoned in the 1930s and that some thought applied to the entire Bill of Rights.
From the Paper "An early decision regarding the taking of private property and any protections against this afforded by the Fifth Amendment was known as Barron v. Baltimore (32 U.S. 243, 1833). In this case, John Barron was part owner of a wharf in the city of Baltimore. The city was then expanding, and this caused the accumulation of large amounts of sand in the harbor, which deprived parts of the harbor of deep waters needed for certain types of shipping. The accumulation affected Barron and his business adversely, so he sued the city for part of his financial losses. The issue raised was not simply about the financial losses, however, for the case was based on the protections of the Fifth Amendment. According to that amendment, the federal government is prevented from taking private property for public use without just compensation for the owner of that property."
Abstract This research presents a proposal for the development of an HIV/AIDS Center in the Park Heights community of the City of Baltimore. The proposed HIV/AIDS Center focuses on providing service and outreach for African American males. The proposal is developed in three parts (1) a needs assessment (2) current funding/organizational context and (3) program rationale and components.
Outline
Introduction
Purpose
Focus
Presentation Plan
Needs Assessment
Focus
HIV/AIDS
Frequency
At-Risk Populations
Risk Behaviors
Baltimore-Specific Risks
Park Heights-Specific Needs
Current Funding/Organizational Context
Links Between Funds Sources and Proposed Clinic
Links Between Organization and Proposed Clinic
Program Rationale and Components
Model Programs
Educational Roles
Specific Activities
Evaluation
Stakeholder Interviews
References
From the Paper "It would be comforting to assume that in this fourteenth year of the HIV/AIDS crisis that everyone by now is not only aware of the virus, the syndrome, and the disease, but that they also are aware of how the virus is transmitted, what happens to one's physical and emotional systems as AIDS develops, and how to obtain care for oneself or others who are either HIV-positive or are suffering from AIDS. Unfortunately, even at this late date, such is not the case. Thus, this needs assessment begins with a consideration of the knowledge necessary to understand the HIV/AIDS crisis and proceeds to the specific needs of African American males in the Park Heights community."
Abstract This paper examines the mysterious visitor who pays tribute to Edgar Allan Poe at his grave in Westminster Churchyard in Baltimore, Maryland.
From the Paper "Within the weathered brick walls of Westminster Churchyard, at the corner of Fayette and Greene Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, a cold marble shrine marks the final resting place of a tormented soul. 1 In life, he was haunted by torturing memories--memories of wrong and injustice and imputed dishonor and from a sense of some strange, impending doom. In death, his memory endures in the hearts of those who still honor his great literary genius as a poet who eternally searched for supernal beauty in a world filled with poverty and abandonment and produced some of the world's finest tales of the macabre and the supernatural"".
Abstract This paper shows how the rights to due process is an inalienable human right. Various landmark cases are presented to reinforce the statement that "due process" is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution. Includes cases that date back to Barron vs. Baltimore of 1833 all the way to present day court cases.
From the Paper "Due process is a major fabric in the quilt of the United States Constitution. It is an important right, which without it the United States would be similar to other countries that lack the Constitutional protections that we offer. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is a major fabric that is of utmost importance because it places limitations on the government from taking our life, liberty and property without a trial or investigation. Protection of liberty is what the 14th and the 5th amendment is trying to protect based on the natural law traditions. Natural law is the tradition that humans have inalienable rights that cannot be taken by the government or any other entity, public or private. The historical traditions that go back to the days of the Hamurrabi codes have shown that there must be some type of timely manner and notification before the government can take any of your inalienable rights."
Abstract This paper explains that Russell Baker's memoir "Growing Up" begins with his mother's deteriorating health in old age and then flashes back to the times when he was growing up with a widowed, strong-willed mother and a little sister, all struggling to survive during the Great Depression. The author points out that Baker details the strong familial love he grew up with as everyone in the country scrambled to make ends meet and how his family first lived in a rural area in Virginia, then Bellville, New Jersey and later in Baltimore, Maryland. The paper reveals that not until his mother remarried was he able to return to the happiness that large rooms and green vistas seemed to grant him.
From the Paper "Luckily, Baker's uncle moved all of them out to Belleville, New Jersey, and out of the urban grit that so characterized Newark. Belleville was a town of "big grassy lawns and streets canopied with trees" (90). Here, his mother focused her considerable energies on giving her son the best education possibly, making him ahead in school and giving him straight A's. It was also here that he met a group of friends, learned roller-skating and took banjo lessons. But, sadly, his time in Belleville came to an end when his mother moved them all to Baltimore to fund his uncle's lumber company, the lumber company that quickly went out of business."
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses the book "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave". The writer looks at how this book describes the life of Frederick Douglas and discusses his life as a slave. The writer notes the hardships for such a slave, as the son of a black mother and a white master. The writer concludes that the book also describes how Frederick was chosen to go to Baltimore to serve in a household where he was taught how to read and write and he discovered that city slaves had more freedom than plantation slaves. Thus, the writer points out that Frederick's goal to become free was born and the means by which he was able do this was given him, unwittingly, by his Baltimore mistress.
Outline:
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Reference
From the Paper "His mother was a very dark-skinned black lady named Harriet Bailey, but his father was white, probably her master. Frederick was taken away from his mother at about one, and his mother was sent away. He saw her only four or five times more during his life, for short visits in the night, when she would sneak away and come on foot, at great risk, to see him. She died when he was about seven years old, but he was not allowed to be at her side and, since he did not know her, was not emotional upon learning of her illness and death.
Because the master was also his father, Frederick talks about how much harder it is on those slaves sired by the master, because of the master's wife and her jealousies. As a result, the master must be harder on his black sons and Frederick says that the white son might tie up the black son, his half-brother, and whip him, overseen by the man that fathered them both, unless this half-white son is sold away, as he was."
Abstract A short analysis of Anne Tyler's novel "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant", focusing on the character of Jenny Tull and her dual personality in which she treats strangers lovingly and loved ones with distance. The paper presents many quotes to illustrate the writer's arguments.
From the Paper "Anne Tyler's novel Dinner at The Homesick Restaurant brings to life a series of believable characters that we can all relate to, who to some extent remind us of ourselves or of people we have known. Perhaps one of the most vibrant characters in this novel is the lead character's daughter. Through vivid characterization, Jenny Tull is portrayed to the reader as being distant towards the most important people in her life, while at the same time she is highly caring and ambitious towards the more trivial issues that surround her."
From the Paper "This research describes drug use by youths in Maryland. Drugs, for the purpose of this research, are defined as the illegal use of controlled substances. Youths, as the term is used in this research refers to persons under the age of 18 years old and over the age of 11 years old regardless of gender. Within the context of these definitions, tobacco is a drug for purposes of this research. Where possible and appropriate, the geographic emphasis in this research is placed on the Baltimore region.
The Character of Drug Use in American Society
In contemporary American society, the "use of certain substances to ..."
From the Paper "OLD COURT SAVINGS AND LOAN: AN EXAMINATION OF AN S&L FAILURE
Introduction
This research examines the failure of the Old Court Savings and Loan Association of Baltimore, Maryland. The broader focus of this research is one failures of savings and loan (S&L) institutions in the United States in the 1980s. This analysis includes a description and an analysis of the prevailing economic and financial environment within which the failure of the institution occurred, an assessment of asset and debt management at the institution, as well as a review of the problems leading to the institution's failure and the role of the Federal Reserve in the closing of the S&L.
A Description and An Analysis of the Economic and Financial Environment Within Which the.."
Abstract A short review of the breakdown and history of political elections in Maryland, where the trends are due to the demographic make-up of the state. The writer looks at the different voting patterns of counties within the Maryland states and attributes the differences to a number of possible causes including race, population density, social status and class as well as the number of school graduates. The paper presents a number of historical elections to support the facts.
From the Paper "The disparity was not so great in earlier elections. In 1960, both Montgomery County and Baltimore City voted for Kennedy over Nixon, though the vote was much greater for Kennedy in the city than in the county. In 1964, both Montgomery County and Baltimore City voted for Johnson over Goldwater, though again, the Baltimore City was much greater for Johnson at 240,716 to 76,089, while Montgomery County voted for Johnson at 103,113 to 52,544. The Republican registration in the county was higher than in the city, and that has only increased in the years since."
Tags: america, united, states, baltimore, montgomery, democrat, republican
Abstract This paper examines the life of Frederick Douglass and how his personal experiences illustrate 19th century American race relations. The paper also looks at whether or not Douglass's life was typical or exceptional and what legacy he may have left for subsequent generations of Americans.
From the Paper "Frederick Douglass often presented his life as typical. The narrative structure he applied to his own literary efforts as well as his efforts as a speaker and as a lecturer suggested that his life was normative and comparable to many an American slave's life. Its horrors were used as proof of the evils of slavery and Douglass? lust for freedom was seen as proof of the typical desire to be free that existed in the heart of every man, including every enslaved Black man"s. Other slavery narratives of Douglass" day were popular in the literary consumption of much of the North and Douglass? own autobiography made use of many similar narrative and metaphorical resonance present in these narratives."
Tags: abolition, northern, listeners, ex-slave, autobiographical, slavery, fells, point, baltimore
Abstract Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall was the grandson of a slave. His father, William Marshall, instilled in him an appreciation for the United States Constitution and the rule of law from an innocent age. This paper covers the life and accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall, one of America's most influential and recognized justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The paper includes a picture of Marshall.
From the Paper "In 1930, he applied to the University of Maryland Law School, but was denied admission because of his unavoidable African- American status. This was an event that was to haunt him and direct his future professional life. Thurgood sought admission and was accepted at the Howard University Law School that same year and came under the immediate influence of the dynamic new dean, Charles Hamilton Houston, who instilled in all of his students the desire to apply the tenets of the Constitution to all Americans."
Tags: african, american, leadership, sociology, racism, individual, rights
Abstract This paper is an extensive literature review that shows that community policing initiatives have become increasingly popular in recent years and are now in place in the vast majority of American cities. It points out that the impact of these programs has been difficult to assess; but the fact remains that, in 1980, the United States clearly led the Western world in overall crime and ranked particularly high in property crime; however, since the implementation of community policing programs across the country, statistics have shown a marked decline in U.S. property crime. It also discusses how the research indicates that, despite their many success, community policing programs have experienced a wide range of internal and external obstacles and constraints to their implementation that continue to plague many such efforts today.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Review of the Literature
Background and Overview
Community Policing Programs - What Are They?
Constraints to Implementation
Current and Future Trends
Recommendations and Supporting Rationale
Chiefs' Support
The Liaison Officer
The Survey
Officer Training
Current Community Policing Programs
Dearborn Security Network, Dearborn Police Department, Dearborn, Michigan
PRIDE, Southfield Police Department, Southfield, Michigan
Downtown Detroit Security Executive Council (DDSEC), Detroit Police Department (DPD)
Annual Update Seminar on Security and Crime Prevention, Detroit Chapter of American Society for Industrial Security, (ASIS) and the DPD
Baltimore County Police Department and Private Security Association
Area Police/Private Security Liaison (APPL), New York City Police Department (NYPD)
Conclusion
From the Paper "The goals and methods of community policing are comparable to those of community development planning; for example, both activities are designed to foster stable, healthy neighborhoods, and both attempt to involve community residents in these improvement efforts. As a result, urban planners and community police officers are increasingly being required to work together in order to maximize their impacts and to take advantage of the perspectives and skills that each profession brings to the task of improving living conditions in a community's neighborhoods."
Tags: obstacles, property-crime, residents, urban-planners, training
A review of the debate surrounding Dubai Ports World running ports in New York and New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Miami, Florida and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Abstract This paper takes a look at the agreement between the USA and UAE to allow the Dubai Ports World to run key U.S. seaports. The paper reports that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), approved the deal on January 17, 2006 after DP World gave assurances that employee lists and other information would be made available.
Outline:
The Debate
The Fight for Ports
History and Background
The Role of Dubai
Dubai Ports
What's The Problem
Conclusion and Final Thoughts
From the Paper "According to the US government Dubai is a major shipping hub with a large free-trade zone. What makes this place so interesting is its close proximity to countries of concern in the US; countries on the "weapons of mass destruction" side. Logistically Dubai is only 100 miles of he southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The US has a vested interest in keeping commodities that can be used for nuclear triggers out of trade. Some of these dual use commodities are gas monitors and software. Traders of these products are able to mark up products by 40%, whether the sale is legal or not. When the US found out that American made spark gaps and high speed medical device switches that are used to break up kidney stones were being shipped to end users in Dubai, the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) , they knew an issue for debate was on the table. At the UAE, trading activity accounts for the biggest single chunk (16.5%) of a $20 billion economy and has become a favorite diversion point on the Persian Gulf for unlikely cargo. With no export controls and hardly any legislative bureaucracy this free zone presents an excellent cover for , airports and free smugglers hoping to bypass U.S. embargoes."
Tags: smuggling, trade, development, intelligence, agencies, al-Qaeda, terrorists, U.S., Navy
