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Crime Reduction Initiatives
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This discussion 'Crime Reduction Initiatives' will examine in what ways the Morgan Report has influenced a change in the direction of criminal law enforcement.... This 1991 report has lead to the extensive modification of not only public opinion but to progressive legislative initiatives.... ... ...
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Women in Corrections
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Women who were guilty of crimes were isolated and at times excluded from the larger society.... Methods of punishing crimes included subjecting criminals to hard labor, transportation e.... Capital punishment was seen by many as inappropriate as a method of punishing all crimes with the exception of murders.... In the year 2008, the Quaker United Nations Office through their publication, “Women in prison” stated that most women inmates all over the world were imprisoned for crimes in drugs and non-violent theft....
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Criminal Justice Trends
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His proof is the focus media have on most violent and random types of crimes in the US.... He argues that crimes do not exist not until they are invented by law makers.... This means that there are still certain crimes that could exist without corresponding action from the criminal judicial system due lack of detailed law regarding them.... One specific example of this is the continuing subjective concerns underlying organized crimes....
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Felons Should Keep Their Rights to Vote after Conviction
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Providing employment opportunities for felons is an important way of reducing the amounts of crimes individuals engage in.... Other categorized of crimes that should be treated with immense attention are those that regard crimes against humanity.... The second reason is to why felons should be allowed depends squarely on the nature and seriousness of the crimes that was committed by each individual.... An example of one of such widespread crimes is a felony....
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Cheating and Plagiarism - Similarities and Differences
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Such behaviour is outside the generally acceptable rules or societal standards of living and the judgment given to the people who are caught on the wrong side of the rules depends on the nature of the offence and the rules of the society.... Thus, the main difference between the two is determined by the nature of the offence where a distinction between academic work and other social aspects are concerned.... Their effects may differ depending on the nature of the crime but there are rules and regulations in place that are meant to lower the cases of cheating and these rule can be applied in order to give proper judgment to the offenders as a way of trying to stop similar situations to happen again in the future for the sake of the communities at large....
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Legal Responsibility of Companies towards the Individuals
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Directors and officers can also be criminally liable as aid and abettors of the company's crimes or of the crimes of their fellow directors. ... The paper 'Legal Responsibility of Companies towards the Individuals' will look at the conviction that the companies inflict in terms of injury and death of the workers they employ and the community at large....
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Legal Responsibility of Companies towards the Individuals
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Directors and officers can also be criminally liable as aid and abettors of the company's crimes or of the crimes of their fellow directors. ... The paper "Legal Responsibility of Companies towards the Individuals" narrates the case Law commission recommended the retention of the manslaughter by gross negligence....
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The State of Nature in Rousseaus Philosophy
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The paper "The State of nature in Rousseaus Philosophy" states that the philosophy of John Stewart Mill is about romantic concepts of individuality and spreading maximum happiness while living in a society without trampling on the rights of others or on restricting others.... Mintz suggests that the concept of the state of nature is about the logical extreme of human society without law.... State of nature refers to the state all men are naturally in....
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A Case for an Intergrated Criminal Court and Against an Independent Juvenile Justice System
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They provide different arguments for a juvenile adaptation of an adult criminal court (Feld, 1999, 298): No longer will the juvenile court be seen as a quasi-judicial court-clinic but, rather, as a real court, administering real justice in its traditional retributive and distributive meanings… [J]uveniles should have to pay for their crimes; but… society has a duty to its young delinquents to help them to gain moral and civic equilibrium....
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Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention in California
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In 1993, Title IV A-Ea was rewritten to take the focus off of suppression and monitoring of juvenile offenders to a focus on family services and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.... Many initiatives were introduced in the State of California during the next decade in an effort to change the entire approach of the juvenile justice system....
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Capital Punishment
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One incident stands out among the rest if only because of the nature – a mass execution of 38 people in Dakota who were convicted of rape and murder during the Dakota war of 1862 (Kronenwetter, 2001).... Nearly every law regarding capital punishment in the past two millennia regard capital punishment as only appropriate for serious crimes, such as murder, treason or political dissent, although there are some examples where the punishment can be used for military crimes such as desertion or refusing national service....
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The Nature of Humor and Laughter in Don Quixote
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The essay intends to trace and to comprehend the subtle interplay of wit, sarcasm and humor inherent in the adventurous plot of the novel Don Quixote and trace out its functions in the plot and the thematic aspect of the novel.... ... ... ... “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha” or popularly titled as “Don Quixote” is one of the most brilliant, impeccable and aesthetic outputs of the Spanish Golden Age....
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Julia as the Only Point of Relief and Contrast against the Horror of the Orwells 1984
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Technically the modern social system appears to contain all these features but while we judge over true nature of our existence, we feel scared to observe our existence amidst inhumanity, moral corruption and mechanism.... Julia is completely independent in nature and at the same time she also like Winston rejects the authority of the system over human existence....
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The Issue of Violence Against Women
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The paper also points out the solutions to the problem and underlines the methods of addressing the situation depending on the nature of the issues. ... In some of the cases the picture is not exclusive as women do not give information of the violence conducted against them and in some cases, the nature of the violence cannot be measures quantitatively.... Therefore, according to Mills, it is a problem of public significance and the methods to deal with the problem has been based according to its nature....
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Competency to stand trial
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ompetence to waive rights and Competence to plead guilty ... hitebread and Slobogin (2000) contend that over 90% of all cases in the United States are resolved by a plea of guilty which by itself contains a waiver of several vital rights that includes rights of being tried by a jury, the right to confront the accusers, and the right to avoid self-incrimination.... However, the competency to stand trial and the competency to plead guilty are not one and the same....
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Racial profiling against american minorities
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Have you ever encountered being stops by the police man because you have violated a traffic rule Maybe to others it is just a common thing to do by the policeman to stop someone who is violating the law.... What if they stopped you because of your color or race and thought that you have committed something Having different color or race is not a criminal act....
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Police Brutality
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The paper 'Police Brutality' states that the nature and aspects of police brutality refer to the idea of using excessive force when it comes to dealing with the civilians.... So long as the people focus on not complying with the laws and resist the police, the use of force will always remain to be part and nature of policing in the society (Roberson 102).... Police BrutalityThe nature and aspects of police brutality refer to the idea of using excessive force when it comes to dealing with the civilians....
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Compare the movie Inside job to the text book 10/31/11
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AIG has been found guilty of conniving with other firms to get insurance policies in lieu of payoffs and also get bids in its favor.... Corporate America has been rocked by many such crimes in the past, such as the Enron and World.... Corporate America has been rocked by many such crimes in the past, such as the Enron and World....
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The Benefits of Technology to Criminals and Law Enforcements
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- Cell phone cameras held by most civilians can snap pictures of crimes in progress and provide valuable evidence to police departments (Horton, 2008).... (Howell, 2010)- The installation of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System has meant that criminals picked up for minor crimes don't get away with bigger ones....
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Human nature and Western civilization
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This essay covers two aspects of things: human nature and the western civilization.... It answers such questions: what human nature and civilization are?... The paper shows how community, family, social class, language and religion are all affecting a person's nature, behavior and how he sees the world, by means of instruction, rewards and punishment, and example.... Human nature and Western Civilization This essay covers two aspects of things: human nature and the western civilization....
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Parole System in Crime and Criminal Justice
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In most cases, offenders on parole face unkind reactions community members who believe that offenders should not be allowed back into the society because they may commit further crimes.... The paper "Parole System in Crime and Criminal Justice" seeks to understand the parole system by discussing its pros and cons....
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Criminal Law: Education for Juveniles in Prison System
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All the laws applying to the two were similar and children were detained in the same prisons as adults, and they were even sentenced to death penalties for some crimes (Griffin, 2008).... Education for Juveniles in Prison System Name Institution Course Date There has been a considerable increase of young people who are held in juvenile correctional centers in the recent past, with statistics showing that by 2004, 100000 youth were being incarcerated on a yearly basis in the United States of America (Thielbar, 2011)....
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Nature of Women Sports Organisations
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nature of women sports organisations Table of contents The theories of sports 4 Problem identification and analysis 5 ment of major problems 6 Evaluation of alternative solutions and recommendations 7 ... There the accessibility of sports for women largely depends upon the position and amount of power given to them by the society....
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The Family Crisis
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owever, with the transformation of traditional family structure, the rate of divorce, teen-age pregnancy, children out of wedlock, martial conflicts, violence, crimes, drug-addiction, psychological disorders among the young, antisocial behaviour and high costs of welfare and health programmes have dramatically increased in the last few years.... ith the dramatic changes in family structure and components, various issues such as, broken families, disturbed childhood, high rate of violence, crimes, domestic conflicts have rapidly emerged....
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The Movie The Thin Blue Line, By Errol Morris
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Comments: Although most convicted criminals are known to pledge their innocence, some of them are actually innocent of the crimes they were sentenced for.... The Adams case is a clear illustration of cases where the innocent are prosecuted while the guilty roam free....
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Impact of Salem Witch Trials on The Crucible
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By this, individuals were forced to confess committing various crimes against the government of the day.... She pleaded innocence but was found guilty and was executed by hanging.... He was found guilty and was executed. ... iles Corey was accused of witchcraft but pleaded not guilty.... The magistrates ruled that she was not guilty but were told to review their decision.... It was an era that was characterized by person being presumed guilty even before a proper trial was carried out, and only confessions of guilt were acceptable....
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Five Categories of Criminal Law Violations
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Examples of crimes under the felony classification are manslaughter, murder, and rape (Sandbar, 2007, p.... This essay "Five Categories of Criminal Law Violations" focuses on crimes in the United States that are broadly classified in two ways: felony and misdemeanor.... crimes in the United States are broadly classified in two ways: felony and misdemeanor.... Offenses and other petty crimes are sub-classifications of misdemeanors....
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The District Attorney
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In the paper 'The District Attorney' the author analyzes the type of evidence that the District Attorney presented.... Meaning, the only evidence offered was the oral statement of the officer.... In fact, the substance found was actually the substance that falls within the statute.... ... ... ... The author states that when the word 'knowingly' is used in a penal statute for controlled substances, case law suggests that it is normally construed to mean knowledge only of the possession of the substance, not of the weight....
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The Robot-Reply and the Definition of Being Human
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From the theme of Mary Shelley's frankenstein, arguably one of the first science fiction novels, the idea of human created intelligence, a sentient being created from the will of human science, has been a continuing fascination (Shelly, Panshin, Panshin, and Cook 162).... frankenstein is significantly distinguishable from human life....
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Criminal Conduct and Social Theories
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Crime is any action or omission that is offensive in nature and may lead to prosecution by the state and is punishable by law.... Criminal Conduct al Affiliation) Introduction Crime is any action or omission that is offensive in nature and may lead to prosecution by the state and is punishable by law.... The labelling theory also makes a contribution to the nature of criminal activities.... Through this, individuals are more prone to commit minor crimes....
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Capital Punishment - Execute Cannot Be Pardoned
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According to Richard Dieter, former Executive Director of Death Penalty Information Center ' Far too often, people are given the death penalty not for committing the worst crimes, but for having the worst lawyers'.... This research paper 'Capital Punishment - Execute Cannot Be Pardoned' examines whether the death penalty should be upheld or replace with life imprisonment, is a controversial issue in the justice system....
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Sturken and Cartwright's Account of Ideological Considerations
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23-24) that this editorial decision necessarily played off of interpretations of skin color that were common amongst American media, in which someone with darker skin tone was more culpable, guilty or evil than someone with lighter skin tone.... Your Name Prof's Name Date Skin Tone, Guilt, and American Meida Time made headlines for all the wrong reasons during the era of the OJ Simpson trial through their questionable decision to darken the athlete/accused murderer's skin tone....
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Bankruptcy Fraud as White-Collar Crime
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The previous sections go on to apply to crimes conducted prior to 22nd October, 1994 -- the date that the Bankruptcy Reform Law started to be used.... The fresh provisions pertain to all crimes that were committed after the commencing date (United States Trustee 23). ... The man was found guilty at trial in February 2013 of suppression of assets (bankruptcy fraud), as well as years of tax evasion....
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The Powers Given to the Police Force and How They Are Applied
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In the UK there has been animosity between the black and Asian origin public since they thing of being stereotyped on the issue of crimes.... The increasing rate of crimes all over the world has left us wondering whether they police force need to be given more powers or the powers should be reduced.... The rate of crimes has been found to lower considerably with the introduction of community policing in the neighborhood.... If they were not guilty of having committed any crime, they may have more negative view of the police force....
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Ultimate Nature Food Project Proposal
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This essay discusses ultimate nature food project proposal.... The Ultimate nature Food is an organic food market company.... The Ultimate nature Food is an organic food market company whose origin is in Brixton.... Ultimate nature Food Project Proposal ... he Ultimate nature Food is an organic food market company whose origin is in Brixton.... The three are the directors of the Ultimate nature Food....
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Nature of an electron
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The nature of wave electrons The particle properties of light were considered to a phenomenon of the wave length in the photoelectric effect, Louis DeBroglie therefore sought to find out whether electrons and other particles may exhibit wave properties.... This became a paradigm for proving the wave nature of any physical phenomenon Debroglie notes that an experiment revealing the occurrence of a super position is called an interference experiment.... In comparison to the power of ten, it was found out that the wavelength of ordinary objects are much smaller to a nucleus and therefore, for ordinary objects, one will never see their wavelength nature and consequently....
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Evidence Is The Basis of Justice
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Section 101 read with section 103 which provides that matter in issue is relevant if the defendant has propensity to commit crimes similar to the one he is charged with except when it is clear that such a propensity is not likely to make him guilty of the offence he is charged with.... Meanwhile, another complainant made a charge that the defendant while on bail awaiting retrial, raped her twice for which the defendant pleaded guilty.... However, this would not help Cullen in the present case as “he pleaded guilty to the charge and so the question of exclusion of evidence did not arise”....
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Why has human trafficking become such a popular crime over the last three decades
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Trafficking in Persons, more so children and women also referred as the Human Trafficking Protocol that complement the 2000 UN Convention that was against Transnational Organized crimes.... Roughly after two decades, the United Kingdom Parliament abolished slave trade early 1807 marked the global onset on fighting the scourge the world is still fighting human, arms and environmental trafficking....
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Identify And Describe One Core Piece Of Australian Legislation
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This is one of the prime reasons why the theory of crime and criminal justice system are in universal nature propounding the same principles.... Law concerns itself with the delinquent behavior of individuals defining social, financial and moral crimes and deterrent for such crimes.... 1971) Common Law JurisdictionsTraditionally, in common law jurisdictions, the criminal justice system which is fair adversarial process, has focused on legal definitions of crime with an emphasis on the evidence on the violations of statutes by an individual and committing crimes and offending such laws....
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The Role of the Auditor and the Board of Directors in the Prevention of Fraud
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Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a misleading, false or deceptive statement to the auditors during their audit shall be guilty of a criminal offence; so is any person who shall delay in complying with requests by auditors for information (CA 2006 secs 499-501).... The paper "The nature of Fraud in Financial Reporting" states that the role of auditors and directors in preventing financial statement fraud.... The Role of the Auditor and the Board of Directors In the Prevention of Fraud Introduction: The nature of fraud in financial reporting The purpose ofthis study is to examine the role of auditors and directors in preventing financial statement fraud....
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Fines as the Most Common Form of Sentencing
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Whereas the old penology theory mainly focused on the establishment of guilt and identification of the individual offender's appropriate treatment, new penology theory accepts the widespread nature of crime.... Community service, on the other hand, aims to enable offenders to pay for their crimes back to the community, specifically by doing for which they get no payment for community groups and organizations and charities (Ashworth, 2012: p43).... With regards to prison, the main aim is for general deterrence for others who may commit similar crimes in the future, while also reducing the likelihood that the offender will commit a similar crime when released....
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Forensic Science(Subject) Study of Forensic Collection and Analysis of Crime Scenes
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The legal system encompasses civil actions and crimes.... Forensic science or rather forensics refers to the application of several disciplines of science in order to provide answers to questions that relate to a particular legal system.... Layton (2001) asserts that a crime scene....
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Prisoner Torture Violates Human Rights
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Therefore, investigation plays a crucial role in detecting and deterring crimes and other unlawful activities from the society.... nvestigation of any crime or unlawful activity is a precursor to bring the guilty to the rule of law and deliver justice.... Human right is granted to every human being, man or woman, rich or poor, adult or child, healthy or sick, educated or not, and in the case under study, prisoner, whether proved guilty or not (Orend, 16)....
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Psychiatric Assessment on Mentally Ill Offenders
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criminal offender considered insane may not be found guilty of a crime due to insanity.... ormally, the maximum penalty for a mother found guilty of infanticide the court considers it as manslaughter or murder and is sentenced for life in prison.... Second, mental condition, which explains the defendants actions of murder and finally, a condition that substantially impaired his or her mental aptitude to either appreciate the nature of their deeds or form a rational decision....
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Solvability Factors
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The following are solvability factors identified in the investigation of crimes such as homicide.... n order to clearly define the nature of solvability factors, it is important to determine first what constitutes a "solved crime.... crimes that are perpetrated at broad daylight or at a time wherein many people are up and about will have a higher solvability due to the possibility of witnesses.... crimes committed in residential areas are more likely to be solved than those committed in non-residential areas (Keppel & Weis, 1994)....
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E-Crime and SMEs: Lush Cosmetics
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"E-Crime and SMEs: Lush Cosmetics" paper focuses on a hacking attack on Lush company which advised its customers, who had placed online orders with it, since 4 October 2010 to communicate with their banks, as there was every possibility that their credit card details had been acquired by the hackers....
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An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of Victim Support
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The organisation is presently experimenting means of motivating more victims to keep in touch with them or report crimes, and aiming at helpless and frequent victims.... "An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of Victim Support" paper analyses how Victim Support deals with the needs and demands of victims; specifically, whether the organization uses an impartial or comparative standard, or whether the delivery of services depends on a mixture of the two ....
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The Gendered Nature of Sexual Harassment
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The review "The Gendered nature of Sexual Harassment" shed light on the gaps to be bridged to better present solid data on the prevalence and etiology of the sexual harassment, as well as other factors surrounding the event, and their stand on the seriousness of the issue of the prevalence of sexual harassment.... Section The Gendered nature of Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment is a controversial issue that has gained ground with regards to creating awareness, expanding research, statistical and theoretical studies, and becoming a part of legislature....
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Violence Against Women
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This paper is based on a very serious issue related to male violence against women that is increasing at a fast pace day by day.... This horrendous issue is among the most brutal violations of human rights and its victims are spread all over the globe.... ... ... ... It is also a fact that young girls are more prone to sexual abuse than older women who are more mature....
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The Commonness of Guns in the United States of America
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The commonness of guns in the United States of America and their subsequent use in committing crimes has made gun control a much contentious and discussed issue.... The commonness of guns in the United States of America and their subsequent use in committing crimes has made gun control a much contentious and discussed issue.... Nonetheless, not all gun crimes can be considered violent crimes: for instance, in an armed robbery where an individual is hurt are criminal but not violent....
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