Category: Law 2955
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Improving Legitimacy in Community-Based Corrections
Table of Contents Description of the news story Issues related to Probation New Information Works Cited Description of the news story It is noted that law enforcement agencies cannot be present in all places to reform the accused or the convicts (DaGrossa, 2014). In this situation, criminal justice agencies need to depend on the community-based…
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Aileen Wuornos Life and Crimes
The Life of Aileen Wuornos Wuornos, whose national identification name was Aileen Carol Pittman, was born on 29th February 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. Diana Wuornos, Aileens Finnish-American mother, was born in 1939 and married Leo Dale Pittman, Aileens English-American dad when she was fourteen years old. Leo Dale Pittman was sixteen years old at the…
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Understanding Criminal Law Concepts
People tend to confuse robbery and stealing because both delinquencies involve the unlawful taking of another persons property. The difference between these crimes is articulated in their definitions, although the two share several attributes. The term stealing is applied when ones property is taken from them without their consent, usually in their absence (Samaha, 2017).…
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English Law: Principles, Impacts, Areas
Main Principles that Underpin the English Contract Law The English law of contract is a product of common law. It started as a tradition by the English people and was later codified into laws. The law of contract has basic traits that distinguish it from any other law in other jurisdictions. Any discussion on the…
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The Boston Model in a Business
A major component of the Boston Model pertains to operating on the principles of partnership, problem-solving and prevention (BPD, 1995). The prime objective was to enhance the quality of living by focusing on the future of citizens security and the criminal justice systems. The Boston Police Department is aware that crime amongst youth and specifically…
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US Legislation in Practices of Medical Institutions: Anti-Trust Laws
The policies and practices of medical institutions are governed by the same laws as other private businesses or enterprises. The US legislation explicitly prohibits the activities which may result in monopolization of the market: there are several statutes aimed to ensure fair competition among the medical agencies. Among them we can single out the following…
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The Truth about Mass Murders. The Study on Mass Killers
President Trumps declaration that mass killers are mentally ill monsters is both convenient and misleading. The heinous acts of such people could be out of a psychotic disorder or uncontrolled anger. The study on mass killers indicates that only 20% of individuals had psychotic illness, and the other 80% had no such conditions and were…
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Sex Offenders: Does Rehabilitation Work and How Is Recidivism Affected?
Table of Contents Discussion Conclusions Recommendations Reference List Discussion The study investigated the chances of recidivism among sex criminals even after rehabilitation and found that irrespective of the rehabilitation program a convict went through while in prison very many other factors came to play for example the age of the victim, gender, race, ethnicity among…
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Ghost From the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence by Karr-Morse
Introduction Juvenile delinquency has been discussed thoroughly in the United States in the last decades. There have been several notorious cases of juvenile crime in the history of this country. Some of the most famous of them are the high school shooting in the small town of Columbine and the shooting in a university in…
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Plea Bargaining in the United States v. Ruiz Case
Introduction Plea bargaining is a form of agreement in a criminal case; the prosecutor usually gives the defendant a chance to plead guilty since there are possibilities that if the defendant claims guilty to the crime, he may be granted a less charge than a maximum sentence (Kelly, 2004). Discussion The immigration department had found…