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Introduction It is important to note that the concept of vicarious liability is a form of indirect or secondary liability. The format is mainly utilized when a party needs to be held financially accountable for the actions or negligence of another party. Such a legal framework is primarily applied for...
Introduction The case Riley v. California investigated by the Supreme Court in 2014 is an excellent example of the unacceptable actions of police officers in investigating crimes. They were related to receiving access to private information, which is one of the most controversial provisions in terms of suitable measures. Therefore,...
Probably, none of the important and controversial policies can be implemented without the participation of the country’s chief executive. For this reason, it is crucial to analyze which official and nonofficial tools a president of the United States can use to influence the policy regarding the legality of abortion. On...
Looking at the question above closer, one will note the absence of the obvious need to quantify the outcomes to provide the answer to it. Indeed, in its nature, the research question appears to be rooted in examining the phenomenon at hand rather than establishing a quantitative relation between it...
Executive Summary Research has shown that the US war on drugs that was instituted by President Nixon has failed immensely. The program involved the enactment of laws and policies that were projected to solve the crisis through harsh punishments and other coercive measures. Since its implementation, the drug problem has...
Law enforcement agencies play an essential role in maintaining law and order in any state. Legal proceedings are the only mechanism for the implementation of legislation that ensures the prevention of crime. The power exercised by law enforcement officials is a powerful tool for the performance of government functions. However,...
The problem of shooting in schools is now becoming more and more prominent. Dozens of students die every year in mass shootings in educational institutions. At the same time, the public is wondering about the work of rescuers and freedom of information. This also includes free access to 911 audio...
Although criminal profiling as a scientifically based method is relatively young, the idea of identifying most likely offenders based on personality traits goes centuries back. In the Middle Ages, as well as the early Modern period, investigators used crude methods similar to profiling in intent to accuse certain people or...
There are different views on the issue of treatment of status offenders. One group of specialists believe that status offenders need to be treated similarly to delinquents. This reasoning is based on the assumption that at-risk youth tend to have drug problems and are highly likely to become delinquents as...
President George W.Bush enacted the No Child Left behind (NCLB) aimed at students who came from a poor backgrounds receiving a quality education. Its primary purpose was to provide funding to schools, and in return, schools would focus on the student’s progress. The law stated that there would be an...
The Pitch Letter To Zach, I have been following the stories you cover, and I must say they inspire a lot as they always address emerging issues affecting society and give possible solutions to the problems. As a New York resident, I thought you would like to join me as...
Numerous celebrities were accused of crimes they have never committed and some of them are still expecting a verdict. One such case is about Julius Jones, a former American football player. Being held in solitary confinement for almost 20 years, he was proven to be innocent just a moment before...
As in any society founded on a solid legal basis, laws have paramount importance in the American political system. The legislative process on the federal level is meant to ensure that every bill receives proper consideration in both Congress chambers before being passed. While the process mostly – and unsurprisingly...
Case Name Ontario Public Service Employees Union v. Art Gallery of Ontario, 2011 CanLII 25215 (ON LRB) Date of Decision May 05, 2011. Adjudicator(s) Patrick Kelly, Vice-Chair, and Board Members P. LeMay and S. McManus. Facts [1] The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is an influential art and education center...
Urbanization moved more than half of the global population to the cities, and homeland security measures and regulations must maintain a safe and healthy society in crowded areas. Kendall (2020) claims that “poverty, crime, racism, sexism, homelessness, inadequate public school systems, alcoholism and other drug abuse, gangs and guns, and...
Introduction Juvenile delinquency is one of the major concerns of contemporary society. A significant number of young people involved in crime signalizes the need for action and measures to improve the situation. The scope of the question is substantial, and multiple relevant topics can be discussed; however, the major purpose...
The article describes the trial of a young man who shot and killed two people last year during the Black Lives Matter protests. Notably, 18 years old Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted in court despite fatally shooting two men and injuring one (BBC, 2021). A former police youth cadet, Kyle Rittenhouse,...
Introduction Over the last several years, the imprisonment rate in the United States has been increased rapidly. Moreover, the number of people with mental illnesses grew respectively (Beach, 2016). A tremendous number of people who found themselves locked up turned out to be young black men without education (Ulmer &...
First and foremost, prisonization is the process of limitation of personal freedom due to criminal activity. To be more specific, it is a measure of punishment for the individual who made significant harm to society. While some people claim that prison is a great method of resolving social inequality between...
Section 728(4)(b) of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance outlines the legal limits for Hong Kong companies to conduct their businesses. The directors of any given company in Hong Kong owe a fiduciary responsibility under the position they serve. These leaders must perform their duties diligently, demonstrating the highest level of...
The concerning number of veterans in the justice system has caused many heated debates around their special treatment. It is essential to understand the underlying causes to assess the necessity to provide help with their reintegration into society. Nonetheless, not all people agree on the need to give veterans more...
Introduction The task of establishing the equality of all people in the United States is a complex initiative, which frequently relies on the so-called natural rights of men. These ideas are separate from the laws or customs of the country and, consequently, should be discussed in order to grasp their...
Introduction The level of criminality in the United States is impacted by various factors such as class, gender, and racial differences. Traditionally, the female genders have had a lower likelihood of committing violence compared to men and that pattern has remained until today (Fielding-Miller et al., 2020). There has also...
The Danger of an Incident The horrific disaster at the Foundation Food Group factory rocked the whole world, leaving no one indifferent. The event took the lives of several workers and made everyone think about safety precautions. The nitrogen leak occurred at the beginning of the shift and was caused...
Firearms can be a means of attack and defense, which in both cases can lead to the death of people. At the same time, there is no definite evidence that allowing the carrying of weapons for defense reduces or increases the safety of the population and the number of attacks...
To begin with, the given examples show how adult drivers make rather rash or thoughtless decisions that cause harm and injury to their loved ones. Clearly, children suffer great trauma because of the reckless behavior of supposedly mature adults. In some cases, a father drives a car incautiously after drinking...
Criminological Theory Punishment as a Deterrent to Crime There has been a dramatic increase in the incarceration rates of state and federal. The results are harsher sentencing policies and more punitive laws leading to over 2.3 million fugitives in national jails and prisons. The United States has the leading incarceration...
Introduction India is one of the countries with the largest population in the world. As a result, the country is prone to numerous crimes that may require a strong justice system to ensure that law and order are maintained throughout the country. The country has a rich criminal justice system,...
Proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution is a complex and time-consuming process, but there are crucial opportunities for improving the country’s supreme law. At the moment, with its natural-born-citizen-clause, the law outlines specific criteria for candidates for the presidency. If I could propose one amendment to the supreme law, it...
An analysis is made of the legislation of countries regulating the procedure for determining the maternity and paternity of children conceived through the use of assisted reproductive technologies. The features of the legal regime of donors of genetic material, the conditions and procedure for the use of cryopreserved embryos are...
Introduction CBRN is an abbreviation for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) chemicals or devices used maliciously with the goal to inflict substantial injury or damage. According to Singh et al. (2016), “the global threat of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) disaster is an important priority for all...
Bill Information The Lower Healthcare Costs Act of 2019 is a bipartisan healthcare bill introduced by Lamar Alexander, Tennessee senior senator of the Republican Party, in June 2019. The bill seeks to resolve some of the major issues associated with healthcare out-of-pocket payments and potentially create a degree of consensus...
Introduction The necessity for a coordinated disaster response system was highlighted by forest fires. The devastating wildfires that scorched southern California in the 1970s highlighted a slew of intergovernmental and interagency collaboration and communication issues (Chang, 2017). As a result, workers of various forest fire groups, the majority of whom...
Introduction The United States government has primarily invested in the criminal justice system to improve security in the country. However, various issues have been experienced in law enforcement, leading to multiple controversial discussions. One of the significant issues that have led to heated debates in America is the increased number...
As one of the methods of ADL (alternative dispute resolution), mediation allows people to resolve the issue without litigation, so they have more power over the process. Although mediation is often used in disputes in business, such as in the relationship between business and customer or between employee and employer,...
Supporters of the Constitution often appeal to the rights that this document bestows and protects. However, there is doubt as to whose interests the Framers are so furiously promoting. As noted by Richard Henry Lee (1788a), the clauses of the Constitution are based more on the monarchic sentiments of the...
In Canada, the Indigenous Peoples Act refers to the indigenous peoples and groups’ legal traditions, customs, and practices. Canadian indigenous law provides for certain constitutionally recognized rights to land and traditional customs. Lee Maracle’s novel Celia’s Song looks at the settler-colonial context from the standpoint of an Indigenous community. These...
From my perspective, law enforcement of the drug business on the demand side would not be an effective method of reducing the market. As it was explained by Cook (2017), the criminal market is formed according to «net return per offense,» an analog of price, which increases accordingly to the...
Introduction This contract was drafted by (*name of subcontractor and their address) (subcontractor), among (*name of general contractor and their address) (general contractor) and (*name of the homeowner and their address) (homeowner). Collectively, they will be addressed as “parties” and “party” individually. All parties involved shall only sign this contract...
The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments of the US constitution are the most important ones that brought equality to American society. According to Kay, those three amendments abolished slavery, provided the security of the civil rights of the freed slaves, and hindered society from denying the vote on race (249)....
Bargués-Pedreny, Pol, and Jessica Schmidt. “Learning to be Postmodern in an All Too Modern World: “Whatever Action” in International Climate Change Imaginaries.” Global Society 33, no. 1 (2019): 45-65. The article by Bargués-Pedreny and Schmidt aims to identify the existing contradictions in climate regulation issues. In particular, the study is...
The issue of racial disparity in the criminal justice system remains a topical one. 64% of the charged youth are people of color, which contrasts with their demographic redistribution (Dragomir & Tadros, 2020, p. 63). Thus, the situation begs the question of whether certain preconceptions make police officers apprehend non-white...
Indeed, under the chapter 11 definition, a contract is a promise or set of promises between two agreeing parties. The contract needs to be agreed by both parties, with an exchangeable trade, services, or money as the central focus. In short, a contract needs to have something of value to...
Healthcare policies are concerned with the quality and quantity of care citizens receive, with most of the funding typically coming from the taxpayers. The USA does not currently have public healthcare, although this is often criticized by the supporters of free medical care for all. In 2010, President Barack Obama...
Miranda Warning Rights The United States Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to be able to defend themselves with the help of a professional lawyer and self-incrimination. It is important to note that Miranda rights are a mandate imposed on law enforcement to explicitly state one’s rights to remain silent...
Introduction Crime has become one of the significant issues in the modern world. For instance, the United States has experienced various cases of gun violence in many states. Moreover, people have lost their lives due to gunshots, including mass shootings in educational institutions. Watertown, New York, has also experienced gun...
Abstract There are various and numerous types of criminal activities in our societies in this modern world. Some crimes are intentional, while others are accidental. Crime refers to an action, which is offensive, and the offenders face punishment through law when found guilty (Jewkes & Linnemann, 2017). On Jun 28th,...
Abstract The issue of sex offences public perception and legislation is highly debatable and controversial. Even though there are comprehensive legal frameworks designed to provide fair trial and punishment for sex offenders in Canada, the penalties are frequently mild, and the legislation itself is not adapted to the modern paradigm....
Case Summary The court case focuses on three groups of plaintiffs who are suing General Motors for a critical defect in ignition switches that could shut off the ignition, disabling steering, breaks, and airbags even in the middle of driving. However, the issue at hand is that due to the...
Information technologies are all around today and provide people with possibilities that were unthinkable mere decades ago, such as near-instant communication, remote education, or online shopping. Yet this progress comes at a price because these technologies are also extremely pervasive and penetrate nearly every aspect of modern life. An important...
Crummett, D., & Swenson, P. (2019). Gun control, the right to self-defense, and reasonable beneficence to all. Ergo, an Open Access Journal of Philosophy, 6, 1035-1056. (Journal Article). The article assesses the propriety of a gun ban with respect to a constitutional right to self-defense. The conclusion is that gun...
Introduction Gun rights in the US have at the middle of debates for several years since the issue has affected many families in the US. According to research conducted by Oraka et al., about 200 to 250 million firearms are circulating privately, and out of four Americans, one individual owned...
Introduction Tricare is a health care program for the military and other security forces in the United States. Tricare serves both active military personnel and military retirees, military families, and some reserve members (Tricare – Health Plans, 2021). This civilian program is administered by the United States Department of Health...
Workplace accidents are inevitable even with all precaution measures introduced, which is why placing the focus on workers’ safety should be one of legislators’ primary concerns. However, as the Triangle Factory incident has shown, imperfections in current safety policies are identified and the respective changes are introduced only after a...
Introduction Federalism is a state system that makes a territory affected by two levels of government: central and local. Unlike a unitary state government, where the central government decides every law and its implementation, a federalist country allows a certain level of independence for the local administration. The United States...
Abstract This discourse interrogates the effects that the war on drugs in the US has had on the Latino community, including the link to mass incarceration and the role of stereotypes in the anti-drugs efforts. It focuses on both the positive and the negative impacts but finds that the latter...
The problem of juvenile delinquency has been growing in scale all over the world. Especially when it comes to groups and gangs, juvenile criminals are becoming more mobile, and their crimes are more severe and cruel. Adolescence is a turning point in the development of a child, the transition from...
The main task of the theory of state and law in studying torts in society is to reveal the social essence of this phenomenon. To analyze its social meaning, it is necessary, first of all, to know what a tort is. Torts are inextricably linked with the law, which regulates...
In western nations predominantly, judicial policies have recently attracted interest from several quarters, including social, economic, and political forces that seek to have a bearing on the penal instruments. Since the economic downturn in the 1970s that led to unstable employment forms, increasing unemployment rates, and recession, much of the...
The influence of work processors on the juvenile justice system is a crucial factor in criminal management. All the workers frequently communicating with the agency’s clientele are regarded as work processors, for instance, members of the police force (Stojkovic et al., 2014). Such individuals can transition into “street-level bureaucrats” to...
Behavioral issues are not commonly accepted types of disorder. People may display negative behavior at any point in their lives or make a judgmental error. However, behavior issues have a consistent pattern throughout a person’s life. Many theories may explain behavior issues. Although, in criminology, three different categories of theories...
In modern society, there are several different legal concepts applicable to various situations. This essay will analyze tort law and contract law and their similarities and differences. To begin with, it is necessary to define both concepts. A tort is an offense that causes damage to society, the state, or...
In the United States, the legal system is much more evolved and has seen the implementation of laws that have ensured the protection of workers from human rights and labor laws violations. However, the same does not apply to many other countries where human rights and labor law violations are...
These days, more and more companies gain a competitive advantage in the market due to their innovations and implementations of them in people’s lives. When doing this, the company’s management does not forget to prevent their developments from being stolen by competitors. Consequently, there was invented a universal way of...
Often, investigators rely on the testimony of eyewitnesses, and they give compelling testimony from a legal point of view. There are cases when eyewitnesses attribute details, events, and actions that did not happen at all. Here, the human factor plays an important role; that is, sometimes it happens that eyewitnesses...
Collective bargaining is the process aiming to solve workplace issues and gain influence to address concerns regarding terms of employment, such as pay, hours, leave, benefits, safety policies, and other essential aspects. A collective bargaining agreement (CBA) refers to a labor contract signed by an employer and a union that...
As technology advances, the number of those who commit computer crimes also increases. These ushers in a new era of crimes, which differ from old crimes, cannot be formally defined. It is becoming an increasing hazard to society, and it is produced by criminals or irresponsible persons who take advantage...
Introduction Workers feel comfortable and motivated when they are treated equally, and their safety is ensured. This means that managers should show determination in addressing issues affecting their workers by treating everyone fairly without discrimination. It becomes difficult for workers to achieve their objectives when working with unfavorable company policies...
The selection of the new members of the Court is a complicated process that includes confirmation procedures from the President and the Senate. Usually, the President nominates candidates for these positions, and both Executive and Legislative Branches of the federal government participate in the vote. Consequently, the candidates who obtained...
Introduction Along with the development of mankind in all its stages there have been important events in the form of wars, revolutions, scientific discoveries or religious movements. Historically important events have involved both changes in society and the human worldview, as well as specific historical individuals. However, the person who...
One of the present applications of technology in criminal justice is the development of big data. It allows law enforcement agents to utilize fingerprints and DNA to spot crime trends and take necessary action. The quick transition toward the National Incident-Based Reporting System highlighted the crucial role of technology in...
Abstract As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals experienced serious health problems and had to undergo treatment. Yet, apart from the risks to people’s physical wellbeing, the virus also jeopardized the sustainability of world economies. In the United States, due to business activity restrictions and social distancing orders,...
Introduction The essay presents a summary of my interview with my neighbor on the criminal justice, race, and ethnicity topic. As our opinions on the subject differ vastly, it creates a broad field for discussion. Additionally, my neighbor has real-life experience and likes discussing his past, therefore, his viewpoint on...
The US Constitution’s First Amendment Clause embodies was adopted in 1791, together with the other amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights (Trager et al. 62). Brief Overview of the First Amendment The First Amendment establishes broad and diverse constitutional safeguards for all Americans. Its provisions guarantee every US Citizen’s...
American legislation allows bails in some cases that do not put society in danger. However, this system is often criticized for wealth bias and putting criminals back on the streets. Therefore, former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo proposed eliminating money bail in 2019, and the law became effective in...
Crime is a dynamic phenomenon that evolves over time and through cultures. Biological theories of crime assume that certain people are biologically different from non-criminals and are thus “born criminals.” Criminals and non-criminals are said to have inherent variations, according to trait theories (Walter & Ilan, 2017). These distinctions can...
The current hypothetical scenario involves the contract between Ed and Becky concerning the building of the house. However, Becky has sought legal advice after signing a new deal and wants to cancel it. To establish whether the contract may be rescinded or declared void, it is necessary to provide sufficient...
The most useful law associated with homeland security is the Homeland Security Act of 2002. It established the primary mission of the newly created Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The main objectives included reducing the vulnerability of the United States to various domestic and foreign security threats as well as...
The American justice system is based on the Constitution of the US that preaches freedom, independence, and the governmental protection of its citizens’ well-being. Further, some other liberties and rights are made to protect the victim and the defendant from any injustice. However, I cannot agree that the present American...
Ahmad, Sk Ehtesham Uddin. “Colonial Reshaping of Criminal Law Before the Code of 1860.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 73 (2012): 553-62. The article by Ahmad focuses on assessing the criminal law in India from the 17th to the 19th centuries under the British Crown. Particular attention is paid...
First, self-defense can be determined through the perfect or perfect defense, depending on what the attack will cause. The attacker can cause death or severe injuries to the body of the person being attacked or even consequently end up causing severe emotional damage to the people involved. At times, the...
Introduction Healthcare professionals operate within the dictates of various laws that impose certain obligations arising from their work and interactions. Doherty and Purtilo (2016) explain that regulations delineate the conditions under which hospitals, doctors, nurses, and administrators acquire the privilege to practice. Consequently, they are vulnerable to both personal and...
The Affordable Care Act has established itself as one of the pillars of the healthcare system of the United States for a long time. Since its introduction, the ACA has had a direct positive impact on health insurance coverage in this country. From one perspective, it improved the access to...
The author of the “The Bill of Rights: Creation and reconstruction” is a professor of Constitutional law who has numerous publications on the topic. Both parties invite him to testify before Congress, so biases in that aspect are unlikely, although he may pursue the abolitionist agenda, considering the book’s angle....
Introduction The growth in the international economy relies on technological innovations that fuel intellectual property (IP) development, innovation, research, and intellectual capital development. The reliance on IP has become the most valuable responsibility where organizations can potentially invest. In the past, the United States has been the universal leader in...
The bill SB 74: COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers, sponsored by Jeff Brandes, a senator from Florida and the representative of the Republican Party, and accepted as a health policy on February 10, 2021, addresses the legislative procedure for civil actions on the basis of COVID-19-related claims against health...
The billing error is any possible mistake in the invoice resulting from a vendor error. For instance, the company could incorrectly add a debt amount or overlook a credit it should have included by accident. In such a case, the consumer does not have to pay for the company’s mistakes...
Based on the legal principle of “separate but equal,” the Jim Crow laws disseminated institutional discrimination across all socio-economic aspects of black people’s lives. The US legal system institutionalized racial segregation against African-Americans in transportation, education, housing, public facilities, and more. Although currently, such laws do not exist, black communities...
Introduction Tim O’Shea is employed full-time at Everett High School in Everett, Massachusetts, where he performs his duty as the Director of Security. Simultaneously, he works as a part-time detail police officer. At his main workplace, Tim O’Shea earned $110,000 during the last year, whereas his annual part-time salary amounted...
The article “Prosecutors allege persistent heating oil fraud in New York City” by Benjamin Mueller established illegal activities by nine companies within the city, which defrauded customer’s money and destroyed both buildings and the environment. The authorities revealed that nine companies dealing in oil pumped air in fuel tanks and...
The murder of Travis Alexander was a shock for many because the victim was found stabbed and with a gunshot wound to his head in the shower of his house in Mesa, Arizona. The investigation process focused on Jodi Arias, Travis’s ex-girlfriend, as the main suspect. Initially, Jodi claimed that...
Modern correctional institutions indeed need significant changes. Now prisons and colonies are overcrowded, while not all criminals leave these places better than they were before committing crimes. On the contrary, prison culture often educates people who are even more full of hatred and desire to do evil. Therefore, first, it...
The country’s official penal code (link 2) does not address the concept of dharma, but immoral intentions are mentioned in Section 372 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) concerned with selling minors into sex slavery or for any other “immoral” purposes. Truthfulness, another component of sadharanadharma, is emphasized in Section...
Ensuring safety and security for all citizens is the key priority of state authorities, which is why preventing crime remains a crucial item on the political agenda. However, the recent suggestion concerning DNA-based identification of convicts may spark controversy due to its possible ethical ramifications. In his 2006 article, Danny...
Introduction To address a specific complicated issue, every country attempts to elaborate relevant policy intended at forming the maximum possible amount of material and labor resources. In this context, the US federal government’s containment measures regarding COVID‑19 produced an ambiguous effect on the national economy and well-being, costing billions of...
Decision Making From the Brethren, Justice Powel as a judge was among the jurists; he interviewed in person. Powell had a file called The Book that people thought was the primary source of Woodward’s content in The Brethren (Armstrong, 2021). The file was supposed to be a secret because it...
Informed consent is an authorized guideline, which safeguards a client’s right to recognize the possible threats, benefits, and options for an anticipated health care practice (De-Lusignan, 2008). Every patient should be consent before receiving therapy. Similarly, patients have a right to expect the doctors to abide by their wishes. Informed...
Demographics of the Juvenile Offenders A person who has not attained 18 years is referred to by the law as a juvenile. An immature offender is an adolescent who participates in unlawful behavior before reaching the constitutional stage of the common. The statistics showed that the number of juvenile males...
The concepts of power and authority are often used interchangeably, but such an approach does not allow properly understanding their nature. Therefore, it is critical to distinguish between these phenomena, which promote the awareness of the process of power acquisition in justice organizations. As noted by Stojkovic et al. (2015),...
The recent crime case involves a 15-year-old murdered, Ms. Alyssa Bustamante, who was convicted of killing her 9-year-old neighbor, Ms. Elizabeth Olten. A victim was severely stabbed in the deep and dense wood separating their houses in Missouri. Such an overwhelming criminal case implies the elements of both age and...
Abstract The importance of labor laws in shaping today’s working environment is significant. These laws help to establish how employers treat their staff and stop the former from exploiting their workforce. This paper analyzes the ways different labor laws are applied within organizations around the world with a comparison of...
Gang violence is one of the most common types of crime, as well as one of the most difficult ones to handle. Due to the institutionalization of gangs in a range of countries, as well as the well-developed infrastructure within said gangs, addressing the problem of gang violence becomes especially...
Summary A tort is a civil breach that results from trespass or negligence. This might result in the aggrieved person seeking compensation for the damages. Intentional interference usually results when the offender interferes with another person’s property knowingly. This contrasts with negligence as the offender in such a case interferes...
Directors and Administrators in Maryland have to follow the rules and comply with the standards written out in the official documents like “Child Care Center Standards.” Such standards create a framework that determines the role and responsibilities of Directors and Administrators. They are critical since it is necessary for everyone...
Introduction The contemporary economy-driven political sphere is influenced by multiple factors that trigger policy-making related to essential domains of the population’s life, health care being one of the critical ones. Health care insurance has long been a debatable issue with views ranging from single-payer systems to governmental coverage to minimum...
Introduction Pre-Sentence Investigation Report (PSIR) is essential since it helps analyze the legal and social background of an individual convicted of a crime before sentencing. The history of criminal behavior is also explored during the PSIR. This report involves Andrea Yates, the offender who confessed that she drowned her five...
The video Inside the OJ Simpson parole hearing is news coverage by ABC News that shows Orenthal James Simpson (OJ Simpson) on October 1, 2017, during and after his parole hearing that set him free after almost nine years in prison for a robbery in Las Vegas. In a relatively...
Introduction On April 1, 2019, New York State’s governor Andrew Cuomo reached a deal on a state budget, which included a far-reaching criminal justice reform. One of the most significant changes was the elimination of cash bail for the majority of pretrial defendants. The Bail Reform went into effect from...
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted to prevent the misuse of health information to protect patients’ privacy and maintain confidentiality within healthcare systems. Any violation or noncompliance with the statutes’ regulations can lead to severe complex legalities, including civil suits and financial...
Supersized sugary drinks are the major cause of obesity in the US. Since the new regulation was put in place, New York City has adopted a proposal that is meant to regulate all licensed food establishments. This proposal is meant to bar the food establishments from using containers that are...
Actions of crime occur in all environments, including workplaces; it is wrongdoing that statutes community punishment and accusation. Offenses tremendously affect both an individual and the public and are condemned by either the state or relevant authorities. The types of crimes are; violent crimes, consensual crimes, white-collar crimes, organized crimes,...
This is a case about a man who has had many hardships in his life and now inadvertently caused a tragedy that resulted in the death of his beloved fiancee, Sally Jones. I do understand the immense grief experienced by the accusing side: indeed, the loss of a mother and...
‘The use of telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle’ statute prohibits motorists from using telecommunication devices while driving to type emails or text messages, transmit texts or emails, and to read texts or mail messages. The law does not allow the use of any device in a moving...
Criminal law is shaped and predetermined by several criminological theories that are applied to human behavior when considering come actions as either criminal or legal. Depending on the approach, some activities might be legal in one country and illegal in another. In this essay, the opinion on criminalization and legalization...
Introduction Physician aided suicide and euthanasia are hotly debated topics in healthcare. It should be observed that euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide do not refer to the same thing. In physician-assisted suicide, “patients are empowered to ingest legal medications in physician-assisted suicide unlike in euthanasia whereby the drugs are administered by...
Rape is a serious crime that entails a lengthy prison sentence for the offender and causes severe psychological trauma for the victim. Rape can destroy years of life and should involve an appropriate punishment from the legal system. However, about half of the states in the US consider non-consent to...
EMTALA, Emergency Medical Treatment, and Active Labor Act is a regulation that requires health care establishments to provide emergency treatment and examination, regardless of individuals’ ability to pay, access to insurance, and legal status. The provisions focus on such services as medical screening requirements, stabilizing treatment, restriction transfers, and enforcement....
White-collar crime can be identified through a combination of definitions. The definition of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states that white-collar crimes are “illegal acts characterized by deceit, concealment or violation of trust, which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence”(Online Lawyer, 2010)....
The transgender population who are incarcerated often faces various unique challenges which exposes them vulnerabilities both physical and mental. The LBGT community is overrepresented in prisons across the country. As such, they are more likely to face violence and abuse from the general population behind bars. Therefore, transgender inmates present...
Hanibal High School Gangs The Saints and the Roughnecks are nicknames that belonged to two groups of delinquents from Hanibal High School. The first gang of young men was seen harassing cafe patrons, women and girls, construction workers, pranking, drinking, vandalizing, and speeding, while the other often noticed fighting, stealing,...
The Australian legal system is a distinct and unique entity that differs significantly from most of its counterparts worldwide. Though derived from English common law, it has evolved independently and eventually become sufficiently different to abandon the perception of being a copy. With that said, this uniqueness also means that...
Chapter 5 of “Introduction to the Use of Statistics in Criminal Justice and Criminology” focuses on the importance of dispersion. The term dispersion refers to the measurement of the spread of variables in the given distribution (Gau, 2019). Dispersion is important as it is not enough to merely know the...
Introduction Juvenile delinquency (JD) is one of the most acute problems of modern society. Adolescence is a critical age in the development of a child, the transition from childhood to adulthood. During the formation and development of the personality, this age is considered problematic. This is the time of adaptation...
Facilitating the security of the people involved, in general, and the plaintiffs, in particular, is one of the primary concerns in any course proceedings. Therefore, when addressing the issue of two adolescents allegedly having been molested by an adult, one must consider whether calling the victims to testify would be...
Many authors refer to the concept of “childhood” or “underage status” as an interdisciplinary object of research that belongs to different fields – history, law, philosophy, ethnography, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, and others. The issue that is associated with the death penalty or the legal status of juveniles, the age of...
Diversion is a particular intervention practice of postponed prosecution under which youthful defendants or offenders are redirected to specific prevention and treatment programs supervised by private or public agencies. In such a way, young persons gain an opportunity to demonstrate that they are law-abiding. The central objective of these programs...
The directors of different organizations have the power to dictate the strategies of a business, while the workers of these institutions have no such privileges. These innate privileges that permit the employers to supervise the employees are referred to as the managerial prerogatives. The powers are only left in the...
Background Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is a remarkable person, who played a considerable role both as the judge, and later, the first Hispanic and Latina member of the court. According to Vincenty (2021), she claims that her judicial philosophy “is simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a...
Introduction Physician aided suicide normally abbreviated as PAS has been a bone of contention in the field of health law for several years. The main reason is because it has its proponents and opponents which have to be critically analyzed before the action is done. PAS essentially entails the administration...
Introduction Despite certain challenges, the practice of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has gained widespread popularity among the general public and lawyers over recent years. This tendency is a result of various factors, such as the high workload of traditional courts and the relatively low cost compared to the litigation procedure....
Introduction Privatisation as an economic concept became popular around the world in the 20th and early 21st centuries. A study by Nowak found that many government-owned corporations were not efficient, and as a consequence, competitive enough to be profitable (46). Because of this, they often had to rely upon government...
Many Human Resource managers find it difficult to make decisions concerning disabled members of the workforce. Unknowingly to them, any unbiased decision concerning a disabled person be it hiring or promotion, is completely illegal. There are several laws put up by the federal authority to ensure that all organizations observe...
Introduction Rights are the provisions of how individuals relate and live with each other including the respect given to other people’s lives and property. Parents’ rights face a major threat when it comes to the question of setting restrictions and disciplining as there has been the misconception that the rights...
Every correction department should pay special attention to proper business analysis for the purpose of defining the opportunities for cutting costs and taking appropriate measures. It is important to explore the existing options and decide which of the components are the most significant and do not allow economizing on them....
Inter-office Memorandum TO : Supervising Attorney FROM : Purity Muhia DATE : July 29, 2010 SUBJECT : Statute of Frauds In reference to the above-mentioned case, a businesswoman by the name of Rebecca was interviewed and given an offer for employment by the Big Firm while she was searching for...
Multiple regulations and prohibitions are currently in place in every country in the world and enforced by such services as the police and military (Levine and Reinarman par. 68). Today, drug trafficking is linked to a variety of other criminal activities such as terrorism, organized crime, corruption, and arms trafficking...
When discussing the death penalty, especially for juvenile perpetrators, three concepts are critical: justice, deterrence, and possibility of error. The capital punishment may be seen as just because it causes the same suffering on the criminal as he or she did on his or her victims. However, it also causes...
Federal judges must adhere to the Code of Conduct of the United States Judges, which provides a set of moral principles and guidance ratified by the Judicial Conference of the US. The material advises law enforcement officers on the issues of independence and judicial integrity, anti-impropriety, allowable extrajudicial duties, as...
Ever since a declaration on the war on drugs was made a few decades ago, controversies have not been far off. Top on the list of these controversies has been the issue of drug legalization. There has been sharp criticism on this declaration and the resultant courses of action with...
The Equal Protection Clause lived up to its original intent in many cases. For example, the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) made segregation of public schools illegal. On the other hand, Lum v. Rice (1927) case demonstrated that the exclusion of children of color from public schools...
Information privacy constitutes an important consideration for any sector in the economy. Issues pertaining to information privacy present various challenges to administrative law. This is because it is often difficult to determine the extent to which private information should be made accessible. Private information is always made accessible when it...
Facts Adarand Constructors, Inc. V. Pena, is a case of the high court of the United States. Many contracts that are sold by organizations of the United States national government hold fiscal incentives for the chief contractor. He is supposed to hire subcontractors that are managed by socially and efficiently...
Literature review Masters, J. (2017). US gun policy: Global comparisons, Council on Foreign Relations. The article “US gun policy” is written by Jonathan Masters, who is an accomplished author with a deep understanding of American society, and the existing gun control regulation policies. In the recent past, the United States...
Introduction Victimology as defined is a “branch of criminology that studies the relationship between an injured party and an offender by examining the causes and the nature of the consequent suffering” (Victimology, 2008). It basically focuses on identifying whether the delinquents were complete strangers, plain acquaintances, a friend or family...
Introduction CompStat is effective in monitoring and analyzing crime rates by using comparative statistics and geographical distribution maps. Since the initial launch of CompStat, it gradually evolved and adapted to the needs of the specific department, where it was both an analytical device and performance metric. The system also shaped...
The US justice system established a separate juvenile justice system to divert youthful offenders from criminal punishment. The system is also set to advocate for personalized rehabilitation programs in the country. Significant adjustments were made to eliminate the elements of adult or criminal systems. Further, it aimed to prioritize the...
Appellate courts should notice legal matters that have been wrongly taken in a trial or other smaller courts within the judicial system. According to Simon et al. (2018), “intermediate Appellate Courts go by many names, including Superior Court, Appellate Division, Court of Appeals, and even Supreme Court” (p. 5). The...
Agency contracts are requested because they allow businesses and individuals to hire agents who will act on their behalf. The following information will consider the details of the agency agreement between GC and George Tacy. In some cases, it is inconvenient for businesses or individuals to perform particular actions. A...
Countries around the world treat religion differently. In some states, especially those in the Middle East and Central Asia, religion plays a central role and is inextricably linked with the states’ governments. In other nations, such as the US, the government and religion are two institutionally separated spheres. This essay...
The crime-scene investigation’s primary aim is to recognize, collect, and document pieces of evidence. The collected proofs form the basis of these cases during judgment. In this instance, the different types of evidence which were collected include the broken window, paintbrush and the autopsy results of trauma to the head...
