Regional Threat Assessment for Belize

Introduction Belize, a country located in Central America, bordering Mexico and Guatemala along the Caribbean Sea. The nation has a population of roughly 400000 people as per the 2020 estimations. It boasts of third-ranking in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Central American countries (Verutes et al., 2017). Although Belize enjoys...

Comparing and Contrasting of Federal and State Courts

Introduction Federal and states court interact with one another owing to the system of government in the country, that is; judicial federalism. The US central political authority shares power with subunits in various states both legally and politically. Tensions often arise between the latter entities and the former ones. This...

Mechanisms to Fight Serious Forms of Organized Crime in Italy

Introduction Safety in Italy has been a challenge in Italy. Organized crimes range from corporate crime, Neapolitan Camorra and mafia. The violence is sometimes racial and affects Italian citizens. In major cities where people are overcrowding and at parking lot, crimes such as pick pocketing and handbag snatching. Other overcrowded...

Programs That Reduce Recidivism: Annotated Bibliography

There are over half a million prisoners every year released from American prison facilities. Correctional facilities across the United States, to combat recidivism have changed their approach from being punitive to rehabilitation. Other nations such as Japan and Scotland have made changes to their correctional facilities and developed rehabilitative programs....

The Policy for the Travel Insurance and Legal Concepts

Executive Summary The travel policy that is offered by Manulife policy offers a series of benefits to the insured who buy the right policy. The clauses in this manual explain the six categories of travel insurance that this firm offers. The first one is the Emergency Medical Insurance Policy. This...

Criminology: The Aboriginal Crisis

The aboriginal people have been living under confinement, in the reserves for a long time. Though these laws have undergone amendments that seek to give them more freedom, they are still under a lot of legal constraints. This law limits the flexibility of the Aboriginal people to adapt to changes...

Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits

Shareholder derivatives are stakeholders’ measures to file a lawsuit on behalf of a business against a third party. Although it is the responsibility of a company to take an issue in court, a stockholder can raise complaints if they feel the leadership of the organization is not serving their interest...

The Designs and Patents ACT 1988

Nowadays, it has become a commonplace assumption that the enactment of various copyright laws is being solely concerned with protecting people’s intellectual property, as something that has a value of ‘thing in itself’. Such assumption, however, cannot be referred to as thoroughly valid. The reason for this is simple –...

Constitutional Law Hong Kong: Freedom of Expression

Introduction The constitutional law of Hong Kong is the Basic Law that applies in the Special Administrative Region. Hong Kong is part of the People’s Republic of China. Hong Kong, which is headed by the Chief Executive, is autonomous. The region was under British rule but in 1997, the region...

The Criminal Behavior of Sex Offenders

Introduction Most sex offenders are characterized by recidivism with or without punishment and counseling after their initial offenses. We are all to question the effectiveness of our courts and correction facilities as well as the abilities of our psychologists. Worse still, serial sex offenders grow to develop a tendency to...

Court Cases that Address Prosecutors Ethics

Reasons why the unprofessional conduct occur and what need to be done A prosecutor is a person who represents a state in criminal cases in courts of law. He or she is responsible for executing a criminal who has broken a law (Miller, Hess & Orthmann, 2013). Ethical behavior refers...

Are Marxist Criminologists Right to See Crime Control as Class Control?

Introduction As one among the several criminology schools, Marxist criminology is comparable to functionalist theories, which tends to emphasize the production of continuity and stability in any one given society. However, Marxist criminology also embraces a political philosophy that is often predefined. Just like in conflict criminology, it usually focuses...

The Use of Taser Guns in the United States and Canada

The use of taser guns in the United States and Canada among civilians and the police force has become a common practice since tasers have been considered to be less lethal and effective weapons for maintaining security and apprehending aggressive suspects. However, there have been long-running debates on the safety...

Arkansas Prison Scandals Regarding Contaminated Blood

Introduction A number of scandals occurred around the infamous Cummins State Prison Farm in Arkansas in 1967-1969 and 1982-1983; the latter scandal was related to the blood gathered from the local prisoners. In this paper, we will discuss a number of issues connected to the blood scandal, as well as...

Criminal Conduct: Term Definition

Elements of Murder Criminal acts that lead to bodily harm or even death attract much interest from different states. A proof of murder requires the substantiation of the intent to kill or even cause grievous harm to an individual (Schmalleger, Hall & Dolatowski, 2005). First-degree murder requires verification of willfulness...

Extinction Rebellion: A Criminological Assessment

Introduction The behavior of individuals in a society is influenced by multiple factors and motivators. Political, economic, social, cultural, and psychological issues become decisive determinants of citizens’ responses to particular events; the most significant and relevant to criminology are protest movements. However, within the past years, environmental concerns have become...

We Are Living in a Risk Society Governed Through Crime

Introduction To say that we are living in a society or a world governed through crime is an understatement. Society and the world at large are under siege of crime; all sorts of crime from pickpocketing to capital crimes and even treason. Criminals seem to be evolving by the day...

Burglary in the United Kingdom

Introduction According to the current statistical data, the rates of crimes in the UK change with mixed success. Spreading over all four constituent parts of the Kingdom, burglaries are still in evidence. This is why significance of reduction of crimes (burglaries) should start, as I see it, from direct investigation...

The Patriot Act of 2001 Review

Introduction Just before the year 2001, the USA faced a lot of insecurity including the infamous terrorist attack of September 11, 2001: this was a turning point for the government of the United States of America (Friedman, 2009). It was immediately after this terrorist attack that the federal government decided...

The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)

Legal provisions within the health care sector allow patients in hospitals or nursing homes to express their acceptance or refusal of the administration of various medical procedures in case their health deteriorates to a state whereby they can no longer make sound decisions. The PSDA encourages health care providers to...

Forensic Science: Psychological Analysis

Introduction The war on crime in society has been a hotly debated topic. This is in relation to the various methodologies adopted by various agencies in undertaking monitoring of human behavior and more so criminal activities. Despite the numerous strategies and approaches in dealing with criminal behavior, an efficient approach...

International Criminal Justice Future Trends

Introduction Crime is continually evolving, thus becoming more complicated, especially due to technological developments. Other factors that have contributed to crime complexity include demographic changes for males below 30 years of age, which is a crime-prone age group, and macro-economic scales that include the unemployment rate, consumers’ spending power and...

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendment

The federal government’s decision to change the law of minimum tobacco purchase age and sell related products to a person under twenty-one years is excellent. Previously, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prevented individuals who are under the age of eighteen years from purchasing tobacco products. According to Winickoff...

The U.S. Juvenile Justice System

Historical development of juvenile justice system The progressive Era reformists saw the institution of the juvenile justice system in the better part of 1899, prior to which young offenders were tried and punished in adult justice systems. Within the time range 1968 – 1974, the Supreme Court overturned the usual...

Common Law and the Australian Legal System

Introduction For any established complex and dynamic society to correctly function there is the necessity to have in place a legal structure under which all are equal and applies without favor or discrimination regardless of their cultural, economic, political, racial, gender or any other definitive trait. In Australia, the Australian...

The Choice of the Form of Business

Introduction In the current business world, the pace at which changes are taking place is so high that it will take only masters of the game to survive. Masters of the game are only those businesses that will make the most appropriate decisions in relation to the prevailing business conditions....

The Role of Forensics in the War on Drugs

Introduction Forensics is used for the purposes of law enforcement as they provide scientific evidence used in courts of law, trial, and criminal investigations. Forensics is an important part of our society in fighting crime of all sports at all levels. This essay looks at chemicals that are used by...

Supreme Court Judgeship Appointment Process

Process of Supreme Court’s justice appointment The process of appointing and confirming a Supreme Court justice comprises two main steps namely nomination by the President and confirmation by Senate. The President is mandated by the American constitution to appoint judges to serve in the Supreme Court. He appoints the judges...

Should Juvenile Offenders Be Tried as Adults?

There has been a major controversy over whether juvenile offenders should be tried as adults or not. A juvenile offender is a wrongdoer who is too immature to be tried as a grownup. The required age at which an individual can be tried as a grownup differs amongst states but...

The Notion of Deterrence: Review

The entire humanity is conversant with the notion of deterrence. Deterrence refers to the employment of retribution as a threat to deter folks from committing offenses. We see cases of many forms of deterrence in everyday lives, all over from the grocery store where we buy serials to the banks...

The E-Commerce Case With Foodmart

In his attempt to purchase the chocolate sauce which he saw in an advertisement, Todd agreed to the online contract of Foodmart stating that sales prices are applicable to items not included in advertisements and the stocks will be dependent on the existing inventory of the nearest store to the...

Cycle of Juvenile Justice: a Way to Break It

The creation of a separate legal institution to judge the moral and immoral behavior of our youth did not exist until the early 1800s. There was a time when youths were subjected to the same laws and due process as adults and when found guilty, dealt the same punishment. Today’s...

Effects of Race and Economic Status on Punishment of Crimes

Outline Different researches show that most punishments administered by law enforcement officers on criminals are largely determined either by racial bias or the economic status of criminals. The argument behind this issue is that minority groups in communities as well as those who are living in poverty are likely to...

Charging Children as Adults Does Not Solve Juvenile Criminal Problems

Introduction There has been a lot of controversy in trying to understand the reason the spirit in which juvenile courts were created since a lot of people are currently arguing that children should be tried as adults when it comes to crime. Generally the essence of creating the juvenile courts...

Criminal Justice Process for a Felony Criminal Charge

The federal system of the United States is founded on the substratum notion that the states administer the principal responsibility for criminal justice and hence, criminal justice is the nucleus of state and not national responsibility. Currently, there is no single criminal justice system in the U.S.A as different states...

Using Mau Technique for Choosing an Insurance Package

Treatment delivery is a multifactorial process, as it includes monitoring, evaluation, intervention, and prevention over the long term. An insurance plan’s choice combines financial and non-material parts, as the optimal package must correspond to the economic and medical benefits. Four coverage plans were analyzed, taking into account performance reports, which...

Date Rape and Victim-Offender Relationships Analysis

Uniform Crime Report/ National Crime Victimization Survey: Strengths and Weaknesses of These Reports The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) were developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in order to provide nations with uniform crime statistics at the end of the 1920s; The FBI became responsible for gathering, analyzing,...

Rights Against Self-Incrimination

Abstract The prosecution office in this country has the responsibility of proving to the court that a given suspect is guilty as charged. the Fifth Amendment gives the suspects right to remain silent when arrested, while the Sixth Amendment gives them right to have an attorney. The Queen County District...

The Failures of the Current Juvenile Justice System

The juvenile justice system in the United States is flawed on multiple levels. This social issue attracts considerable attention from popular media and scholars who examine its roots and repercussions. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson partially focuses on injustices that juvenile criminals undergo and...

Freedom of the Media: The Near v. Minnesota 1931 Case

Introduction Free media are designed to ensure that the government provides information to its citizens in the United States, and citizens can control the government. The U.S. press offers a wide field of expression, limiting government action by law and representing a wide variety of ideas. The highest institution in...

Police Patrol Effectiveness Research Assessment

Over the years, there are several debates have arisen on the effectiveness of police patrols in crime prevention. Conventionally, there has been a general agreement in society that the primary responsibility of the police force is crime deterrence. Society has placed huge demands on the police force; ranking among the...

Predatory Crime Causation and Substance Abuse Problems

The “Here and Now” Approach Merits Different approaches to analyzing predatory crime causation allow comparing the methods of assessing offenses about the motives that drive criminals. When comparing the “here and now” approach postulated by the Routine Activities theorists with conventional background criminological concepts, one should take into account the...

Constitutional Law in the United Kingdom

Introduction The changes in the English constitution could be viewed from the following aspects: Principles of UK Constitution It is first of all, necessary to delve into the matter of principle of English law. The singular most important aspect of the UK Constitution is that relating to the complete and...

White Collar and Conventional Criminals: The Role of the Defense Attorney

The roles of the defense attorney are very important for innocent and guilty lives. It does not matter what kind of crime is committed, any defense attorney has to find enough gaps of charge, powerful alibi, and effective evidence. The roles of defense attorneys may differ considerably, depending on the...

Detailed Analysis of Human Trafficking

Introduction After the abolishment of slavery in Europe and North America, many people celebrated since the achievement triggered the introduction and passage of human rights clauses to protect mankind from forced labor. Notions of democracy continue to focus on evidence-based approaches that can empower global citizens to pursue their personal...

Hotel Liability and Booking Cancellation Case

The case described investigates the violation of legal relations based on the drafting of the contract from several parties at once. After reading the scenario, we can identify two main problems that led to the legal conflict. First, a pre-booked room for Mr. Rogers in the hotel was not available...

Cross-Border Businesses in the EU and Harmonized Laws

Taking businesses past national borders means going into new territories where one increases the number of possible customers and business ventures. But sets of rules, laws, and regulations found at this level increase as well. For example, the European Union has its own sets of rules directing businessmen doing business...

The Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality Theory

Theory The theory of race, crime, and urban inequality is based on the paradigm of social disorganization theory formulated by the Chicago School. The conventional paradigm was established in the early 1900s. More contemporary notions and suggestions have been added to it to give meaning to what is now the...

Enacting Stronger Employment Equity Laws in Canada

Introduction The world is experiencing radical changes in the work and labor environment. Labor and work countrywide is an area that is vital and requires special attention for it is the backbone of all sectors of the economy of any given country. This has become one of the legislative areas,...

Dangerous Offenders and Preventive Sentencing

Outline Dangerous offenders are defined by most laws as those that inflict pain and harm to the victims during or after assaulting them sexually. The laws have gone through several amendments to ensure that the community is protected from such dangerous criminals. Apart from the determinate sentences that are given...

Attending Court: Personal Experiences

Introduction On 23th February 2011, I attended a bail hearing of an accused police constable who shot and killed a 26 year old man. The hearing took place at Ontorio Court of Justice located at 7755 Hurontario Street Brampton, Ontario. The court room consisted of the Crown attorney, the lawyer...

European Community Laws: Law of the Constitution

European Community Law European Community laws (ECL) are regulations and directives which are above the national laws. Their main objective is to continually bring together its members’ economic and political systems in order to form a single market. The market is characterized by the free movement of people, goods, and...

Report for the Chief of Police

Abstract Maintaining statistics is one of the primary tasks of police departments, and its importance is defined by the need to provide information on the current crime rate. Data relating to this indicator are submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and included in the Uniform Crime Report. As can...

Criminal Justice in Texas: Todd Willingham and Death Penalty

The case of Cameron Todd Willingham was one of the most controversial criminal justice cases handled in Texas. In 2004, the man was charged with the murder of his three young children by arson. In Death by Fire, the PBS crew provides an analysis of the case, with the focus...

Environmental Law and Its Crucial Points

The historical validity of serious consideration of environmental law’s place and role in the modern legal system is quite obvious. This is caused by a significant change in both the concept of environmental law and, at the same time, its place in the system of world law over the past...

U.S. v. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev

Introduction The U.S. v. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev case is widely known since the explosions of the homemade bombs planted by Dzhokhar and Tamerlane Tsarnaev at the Boston Marathon killed and injured many people. Advocates of Dzhokhar, who was sentenced to death, subsequently filed an appeal upheld on July 31, 2020...

Lifetime Appointment for the Supreme Court Justices

The Supreme Court is the highest judicial instance in the United States, with Justices appointed by the President with the Senate’s approval. The appointment lasts for life and can only be interrupted by voluntary registration or impeachment. Recently, the need for reforms has been increasingly discussed. Many people believe that...

Counseling of Juvenile Males and Recidivism

Introduction The rate of juvenile crimes especially in males seems to be rising and the trend has had many innocent people affected by these crimes. A juvenile has been defined as a person who has not attained the age of 18. Surveys conducted indicate that approximately 2 million juveniles are...

Corrections Officers Stress: Causes and Outcomes

Introduction Stress is tension in a person’s mind or any part of the body, which is as a result of physical, chemical or emotional factors. Research studies have shown that, there are numerous stressors in the corrections officer’s (C.O.) working environment, that is, in the jails and prisons. This correctional...

Fire in the Company: Legal and Managerial Issues Arising

Introduction Fire is one of the risks that organizations face. It is known that the fire risk has contributed to the fall and collapse of many organizations. The loss associated with fire is always severe and is beyond approximation; it is behind this background that there needs to be a...

The Rise of Criminological Conflict Theory

Sykes identified three key factors and events associated with them to explain the emergence of conflict theory in science and its spread. These factors are associated with a change in the United States’ political context, which led to people’s doubts and criticism of authorities’ decisions and words. These factors distinguished...

Law That Aims to Protect School Safety Acts of Kindness in Society

Introduction In 2018, after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the state authorities decided to introduce new requirements stated in a law that aims to protect school safety (Ochoa, 2018). Some schools, referring to the new law accepted by the state, decided to ask for...

State Prison System v. Federal Prison System

Description and Analysis of the History of State and Federal Prisons The state prison system can be traced back to the 1800s when Sing Sing prison was built (Gil, 2010, par 2). This is one of the oldest state prisons. The state prison consists of a network of prisons that...

The Waco Shootout

Introduction The Waco attacks or rather what is famously referred to as the Waco shooting is a historical incident that took place in Texas; a state in the United States of America from 28th of February to the 4th day of April 1993. The Waco shooting historically dates back to...

Analysis of Russian Judicial System

Introduction Every country has its own law administration arm for overseeing the fair use of the laws of the land by its citizens. The laws govern among other things, the people’s co-existence, property ownership and life at large, including wildlife (Dammer & Albanese, 2013). In the pursuit of effectiveness, application...

Prisons in the United States Analysis

Introduction The whole aspect of medical facilities in prisons is a very complex issue that needs to be evaluated and looked at critically for sustainability. This therefore brings us to the issue of whether prisons in the US should continue to have their own medical facilities or be charged fees...

Acme Hydrocarbons Ltd.’s Environmental Law Case

Introduction This paper reports a case surrounding operations and enforcement imposed against ‘Acme Hydrocarbons Ltd’ following their violations of COSHH standards about the environmental laws. Upon the receipt of the memo, Mr. Patrick the line manager of the company requested me to appropriately advice his company based on the findings...

Wolff v. McDonnell Case Brief: Issue and Ruling

Facts Together with fellow inmates in a Nebraska prison, Mr. Wolf initiated a lawsuit, accusing the prison staff of violating due process in the 14th Amendment clause. Wolff protested the way prison authorities handled the inspection of confidential mail between prisoners and their lawyers. During the proceedings, the district court...

Intellectual Property Law and Piracy on the Internet

Intellectual property law is a legitimate concept that deals with legal property rights such as copyrights, industrial design rights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and any other creations of the mind whether artistic or commercial and their related rights. Under this law, anybody who holds either of these rights is entitled...

Concepts of Insanity Defense & Plea Bargaining

Introduction Providing a quick and reasonable trial is an individual right that all judicial systems must ensure they achieve in whatever circumstances. Although many judicial systems struggle to achieve this, many cases handled by their courts have been great impediments in achieving this; hence, the application of plea-bargaining as a...

Contract Law Case: Nursing Home vs. Paul

Student Name Professor Name Course Unit Date Contract Law Cases Charlie v. Best Bargain Issue Will Charlie prevail against Best Bargain Stores after he was denied a General Electric Smart Front Load Washer for $1.00 that was advertised? Rule of Law Advertisements made to the public normally do not amount...

The Law of War A Saboteurs and War Criminals (Ex Parte Quirin)

Introduction During an undisputed judgment delivered in the year 1942, the Supreme Court of the United States defended President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s appeal to charge several German terrorists through military commission (Sloss 354). Through this, the saboteurs were deprived of trial in federal courts. The eight saboteurs were found responsible...

Victims’ Right Amendments

The Victims’ Rights Amendments proposes that victims should be given the power to hear appeals from the law courts and also have the right to revise the earlier judgments made by the courts. During the trial phase, it is believed that some rights are usually denied and which end up...

Hate Crime Laws are a Bad Idea

In this article, Charley Reese provides his opinion on the adoption of hate crime legislation. Reviewing the particularities of such laws, he identifies their possible consequences for society in general. The use of foreign countries with similar regulations already implemented demonstrates their pitfalls and substantiates his negative attitude towards it....

Is Prostitution a Victimless Crime or Not?

Introduction Victimless crimes refers to category of felonies that involve one or more than one person through consensual agreement which results to no direct injury or loss, more importantly these crimes do not interfere with other people’s rights in any way. They are therefore referred as victimless crimes because no...

Death Penalty: To Be or Not To Be?

Introduction The death penalty and its appropriateness from the moral viewpoint present the topics associated with debate and the diversity of opinions for decades. Since the issue involves ethical considerations, there is no unity of views among specialists that deal with criminal cases regularly. This essay is aimed at discussing...

State and Federal Court Systems in the United States

In the USA, there are state courts and federal courts, which operate in parallel, but the personnel and the cases do not distribute equally. Most criminal and civil cases are sent to the state courts, while the federal courts have limited competencies. This paper describes the typical state court system...

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Exclusionary Rule The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects American citizens against illegal evidence collections methods that are against their rights. The exclusionary rule has become a common doctrine that discourages the criminal justice system and the government from relying on information gathered in an acceptable manner. Many...

Victim Impact Statement Benefits for Different Parties

Introduction A Victim Impact Statement (VIS) is a statement made by victims of crime after the defendant has been convicted and is to be sentenced, regarding the financial, psychological, social, and medical effects of crime on the victims. It is among the initiatives endorsed by President Reagan’s task force on...

Reforming Juvenile Justice: Challenges and Solutions

Involvement of Children and Adolescents in Justice System during the First Half of the 20th Century The juvenile justice system was developed to specifically address the legal and judicial matters associated with minors below 18 years. It was first established in Chicago, Illinois, in 1899 to oversee cases related to...

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...

Sex Offenders: Does Rehabilitation Work and How Is Recidivism Affected?

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 others. For instance,...

Policing Racism as a Solvable Problem: A TED Talk

The selected TED talk video triggers feelings of sympathy, surprise, and disgust. The viewer appreciates the fact that many officers in law enforcement fail to promote equality and offer personalized support to the individuals they are expected to protect. Racism remains a major dilemma in the policing sector that affects...

“Ghost From the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence” by Karr-Morse

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...

Mature Minor and Patient Consent in Healthcare

Introduction The concept of a mature minor is a regulatory law that permits emancipated minors to act as mature people when receiving health care services. The concept allows minors to have a say in the methods of treatment that their physicians perform on them. In most cases, minor patients are...

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...

Tinker v. Des Moines: Court Proceeding

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District is a historical case that was decided more than fifty years ago that discussed the limitation of rights provided by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. In this case, several students decided they wanted to wear black armbands to honor the...

The Rates of Crimes in America

It has become a rather normal phenomenon to hear cases of rape, robbery, arson, vehicle theft, etc in the neighborhood. American neighborhoods have become breeding grounds for professional robbers, serial rapists, burglars, etc. Despite large budgetary allocations by the government on the fight against crime, the rate of crime is...

Copyright Infringement in Music and Film Industry

Introduction Copyrights are legal frameworks that allow access to exclusive control and ownership of work in music and film industry. Such statutory provisions seek to govern commercial aspects such as sharing, distribution, reproduction, and sale of artworks (Levitt 2). Under this legal framework, artists and custodians of artwork get an...

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...

Sex Offenders: How Is Recidivism Affected

Introduction Among the most inhuman and heartless crimes committed, sex crime qualifies to be one of the worst crimes committed ever. That’s the reason why of late countries have been putting legislation aimed at tracking, preventing, and punishing sex criminals. Most of these policies are enacted with the belief that...

The United States Criminal Court System

A Criminal Justice System is a practice used by independent states and organizations to ensure that law and order are maintained by controlling criminal activities and sanctioning those who are caught violating the set rules and regulations. But as much as the government attempts to bring to justice the suspected...

The Copyright Infringement: The Cases

The picture under analysis is Paris Hilton’s image on a Hallmark greeting card. It is appropriate to talk about copyright infringement here since an unauthorized use of copyrighted material had taken place. Moreover, the image was used in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner’s exclusive rights, such...

Real Estate Judgement Summary

The case presented by the United States Attorney General seeks a determination of whether the mineral reservation law on patents holds under the 1916 Stock-Raising Homestead Act. This is after the district court held that owners of a disputed land did not hold valid ownership rights due to the Mineral...

Security Threat Groups: The Important Elements in Prison Riots

Prison riots have been a part of such institutions for a long time. They are romanticized by popular culture, and they are known to be extremely violent. There are many causes of such events as well as special patterns. Meanwhile, there is a phenomenon of Security Threat Groups. While being...

Organizational Change in Police Departments: A Theory-Based Analysis

Introduction Ever since its implementation in 1994 the Compstat process has been widely praised as a revolutionary innovation into the organizational/administrative processes of policing within the United States. This particular process utilizes a system where crime data from certain districts are mapped, the type of crime evaluated and resources eventually...

Criminal Law: Criminal Procedure

Differences between the due process model and the crime control procedure model The due process model assumes that arrested persons are innocent and not punishable by law until a court of law proves that they are guilty e.g. if a person is arrested for having taken a bribe from a...

The Gay Marriage: Legal Arguments For and Against

In the United States, married couples receive many legal benefits that couples who live together but are unmarried do not. Because of this gay couples argue that they are unlawfully being discriminated against. Those that oppose gay marriage do so based on primarily religious reasoning and not legal precedent. In...

Regulatory Criminal Laws and Criminal Justice System

Introduction Regulatory laws refer to the criminal regulations that reject socially unacceptable conducts, such as possession, use, and sale of drugs, traffic violation, and gambling. Criminal Justice System (CJS) is a string of federal and local government institutions and agencies that directly regulates these laws. Its main responsibility is the...

Criminal Punishment, Inmates on Death Row, and Prison Educational Programs

Introduction Growing crime around the world inevitably leads to an increase in the number of people in prison. An average offender is getting younger, and the number of female inmates is gradually reaching the level of the population in male correctional institutions. The social and psychological portrait of a prisoner...

The International Law Rules in the Space

Space exploration is still an incomprehensible and complicated topic for humanity, despite all the progress, since people know little about it. For this reason, governments and companies develop new technologies to explore space and other planets and create autonomous robots for this purpose. However, despite the insignificant presence of people...

Child Support Obligations

Introduction To support the child is definitely always a moral obligation coupled with legal liability. There can be of little dispute that the biological relationship with the child invariably cast this obligation upon its parents, legally as they are the very cause for its existence. Similarly, this obligation may also...

Analysis Homeland Security Act of 2002

Overview The Department of Homeland Security was created by the federal government in a bid to tame domestic security, this being one of the largest overhauls in security systems and structures ever experienced in fifty years. The rationale behind this monumental task was to harness and consolidate the federal government’s...

A Simple Contract between Clarice and Leonardo

A contract is an agreement between two parties to engage in an activity together or perform a commercial transaction jointly. The contract is enforceable by the law if it has the elements that comprise a legal agreement and if the agreement is breached by either party, legal remedies are to...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare is an example of a major political initiative aimed at improving the affordability and quality of healthcare in the U.S. The policy was issued on March 23, 2010, and declared universal access to Medicaid and expanded insurance coverage for previously uninsured individuals (Gaffney...

The U.S. Correctional System’s Role and Functions

The US correctional system is a complex of special institutions that implement state policy in the field of the execution of punishments for crimes. Jails and community-based confinement facilities for offenders’ rehabilitation and resocialization are under the jurisdiction of municipalities and county governments. Each correctional institution is assigned a security...

Women in Mississippi Undergoing Hysterectomies: Law Case

Abstract Despite reported cases of women undergoing hysterectomy without being sufficiently informed, only three states have enacted informed consent laws aimed at providing more information concerning any alternative treatments. In addition, there exists a deficiency in the study of hysterectomy, which would be required to inform changes in related policies...

Tax Research Problem of Selling Rare Coins

Facts In 1984, Herbert, a collector of rare coins, bought a 1916 Spanish Bowlero for $2,000. He sold the coin for $4,500 in January. He made a gain amounting to $2,500. On retiring from his loading dock job in June, Herbert actively began buying and selling rare coins. By December,...

Violent Crime in the USA

There are many crimes in the world as well as those that considered as violent. They mean infliction of harm to human life or health and are divided into several types. FBI allocates the following: rape, aggravated assault, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, and robbery. To understand whether law enforcement agencies...

Hate Crimes Study

Hate crimes are not new to Europe, the United States, Russia, and many other parts of the world. They are described as the offenses related to a specific aspect of a victim’s identity – nation, race, sexual orientation or sexual identity, skin color, religion, or a disability. Rooting in the...

The Victims of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is the illegal transportation of individuals through coercion and force for sexual exploitation, forced labor, and organ harvesting. The practice has been part of society for many centuries going back before the slave trade (Attwood, 2019). Most of the victims of human trafficking are young boys and girls...

The Juvenile Justice System of the US: Blended Sentences

The situation with John M is rather apparent as of the decision about the case. In this respect there is a dilemma whether to try this offender as a juvenile or as an adult. The main participants of the case are the judge, the offender, John M, and the injured...

Policing Style and Criminal Justice System Functioning

Introduction Peaceful coexistence is a constituent of development in the community. A peaceful environment emanates from the application of various policing styles by relevant authorities. Policing connotes all processes aimed at modifying and controlling interactions of persons. This is tenable through regulating order, implementation of law, stopping, and identifying wrongdoing....

Bad Faith Law Suit: Activities of a Claim Representative

Insurance companies are always under pressure to ensure that their clients get compensated whenever they incur losses arising from insured incidents. The law governing insurance companies’ activities is very strict on the need for the companies to pay claims as may be necessary. However, insurance firms have been experiencing a...

The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)

Need Assessment and Policy Design The original social problem that requires a solution is families at risk of entering the child welfare system. Various reasons lead to family problems, including parent’s substance use disorders. Children in these families experience parental neglect or abuse and are more likely to have a...

Analyzing the Relationship Between Gender and Victimization

Violent Victimization 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Male 41.7% 48.6% 48.1% 46.3% 49.0% 12 to 14 4.6% 3.9% 5.7% 6.5% 4.7% 15 to 17 3.0% 3.9% 3.6% 1.7% 3.9% 18 to 20 2.1% 2.5% 4.0% 2.2% 4.1% 21 to 24 5.0% 6.0% 4.6% 3.6% 4.1% 25 to 34 8.3% 9.7%...

Business Torts and Intellectual Property

A tort is a breach of duty owed to another person. The tort suits usually happen from instances of recklessness or bad behavior. The law of tort develops through decided cases that reflect social values, the standard of the community, and the way people deal with each other in the...

Cloward and Ohlin Concept of ‘Illegitimate Means’

Cloward and Ohlin found some of the theories limited and flawed by examining the influence of social conditions on crime rates in different areas and social groups. Scientists agreed that poverty is a factor that increases the crime rate but also tried to explain why young offenders choose a certain...

International Finance Law and Economics

Introduction Traditionally the capital and financial markets in most developing countries face strict governmental regulations. Stability of the financial markets and protection for investors has been the major arguments supporting such strict regulations. In addition, supervision has been another reason to maintain checks and balances on the constituent institutions of...

Repeat and One-Time Offense Difference

Abstract This paper has delved into varied aspects in countering the hypothesis that there is no difference in the criminal activity of repeat offenders and one-time offenders. The objective has been to present authentic and plausible reasoning duly supported with the available literature and theory in highlighting the hypothesis that...

Plea Bargaining Tactics of the Defense Attorney

The vast majority of criminal cases in the United States concludes in plea bargaining, in which a defendant may plead guilty to some charges in exchange for concessions from the prosecution. Though broadly accepted as a means of avoiding costly, lengthy trials with uncertain outcomes, plea bargains are also frequently...

Juvenile Justice in Passaic, New Jersey

The justice system includes different laws and regulations when dealing with people under the age of 18 and 21. These changes are related to the status of these offenders, whereas they are considered “minorities” for jurisdictional purposes. In this paper, I chose Passaic, New Jersey, for the analysis of its...

Shaken Baby Syndrome and Child Abuse

Abstract The issue of child abuse has continued to gain public attention over the years; many of the forms have been recognized as crimes that carry significant repercussions of a conviction. Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is one such situation. Although medically speaking the results of shaking a baby have been...

Maritime Risk Factors and Economic Impact

Maritime Security Act After the September 11 attack, the international community came together to implement a system to improve the security of maritime transport sector. Maritime security act of 2002 was formed in order to ensure that the procedures are followed to protect the America from terrorists’ threats. The act...

The Concept of Corporate Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility true acts as an umbrella that incorporates the internal activities of a business, and its linkage with the external environment. To the external environment, social corporate responsibility fulfills the expectations of the society with regard to an organization in matters relating to ethics, legal concepts, and economically....

Fate of Sex Offenders After “Payment of Debt”

Introduction The Department of Public Safety in Texas is in charge of collecting information on sex offenders and keeping it safe in the state sex offender registry. The law enforcement officers from the local arena furnish the registry with relevant information concerning the sex offenders. Texas offender law was enacted...

Prison System for a Democratic Society

Introduction This report is designed to transform the corrections department to form a system favorable for democracy, seek to address the needs of different groups of offenders and their constraining areas especially women who are often not favored by the Current Prison system. The report should further put into place...

The Hierarchy of the Court System in England and Wales

Introduction The hierarchy of courts describes the arrangement in order of authority and influence in the judicial system. The arrangement determines the decisions that are binding to various classes of courts in the system. Courts that are ranked higher in the hierarchy have the ultimate authority to make decisions that...

Consumer Law: Trade Practises Act

Introduction Background to the study Consumers are governed and protected by commercial laws against exploitation by corporate. These laws ensure that the goods produced by various firms meet the specified standard. These laws sometimes go beyond the regulation of products produced, but also control consumer transactions, and commerce. Commercial laws...

Nature and Extent of the Duty of the Law Relating to Nervous Shock in Ireland

Introduction Nervous shock is used in the laws of Ireland and England to indicate psychiatric disorders or injuries inflicted onto an individual through neglect or and intentional actions from another person. In most instances, it usually applies to psychiatric illnesses which are triggered after witnessing an incident or accident, such...

Meaning and History of Australian Consumer Law

In contemporary business environments, marketers have embarked on strategic market segmentation and consumer targeting strategies to improve their sales; with the aggression that comes with marketers, governments have seen the need to formulate and protect the rights of consumers, businesses, and the community. Australian business environment has both international and...

Is Law Always Right?

It might be difficult for people to openly discuss the moral dilemmas that can cause one to choose between abiding by the law and helping others. This story is placing the reader out of their comfort zone by showing such a dilemma in a hospital setting. The thesis of this...

Contract Law: A Claim Against the Subaru Dealership

Introduction According to Khoury & Yamouni (2010), a contract is a “legally binding agreement that intends to formalize an agreement made by two or more parties and is legally enforceable if it contains the elements of a valid legal agreement. In case of a breach, a legally enforceable contract usually...

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

History of BAPCPA The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (hereinafter will be referred to as BAPCPA) was signed into law on April 20, 2005, by President G.W.Bush. BAPCPA can be described as the leading revamp to the bankruptcy code in the last 25 years in the legal annals...

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act

Abstract Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2019 is a bill initially sponsored by Junior Senator Cory Booker that promotes comprehensive sex education in higher education institutions. The act is associated with bringing considerable benefits to both providers and consumers. On the one hand, consumers are expected to experience...

Kelo v. City of New London: The Case Study

Facts Kelo v. New London City, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) was a court case chosen by the United States High Court concerning the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one title holder to another to enhance economic development. The allegation emanated from the conviction by Connecticut town in...

Criminology: About Corporate Fraud

Introduction Occupation fraud which is also known as internal fraud or employee fraud, theft, or embezzlement refers to “….the use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization’s resources or assets” (Wells, 1997, p.14). However, there exist three major classes of Occupation...

Juvenile Justice System Analysis

There are many different experiences based on the youth’s background, and 50 separate systems exist because each state is responsible for maintaining its structure. Nevertheless, the five main steps of both the adult and juvenile systems are entered into the system, prosecution and pretrial services, adjudication, sentencing and sanctions, and...

The George Floyd Case in the Criminal Justice System

Cuddy, A. (2020). George Floyd: Five pieces of context to understand the protests. BBC News, Web. The article reproduces a brief description of the George Floyd case and elements in the context of understanding the protests that followed it. George Floyd, 46, was arrested May 25 in Minneapolis on charges...

Impact of PPACA in Healthcare

One of the very recent additions of the United States law is The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA 2010). The law has been taken into action from 23rd March, 2010, and it focuses mainly on different health-care facilities that the Government is trying to implement over the next...

Constitutional Rights in Criminal Justice

Introduction The American Constitution outlines the rights of all citizens. Some unique rights are also available to those in criminal justice systems. However, sometimes violations of such liberties occur. Lies in criminal cases can affect the outcome of cases. Law enforcers need to protect and promote people’s rights. This paper...

The Death Penalty in the United States

Introduction The article “The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of the Death Penalty in the United States” examines the past, present, and possible future of capital punishment in the United States. Steiker and Steiker try to explain why America has maintained the death penalty after much of the Western world moved...

Supreme Court Decision Research Paper

Introduction The Supreme Court’s decisions have great importance in legal practice and often become precedents determining how future cases are to be decided. This paper will discuss Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the US. This ruling had significant ramifications for the country since it...

Tax Information Exchange Agreements and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in Kenya

Introduction The periods in which countries tried to make cash from hosting politically depicted persons, shell banks or known terrorists’ cash and no questions asked are gone. There is a dramatic change in many offshore regimes, especially those that publicized the “strictest privacy” slogan which have now finally adhered to...

Juvenile Delinquency: The Marginalized Youths

Introduction Juvenile delinquency is a legal term used to describe children or adolescent behavior that would otherwise be termed as criminal in a court of law if done by adults. Oxford dictionary defines a delinquency as “bad or criminal behavior usually committed by young people”. The age limit that defines...

Children as Perpetrators and Victims of Crime

Topic one: myth and evil According to Segal (2004), “A myth is a story with a meaning attached to it other than which it seems to have at first; and the fact that it has such a meaning is generally marked by some of its circumstances being extraordinary.” These stories...

After-School Delinquency Prevention Program

The constant increase of after-school juvenile delinquency shaped the legal system of the United States in terms of disaster facts. The country is known to be the most armed in the world. The weapons of adults are not hidden from children. This causes most of the troubles which are observed...

Legislative Issues in Texas: Revolving Door

The issue known as the revolving door has been a point of controversy in the field of Texas legislature for decades and is also a problematic issue globally. This is a phenomenon when high-level government employees transition to the private sector and major business owners become legislators. From a legal...

Labor Laws: Occupational Health and Safety Act & Fair Labor Standards Act

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) on one hand, specifies the duties, and responsibilities of workers and supervisors at workplaces. The Act aims at ensuring that all employers are safe at all times. All the working spaces are supposed to have internal responsibility systems where everyone works together to...

Search Warrant and Data Acquisition

Search Warrant A search warrant is a document which gives the authorities the right for searching a place for specific items. The permit is signed by a magistrate and should list the objects which the officers ought to look for. A warrant is based on an affidavit, a document signed...