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Summary In the criminal justice system, eyewitnesses and confessions play a vital role in aiding the prosecution and investigations of criminals. Eyewitness testimony assists a crucial role in providing the features of a crime. According to the Innocence Project, it was revealed that eyewitness misidentification is the key cause of...
Pragmatic judges do not consider themselves bound by the requirements of the rule of law. They are ready to reject them at any time if, in their opinion, the interests of the case require it. Norms are important only when they can be used to substantiate one’s position. From Dworkin’s...
Lawsuits brought against police officers are a well-established feature of the regulatory environment. While law enforcement officers typically have sweeping powers to conduct their work, the U.S constitution, state constitutions, and other statutes impose limitations on what police officers can do during policing activities. This week’s activity is based on...
Human trafficking remains a serious problem even in developed countries. Currently, there are at least 40 million slaves in the world, a quarter of whom are children, and 77% of cases involving sexual abuse (SOS International, 2020, para. 4). In Arkansas, 60 cases of underage sex trafficking have been reported...
Introduction Climate change is one of the most urgent issues in today’s world, therefore, governments, citizens, international organizations aim to preserve the current state of the problem with a slender hope of improvement in the future. The US government is not an exception as most presidents made an impact on...
The document mentions three names, which are William Jefferson Clinton, Gary Sisco, and William Rehnquist. The individuals are indicated since they are crucial in the creation of the document. Gary Sisco was the U.S. Senate secretary and was involved in writing the impeachment form. Clinton, on the other hand, was...
The main issues faced by the Texas justice system and state judges are caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These problems include a high degree of burden on judicial officials and an incessant, growing number of new, pending cases. Nathan Hecht, notes that it will take at least three years to...
Meaning of Privilege and How It Works Privilege refers to access to resources or social power readily available to people of a specific social group. Indeed, McIntosh (2018) defines the term as the benefits, social advantages, respect, and degree of prestige a person gets by belonging to a specific group....
The existing paper dwells on a case study of Officer Taylor, who had to interact with a suspicious driver during a routine traffic stop. Across the body of the research, the author is going to address the questions of why the stop was performed in the first place and what...
Introduction The criminal justice system (CJS) plays a crucial role in providing and ensuring the general safety, wellness, and productivity of the Canadian population. The efforts of making sure that the public of Canada presents as a law-abiding and just society with an effective justice system directly contribute to the...
Key Points Based on the topic and results of the study in question, one can highlight several key points. Firstly, as Rouméas (2020) states, religious diversity is the issue that arises in the workplace due to the distinctive cultural backgrounds of colleagues, and its emergence can become a barrier due...
Introduction Criminal punishment has been a greatly debated topic for quite some time between citizens and various organizations. Justice is considered served when the offender is either fined or imprisoned for a specific period of life. The imprisonment verdict is authorized by the head of the court, such as a...
Introduction It is a widely accepted view that the US justice system is an unjust institution and does not achieve the goals it sets out, while treating people from different backgrounds differently. Only number of cases receive publicity and are often forgotten after a couple of days, and nevertheless there...
The position of people continuously returning to prisons in the United States is alarming due to their high rates and the absence of effective mechanisms for integration in society. According to recent statistics, two out of three individuals are incarcerated within three years after their failure to meet basic needs,...
Workers’ compensation fraud is a crime that is punishable by law. It happens when an individual willfully makes a false statement to receive worker’s compensation benefits. Based on this, if I suspect that a patient was committing worker’s compensation fraud, I would report the matter to the hospital administrator. After...
Introduction The endorsement of the Civil Rights Act and its implementation had a significant impact on American society throughout the years, addressing the issues related to discrimination. Several civil rights acts have been introduced since 1866, with each legislation addressing complications related to racial, ethnic, and other types of distinctions...
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...
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...
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...
Summary The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) regulates governmental agencies’ operational processes, and how they communicate with the citizens. The APA is formalized in 5 U.S.C. §§ 551-559, and it includes the Privacy Act and the Right to Information. The APA describes “agency” narrowly and does not specifically preclude the Office...
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...
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...
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 Issues Decision The Board of the Court, with the head in Patrick Kelly, consistently...
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 Criminal psychology studies mental phenomena and patterns manifested in the process of activities associated with crimes. These activities include the formation of a criminal attitude of the personality, the formation of a criminal motive, the personality of a criminal and a victim, and other means. However, it is the...
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 &...
Environmental criminology is the study of crime and criminality in connection with, firstly, specific places and, secondly, with how individuals and organizations form their activities in space. Crime prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) is another practical application based on the idea that situational factors, such as the environment (poor lighting),...
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...
Automatism defense refers to a state directed by psychological and environmental factors in which an individual acted involuntarily and may have committed criminal acts. Essentially, it describes behavior in which a person is unconscious or unaware of an act taking place. Though rare, such scenarios could lead to detrimental cases,...
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...
Case Summary Charlie, a barrister is called to court to represent Lucy who has been charged with murder. Lucy shot her friend Sally after discovering that she was having an affair with her boyfriend, Franklin. The crime was heinous and Lucy is known for being involved in organized crime. Charlie...
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,...
Conducting legal analysis is of high practical value, as it allows for a deeper understanding of the nature of crime and a better understanding of the science of criminology. In this assignment, the purpose of the work was to examine the proposed scenario to identify all of the criminal acts...
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...
The law of contracts holds that a contract is a legally binding agreement. The agreement entails rights and responsibilities which are legally enforceable, and for it to exist, certain elements must be present. Sometimes, there are disagreements between parties on whether a contract was formed or not as was the...
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...
Several crimes can lead to the death penalty: rape, racism, and murder. Rape cases have been on the rise, and criminals have faced severe punishment such as the death penalty. The death penalty occurs when the criminal is convicted before the law and thus assigned to a life jail sentence....
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...
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...
In the United States to protect health information is implemented the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). According to HIPAA, any information that is somehow related to the physical or mental condition of an individual is considered protected health information or PHI (Drolet, 2017). PHI includes patients’ names, surnames,...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Drug problem increasingly arising around the world due to using and transporting illegal drugs stands as an urgent problem. Their detrimental effect endangering people’s lives is well known, but it does not decrease the demand for them, especially in unwealthy regions. The drug’s popularity and associated high price led to...
The Main Components of the Criminal Justice System Criminal actions may have a considerable destructive impact on various aspects of society. Therefore, the criminal justice system is designed in order to control crime by a number of techniques. There are three primary components of the criminal justice system, including law...
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...
Galuszka, Peter. “The War over Internet Piracy: Fearing Lawsuits, College Officials Crack down on Illegal Downloading of Music and Videos on Campus.” Black Issues in Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, 2004, p. 24. Galuszka, in this article, provides that 80% of all films and music is pirated. For artists...
A decent burial ground is a good business opportunity in American urban centers. Cities have high population densities with little space to lay the dead. Many individuals prefer to cremate their loved ones because of the high cost of burial spaces, but many families still give the latter priority in...
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...
Introduction Federalist 10 is an essay written by James Madison and published in 1787 as a tenth part of The Federalist Papers, emphasizing the need for ratifying the United States Constitution. In this paper, Madison discussed factions, a group of citizens with similar interests and issues emerging in democracy, arguing...
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...
Berer, M. (2017). Abortion law and policy around the world. Health and Human Rights Journal, 19(1), 13-27. The source aims at providing a clear view of various policies and laws around the globe on abortion. The author, Berer, has played a vital role in establishing a number of social issues...
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...
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,...
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...
Crime Prerequisites Business, or white-collar crimes, may be defined as violations of trust caused by illegal actions of business professionals. The primary agents of business crimes may be either employers and business owners or a whole corporation. The major difference concerns whether the employee’s crime was committed on the corporation’s...
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 Elkhart Four case has become a cause celebre and gathered national attention. In 2012, Jose Quiroz, Levi Sparks, Anthony Sharp, and Blake Layman were charged with felony murder. This all happened after they decided to break into an Elkhart house and had their accomplice, twenty-one-year-old Danzele Johnson, shot and...
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...
Statement of the Problem The topic for my term project is “The main causes of crime among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.” I intend to explore the major reasons for the crime commitment among adolescents of this age group. Juvenile delinquency is a paramount topic to raise and discuss....
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...
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...
A jury is a group of people who, during the trial, recognizes specific facts as established and makes a decision on the guilt of the defendant. The procedure for selecting a jury is called voir dire (“to tell the truth”). The selection is random and is usually carried out according...
Criminal justice presupposes punishments for committing offenses, which include isolation of recidivists from society. However, the more time people spend in places with minimal contact with the outside world and access to resources, the less they will be able to adapt back to normal lawful life. Many ex-prisoners struggle with...
Crime is widely considered a failure in the social system and therefore is to be addressed from the perspective of the social construct operation and the trends existing there. Hence, along with solving crimes, the goal of specialists is to identify and hijack the risks associated with such movements and...
One of the methods of direct determination of human actions is normative regulation, in which the needs of people living together in society and the need to coordinate their mass actions are recorded in general rules of behavior, instructions, and assessments. Morality is one of the main types of normative...
Introduction At present, a large number of people are experiencing health complications due to a sedentary lifestyle, lack of physical activities, poor nutritional habits, and substance use disorders (SUD). Among the potential diseases, diabetes mellitus is one of the most harmful and impactful developments that negatively affect the quality of...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
Birds are interesting creatures to watch and learn about. They have charming and colorful looks; have special adaptations, with a variety of food resources and unique habitats. Most birds are known to live on trees, but quite a number also stay in or around water bodies, in caves, mountain tops,...
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...
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...
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...
Abstract The given exploratory paper is devoted to the policy change regarding families and the role they play in the juvenile delinquency sphere. It outlines the central causes that might precondition the emergence of negative effects and deteriorate relations between parents and children. They are discussed from the social perspective...
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...
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...
Creating a will is an important step that every person should consider taking. Besides it being a safe way to ensure one’s property and assets are taken care of, a will helps a person decide who can be the legal guardian of their children. A trust can take care of...
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...
Introduction Training and the learning or academic programs have been there in prisons for a long time. These programs were developed in America because prisons have been in existence there for a long period of time. In this annotated bibliography, different research are analyzed to determine whether inmates who engage...
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....
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...
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...
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 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...
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 National Security Strategy 2010 provides definitive ideologies on what contributes to global security, national security and homeland security. Essentially, there are multiple concerns highlighted in this policy document that help in understanding the values of domestic and international relations. Notably, there are several distinctions between the three aspects of...
Introduction It is first of all necessary to define the scope of criminal law and its implication upon society. It could be reasonably defined that criminal law is that offshoot of law that bans certain kinds of conduct or behavior and deems it intrinsic to enforce punishment or penal action...
Introduction Congress of the United States works on a variety of bills, some of which can be considered debatable in terms of different worldviews. Judeo-Christian ethics highlight the value of human life while promoting fair interpersonal relationships and compassion to other people. The issue of abortion has been topical in...
The term “criticality” is derived from the context of critical thinking. While many scholars support critical thinking in virtually everyone, they often disagree on definitions (Elder & Paul, 2010). The whole way to describe the “criticality” of thinking is by listing the main components of criticality: interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation,...
Criminal Act Synopsis A mother and daughter were trying to make a phone call at a free-standing phone booth. A person passed by the two women and then returned. He started talking to the women in an offensive manner. He continued to verbally abuse women and also made several racist...
Introduction The use of juries in trials remains a contentious subject, considering there are individuals who think it is bizarre to rely on twelve laypersons to make legal decisions. Jury trials are a fundamental pillar of criminal law since it is a right of every person facing serious charges in...
For many years, gun ownership in the United States has been on the increase leading to violence in various states. Although there are inadequate studies on the correlation between the prevalence of arms to violent crimes, guns used during these incidents have been identified and described. On the contrary, weaponry...
A wrongful death claim permits the patient’s family to file a case against the nurse liable for the patient’s death. A circumstance such as medical malpractice can give rise to a wrongful death lawsuit. The suit allows the surviving family members to sue the nurse for damages when the patient...
Police shootings and killings of unarmed civilians arguably qualify as violations of the use-of-force standards that warrant the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators. However, American experience reveals that those involved seldom face any repercussions as the concerned authorities often deem such cases as justifiable. Nonetheless, circumstances under which some...
On March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed into law to increase Americans’ medical coverage. The United States has the highest healthcare expenditure compared to other developed countries. Despite the high spending, the U.S. has fallen short of fulfilling its citizens’ healthcare needs (Fischer, 2016). The ACA...
There are four types of organizational communications namely downward or superior-subordinate communication, upward or subordinate- superior communication, horizontal or interactive communication and grapevine communication. The former is an exception in that it does not involve conventional channels of communication. A brief description of the aforementioned types of organizational communications will...
A Matrix to analyze different forms of business Business name Business nature Personal liability exposure Limiting liability exposure Tinker’s Home security services Sole proprietorship Personally liable for all debts Personally liable for all and any obligations of the business Creditors and claimants have access to the personal accounts, assets and...
Notes Contrasted with men, women have more worries about using public transportation modes and stations. Also, more women compared with men have safety worries just as a bigger probability of harassment in other public spaces like roads and parks, transport stops, and metro stations. This absence of trust in broad...
Police officers play an essential role in every community by ensuring justice, public order, and safety. Policing in the United States has evolved significantly since its emergence in a colonial country. According to Chism, the history of police can be divided into four eras: “the Political Era, the Reform Era,...
The New Penology The concept of new penology states the importance of creating a new language of penology. While the traditional concerns of it focused on the individual, new penology shifts its focus to actuarial consideration of aggregates. The new penology involves various areas, which allow transformation. First of all,...
A Brief Overview The present chapter is intensely focused on survey research, questionnaires. It is divided into four main parts covering the topic in detail. The first part introduces the history of survey research and explains how surveys are used in research papers. The next section concentrates on the wording,...
Introduction There has been an increase in terms of health concerns about mobile phone radiation, particularly due to the global increase in the number of people that are now using wireless mobile telephony. Mobile phones utilize electronic radiation of the microwave variety, a fact that has prompted a number of...
According to the FBI, hate crime refers to traditional offenses such as vandalism, arson, murder and so on often instigated by a form of bias such as intolerance to sex, race, religion, transgender, disability to name just a few. Hate is not considered to be a crime and criminal justice...
Holding and interim control by-laws are among the specialized laws introduced by the 1983 amendment of the planning Act to control how land is utilized. The rules are enforceable, provided that they are specified for use in the municipality’s implementation plan. Therefore, the holdings by-laws are being used in defining...
Introduction to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that protects individuals against discrimination in public and private entities. The law prohibits employers from practicing discriminative management practices against employees (Gold, 2018). This legislation is...
Introduction The protection of children at the national level is a crucial aspect of sustainable and population-based legislation. The ability to promote laws and regulations aimed to create an environment in which the child feels safe and empowered is a valuable aspect of policymakers’ work. Attempts to discuss the problem...
Constitutional law A Bill of Rights refers to a compilation of human rights protection policies defined within a country’s Constitution (Australian Government Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations). In Australia, attempts to enact a national Bill of Rights have not been fruitful for ages. However, the Australian Capital Territory’s...
Issue The case of Angelina and Brad implies the need to consider it from a legal perspective. Due to the presence of numerous occasions of both assault and battery, it corresponds to the commitment of intentional torts towards persons. The conflict between the participants started with Brad, who ordered his...
The Prosecuting Attorney’s Closing Argument Your Honor, this case is the one of utmost cruelty and brutality. The defendant has clearly planned the most atrocious and cold-blooded murder of the plaintiff. First of all, he used the victim’s weakness for good spirit against him, knowing that Mr. Fortunato would not...
Completely Innocent On November, 5, Andrew Kelly, a police officer, was arrested after killing a woman in a car accident; the off-duty officer was completely drunk driving through Brooklyn Mill Basin. The victim of the accident was Vionique Valnord, 32; the woman tried to hail a taxi that afternoon leaving...
Rape is defined as illegitimate sexual intercourse through the anus, vagina, breast, or any other body part, with or without force, through one’s sex organ, or any other body parts, or a foreign material without the permission of the victim. Rape is committed when a victim withdraws his or her...
An interracial crime refers to an offense where the perpetrator and the victim are the same race. Conversely, an interracial crime involves an offender and victim of different races. For violent victimizations, interracial crime is more prevalent than interracial crime. Examples of crimes included under violent victimizations are robbery, rape,...
Summary Many teenagers in today’s generation participate in risky activities, make poor decisions, and are affected by peer pressure. Thus, several young people can engage in various immoral behaviors such as robbery and drug abuse. Although police arrests are frequent among adolescents, most of them are not arrested after committing...
While in the academy and for their period of training, police are particularly skilled on how to handle various situations that they will come across. A dilemma arises when they get in the field and stumble upon problems which they did not receive training for. Instances of new laws being...
Introduction The United States government has for a long time been using the Uniform Crime Reports and the National crime victimization survey as the two major sources of crime data (Schmalleger, 2009). These primary crime data sources have been extensively used by the government to establish the magnitude, characteristics and...
Law, Morality, and the Freedom of Expression It is hard to disagree that for all people to live in a safe, healthy, and reliable environment, it is essential to create certain rules and behavior patterns for everyone to follow. If a person breaks these laws, they should be punished in...
