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- 1961: The Rodney King Case
- ... a hard time trying to apprehend Mr. King, which strengthen Sgt. Koon belief Mr. King was under the influence of “PCP.” It was then Sgt. Koon shot Mr. King twice with a Taser electric stun gun (5-6). Jennifer Eastman describes, how Mr. King, while “prone on the ground, sustained blows to his head, neck, kidney area, and legs, from four policemen, who were kicking and smashing at him with their ... Laurence Powell had unnecessarily struck Mr.King six times with his metal baton.” Another officer told the court that Mr. King’s “actions” were not “threatening,” but “described Officer Powell and Wind as out of control”(825). The prosecution was sure their strategy was enough for them to get a conviction. Although this trial ended with a not guilty verdict, this story was far from being over. The United States Government ...
- 1962: The Insanity Defense
- ... terms such as disease of the mind, know, and the nature and quality of the act. The Irresistible Impulse Test This rule excludes from criminal responsibility a person whose mental disease makes it impossible to control personal conduct. Unlike the M'Naghten Rule, the criminal may be able to distinguish between right and wrong, but may be unable to exercise self-control because of a disabling mental condition. Just as the M'Naghten Rule focused on cognition rather than the function of the person in an integrated fashion, the Irresistible Impulse Test abstracts the element of volition ... not a medical concept, and insanity is defined within the context of an adversary system wherin psychiatrists and lawyers battle one another over the meaning of terms such as right and wrong and ability to control one's behavior. Mental illness and mental disease are psychoanalytic concepts, not scientific concepts. Mental illness is defined by talking to people or by giving them written tests, and there is no agreement among ...
- 1963: The Death Penalty: Why We Should Have Capital Punishment?
- ... von Gunten, dead. He then dumped his body in the street and was about to drive off in his newly acquired car when near by police officers intervened. Keith then engaged the police in a gun fight and managed to escape. Around the same time Keith also became the prime suspect in a grocery store robbery at Uniontown, Ohio, in which two people were shot to death. When Ohio became too ... On December 19, 1956, he joined three other men for the purpose of robbing a taxi. The foursome hailed a cab and were picked up by a driver named David Suro. When Keith pressed a gun to the back of Suro's head and demanded money, the man deliberately crashed his vehicle into a police car. The thieves jumped out of the disabled taxi and fled in different directions. Leroy Keith paused long enough to shoot the cab-driver dead. Then he engaged police in a running gun battle through the crowded streets. Finally, five bullets brought him down. He survived his wounds and was charged with capital murder. He didn't get off with a prison sentence or parole this time. ...
- 1964: Case for Legalizing Marijuana What
- ... drug user from himself. The argument takes two forms. One has to do with the damage a drug may do to a person's health and the other with the individual's power of self-control or freedom. First consider the health effects. By any reasonable standard, marijuana is a mild drug and as for overdosing, there is no scientifically valid evidence of anyone dying of an overdose of marijuana smoke ... The first deals with physical injury and the second with spiritual health. The main physical threat to society is that users under the influence of a drug with crash a car or airplane, or lose control in some way and do harm. People who have recently smoked marijuana do show signs of clumsiness and disorientation. They should not operate machinery in this condition. One study estimates that alcohol plays a part ... of all fatal highway crashes. Marijuana may present similar risks, but at present there are no reliable data on its importance in accidents. According to John Stuart Mill's writings, the government should try to control only the aspects of drug use that injure society. In this vein, it makes sense to have laws against driving under the influence of marijuana similar to those governing driving under the influence of ...
- 1965: Capital Punishment: Pro
- Capital Punishment: Pro There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime (Cox). It is not ...
- 1966: The Death Penalty: To Be or Not to Be...
- ... it and that homicide is legitimate when deemed justified by pragmatic concerns. Reliance on the death penalty obscures the true causes of crime and distracts attention from the social measures that effectively contribute to its control. Politicians who preach the desirability of executions as a weapon of crime control deceive the public and mask their own failure to support anti- crime measures that will really work. Capital punishment wastes resources. It squanders the time and energy of courts, prosecuting attorneys, defense counsel, juries, and courtroom and correctional personnel. It unduly burdens the system of criminal justice, and it is therefore counterproductive as an instrument for society's control of violent crime. It epitomizes the tragic inefficacy and brutality of the resort to violence rather than reason for the solution of difficult social problems. " As we can see, from these points of view, ...
- 1967: Misconduct in Police Departments
- ... officer. "By contrast, most police departments require written reports only when the weapon is actually discharged, noted Scrivner, and that too late." (119) "If you have to fill out a report when you draw your gun that's trying to change that behavior early on." (119) We also need to have every thing to be reported not some of it. "Some Experts say that in order to stem corruption, police chiefs ... is allow to conduct a special group to investigate police officers it will be helpful when a citizen filed a complaint. "Criminologist Sherman believes one of the most effective ways for a department executive to control police officers is though undercover cops posing as citizens or corrupt cops." (119) But "most police departments wouldn't dream of doing that because they know police unions would be strongly opposed," he says. (119 ...
- 1968: Serial Killing: Is It An Addiction?
- ... define them in a learning context. A brief, yet encompassing view of addiction's purpose is that of a coping device. The addiction becomes a method in which the addicted individual can "manage and magically control multiple forms of anxiety" (Keller, 1992, p. 224). Much like a security blanket, or favorite stuffed animal, the addiction is used to protect and comfort the addicted individual. Understanding the magical, and comforting, role played ... strong feelings of insecurity, general anger, and a tendency to run from problems (Holmes and De Burger, 1988). In short, those traits which help us to get along with each other--ability to love, to control behavior, and a conscience--fail to develop in the ASPD afflicted individual. There are similarities and common vulnerability factors between ASPD and other psychological disorders. The cluster of disorders, with the exception of ASPD, includes ... De Burger, 1988). This gain is generally sexual, and it has been posited that all serial murderers are nectophiles (Brown, 1991). Some of the killers motivation consists for uncontrolled drives, reflected in their inability to control impulsive behavior or change their actions consideration of others (Holmes and De Burger, 1988). There is not external motive in a serial murder. The victim is killed for psychological gain on the part of ...
- 1969: Drugs in Sports
- ... part of competitive sport for almost a century. At the first olympics in Athens in 1896, marathon runners drank a mixture of brandy and strychnine to help them on their ways and used opiates to control pain during a race. Use of alcohol was very common in the early years of the twentieth century. It might be argued that the first athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance were, in ... illegal use od drugs. Sports performance requires the most complicated physical movements. To be successful in those movements, the athlete's brain must be in excellent condition for receiving and sending messages that involves strategy, control, balance and so on. Remember that drugs interfere with your natural chemical processes that affect your moods, behavior style, body movements, health and appearance, memory, and the quality of everything you do. Drugs can ruin ... has taken you a lifetime to develop. All potential can be lost when your body and mind are damaged by drugs. Drugs alter behavior in many ways. They cause unpredictable outbursts and actions beyond your control . They can cause aggressive acts of violence, and even murder. You should avoid drugs while you are still growing . Most drugs are designed for adults. While you are young, you also have more fluid ...
- 1970: The Death Penalty: To Be or Not to Be...
- ... it and that homicide is legitimate when deemed justified by pragmatic concerns. Reliance on the death penalty obscures the true causes of crime and distracts attention from the social measures that effectively contribute to its control. Politicians who preach the desirability of executions as a weapon of crime control deceive the public and mask their own failure to support anti-crime measures that will really work. Capital punishment wastes resources. It squanders the time and energy of courts, prosecuting attorneys, defense counsel, juries, and courtroom and correctional personnel. It unduly burdens the system of criminal justice, and it is therefore counterproductive as an instrument for society's control of violent crime. It epitomizes the tragic inefficacy and brutality of the resort to violence rather than reason for the solution of difficult social problems. " As we can see, from these points of view, ...
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