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- 2581: Differences Between Various Crimes
- ... building with the intent of carrying out a felony. An example of this would be when a person breaks into your house and steals money or possessions from you. Robbery is when the perpetrator takes personal property from another against their will while threatening to do bodily harm or damage. An example of this would be when a bank robber holds up a bank and orders the tellers to hand over ... are sworn oral statements given outside of court by witnesses or other parties of the case as responses to questions askedd by the opposing attorneys. Interrogatories, which are written questions which must be answered in writing under oath by either the plaintiff or defendant. Requests for real evidence which is tangible evidence is asked to be produced. Another method of discovery is by requesting a physical or mental examinations if a ...
- 2582: Prohibition...A Waste?
- ... no on the question of continuing to license the saloons.” (Encarta 1) The ASL held powerful members in Congress and so was able to pass an amendment for prohibition. This amendment, quickly ratified, was simply writing on paper without enforcement. “To enforce the 18th Amendment, Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, usually called the Volstead Act because Congressman Andrew Volstead of Minnesota introduced it in 1919. This law defined the prohibited ... intoxicating liquors” as those with an alcoholic content of more than 0.5 percent, although it made concessions for liquors sold for medicinal, sacramental, and industrial purposes, and for fruit or grape beverages prepared for personal use in homes. Because the Congress and the state legislatures, however, were reluctant to appropriate enough money for more than token enforcement—and because the opportunities for disregarding the law through smuggling, distilling, fermenting, and ...
- 2583: Capital Punishment
- ... most appropriate as it is certainly impressive mode in which society can attach to so great a crime...". Criminologists have as of yet failed to produce evidence on many of these arguments since they involve personal conviction. Methods Of Execution Electric Chair Electrocution is a means of killing a person by the use of a strong electric shock. It is one of the legal methods of executing criminals. A prisoner is ... a table while waiting to die. Firing Squad One other means of execution used in the United States is firing squad. The only two states which use this method are Utah and Idaho. Conclusion While writing this essay, I found a lot of different arguments both for and against capital punishment. After weighing both sides of the issue, I came to the conclusion that capital punishment isn't a good idea ...
- 2584: The Stalking of Celebrities
- ... more isolated. It hangs with you for the rest of your life. That's a very high price to pay for fame.”11 Where stalking is concerned, society, it seems, wants to keep it a personal matter. Perhaps due to the mostly domestic context of the crime, most people rely on the out of sight, out of mind approach where stalking episodes are concerned. Cases are viewed as “lover's quarrels” or “ personal matters,” and other people (often including law enforcement officials) choose to turn a blind eye--usually until it is too late to help.12 We should have harsher laws against stalking. Last year the state ... proactive stance against stalkers, citing an offense as “ intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment or embarrass.”19 Stalking is a crime and should be seen for what it truly is--a continued violation of personal freedom and peace of mind. Stalking victims are followed, harassed with phone calls and letters and threatened physically.20 In a country that proclaims that citizens' rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of ...
- 2585: The Communication Decency Act: The Fight For Freedom of Speech on the Internet
- ... society. After World War II and Vietnam, I believe it is the computer generation's destiny to rebuild our family and give community abilities to evolve, solve problems, generate and distribute wealth, promote peace, and personal security. Finally, freedom is struggle, by definition. Freedom on the Internet is not a gift. It's the space we ourselves own, in the face of the government and the media, who have seemingly tried ... been contacted by myself as well. I have e-mailed Happy Fernandez, a Philadelphia City Councilwoman. The message I sent them is a smaller version of this one: "To whom it may concern, I am writing to you about the Communications Decency Act. I believe the act is unconstitutional. Amendment I states: "Congress shall make no law......abridging the freedom of speech...." This alone should prohibit this act. The Communications Decency ...
- 2586: Analysis of Police Corruption
- ... with the current, and regional information that was needed to complete this report. In simple terms, corruption in policing is usually viewed as the misuse of authority by a police officer acting offically to fulfill personal needs or wants. For a corrupt act to occure, three distinct elements of police corruption must be present simultaneously: 1) missuse of authority, 2) missuse of official capacity, and 3) missuse of personal attainment. (Dantzker, 1995: p 157) It can be said that power inevitably tends to corrupt, and it is yet to be recongnized that, while there is no reason to suppose that policemen as individuals are ... narcotics from narcotics viloators in order to aviod arrest; they have accepted bribes; they have sold narcotics. They have known of narcotics vilolations and have failed to take proper enforcement action. They have entered into personal associations with narcotics criminals and in some cases have used narcotics. They have given false testimony in court in order to obtain dismissal of the charges against a defendant." (Sherman 1978: p 129) A ...
- 2587: Pornography
- ... redress. The Ontario Human Rights Code provides an example of an attempt to redress quasi-social harms. It may be true that tort law is unable to address the "social injury that occurs at a personal level", but this is exactly the kind of injury the human rights codes of the country have been enacted to redress. While couched in the terminology of individual human rights, the OHRC's categories of ... result of being eg. black, female, Croatian, gay, blind, 25 yr. old, unmarried, etc. The remedies under s.40 of the OHRC are nearly identical to those in the modified ordinance - damages, including those for personal anguish, costs of the action, and injunction. The modified ordinance would thus be quite similar to the existing human rights legislation in Ontario in its recognition of social harm and its suggestion of remedies. Where ... is needed to give women the resources to come forward and challenge those who harm them through trafficking in pornography is needed. The role of support groups, groups to provide legal resources, groups to provide personal support in a situation where one's established values, relationships etc. are shaken apart, is crucial to the success of actions brought under the ordinance. Individual women would be truly exceptional to successfully bring ...
- 2588: Software Licensing and Piracy
- ... sale of copyrighted software in a form that is designed to make it appear to be a legitimate program; Hard disk loading, whereby computer dealers load unauthorized copies of software onto the hard disks of personal computers, which acts as an incentive for the end user to buy the hardware from that particular dealer; and downloading of copyrighted software to users connected by modem to electronic bulletin boards and/or the ... impacts the software industry. One of the main concerns of the software industry is how to deal with the issues of Asoftware licensing. More and more customers want customized software suited for their business or personal need, and expect the software development firms to accommodate to their wishes. The other side of this issue is that software development firms are concerned with unrealized revenue and excess costs in the form of ... the decision in Whenlan v Jaslow Dental Laboratory as a precedent of similar cases. Whenlan, a small software company wrote a accounting program for Jaslow Dental Laboratory company. Jaslow rewrote the software to run on personal computers and proceeded to sell the product. The software was identical to Whenlans in the data structures, logic, and the program structure, except for the source code. Jaslow argued that the duplicated elements were ...
- 2589: Legalization of Drugs
- ... heroin, cocaine and marijuana users. At the same time, you're going to have these arguments about individual rights and the freedom to use drugs in your own home.(Reason, July 1994 p.43) The personal rights and freedoms issue is a pressing point that supporters of prohibition must look towards and decide on what their beliefs are on how deeply government should interact and limit the actions of people. Call ... much pleasure. Reality, even disagreeable reality, is remarkably educational; and the attempt to legislate reality out of existence is remarkably counterproductive. (Perrine, p.12) In the U.S. there were eleven states that decriminalized the personal use of marijuana. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse(1992), there was no increase in its use in those states.(Riga, p.7) Anti©drug supporters argue that corollations cannot be made between ... away from police and jailers doctors and educators. Legalizing drug use©©with certain restrictions©©would eliminate the terrible collateral damage wreaked by the war on drugs. It would respect the right of individuals to make personal choices about what they consume, while still holding them responsible for the harm they cause others. It would free up real money for prevention and treatment programs that currently enjoy more lip service than ...
- 2590: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... Heritage Foundation. A father's attention to his son has enormous positive effects on a boy's emotional and social development. But a boy abandoned by his father in deprived of a deep sense of personal security, In a well-functioning family," he continued, "the very presence of the father embodies authority" and this paternal authority "is critical to the prevention of psychopathology and delinquency." (2) On top of the problem ... for what brings them pleasure and a sense of power, placing "zero value on the lives of their victims." Ultimately, concludes Mr. Dilulio, only a return to religion will restore to youth the sense of personal responsibility that leads to moral behavior. He cites a growing body of scientific evidence from a variety of academic disciplines that indicates that churches ameliorate or cure many severe socioeconomic ills. "Let [the liberal elite ... crime seems to have its roots not so much in poverty as it does to poverty of values. Experts like John DiIulio and James Q.Wilson believe that the cure lies in a renaissance of personal responsibility, and a reassertion of responsibility over rights and community over egoism. There is definitely a need for more study on the new breed of teen criminal -"the Super Predator"- But we don't ...
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