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    progress)? The initial stage of investigating a burglary include controlling the scene and determining if the entry was forced or unforced as well as what entry and exit points were utilized by the criminal. Next‚ the investigator will need to be very observant to possible tools and fingerprints that the criminal may have left behind that can contain DNA evidence. After these steps are completed‚ the investigator will need to package the items in an appropriate fashion for the laboratory. Further‚ the

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    Ethics in Evaluating Criminal Justice Programs Ethics in Evaluating Criminal Justice Programs The basis for the conclusion reached‚ methods of evaluation‚ and reasoning‚ requires ethical guidelines and ethical individuals conducting evaluations of programs. According to Dr. Paul and Dr. Elder ethical reasoning abilities are important for numerous reasons. Dr. Paul and Dr. Elder explain how the majority of individuals “confuse ethics with behavior‚ in accordance with social conventions‚ religious

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    Haley‚ Jennifer Professor Underwood Phsc 2010-A05 Elements of Earth Science November 6‚ 2013 Short Report on Tornadoes                  Introduction             A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. A violent tornado is capable of enormous amount of destruction with wind speeds up to 300 miles per hour. The tornados can reach up to one mile wide and fifty miles long. A report I read said in an average year‚ 1‚500 tornados are

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    Can force be used to resist arrest? Common law - yes! Based on theory there were no other safeguards Texas- no! Unlawful used of force by police- Tazers- must be "reasonable and necessary" against unlawful act Handcuffs- when an arrest is made--yes! Investigative stop--sometimes! The use of force in discipline children A parent or person in loco parentis(in place of) When it is reasonable! Dempsey‚ J. S.‚ & Forst‚ L. S. (2013). Police ethics

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    Criminal Law Year 11 Legal Studies Term 2 – 2015 What is Criminal?  Criminal conduct is behaviour that the law deems to be wrongful.  Criminal law covers the acts and omissions that most people in society consider harmful.  As well as causing harm to a victim‚ a crime is also regarded as harming the society as a whole.  Behaviour that breaks one of these criminal rules is an offence. Sources of Criminal Law  Criminal law is the responsibility of the States.  The Commonwealth can enact

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    much different way‚ because they had to fight for many things that a vast majority of people never had to fight for. For some of these people‚ being a criminal was the ultimate American Dream. It was not that they were bad people‚ but they knew that living the life of a felon would give them everything they had ever dreamt of. This gave these criminals the motivation to chase their dream‚ achieve their dream‚ and eventually be blinded by the dream itself. In America‚ there have always been classes

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    Purposes of Criminal Law Introduction The question as to what the criminal law aims to accomplish is one that cannot be easily answered as criminal law has a wide variety of purposes that work individually to manage different aspects of society. These purposes are split into two categories‚ instrumental and non-instrumental that together aim to accomplish a healthy balance between justice and equality for both criminals and citizens (Daly 2012‚ 390). In saying that‚ criminal law does serve a number

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    Criminals Should Be Punished Or Not Debate criminals deserve to be punished. Most of the people would not hesitate to claim that those who break the law should be punished ans]d put into prison as long as possible in case they continue to endager our lives and property. Also‚ if criminals are not given any punishment they may commit crimes again and again.Crime in general is the worst thing a person can do because it violates the law and it is a violation against the victims.Therefore‚ to protect

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    The statement ’Are criminals born‚ or made?’ is wide reaching and still the subject of many debates. Beginning over a hundred years ago in the late 18th century social and criminal anthropologists began to wonder at the causes of criminality and delinquency and set about to investigate. Most theorists at the time believed that it had to be a deep-rooted trait‚ an innate tendency. Over the years that followed‚ many other sociologists and psychologists have tried to decipher this complicated question

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    Assignment 3: Stages of a Criminal Trial Davara Ponds CRJ:100/Introduction to Criminal Justice Professor Matthew Burleyson Strayer University February 8‚ 2012 Introduction One particular case on March Two Thousand seven a trail that lasted seven teen days in South Florida that brought the jurors to tears when a forty eighty years old man call John Evander Couey that kidnapped Jessica Lunsford in Two Thousand Five‚ sexual assault and murder her. Jessica Lunsford was a nine year old

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