Probable cause and Reasonable suspicion are two legal terms used in the United States legal system‚ in this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the two terms as well as providing examples. Probable cause is the level of facts and evidence required to obtain a warrant for‚ or as an exception to the warrant requirements for‚ making an arrest or conducting a personal or property search‚ etc. when criminal charges are being considered. Courts usually find probable cause when there is a reasonable basis
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Racial profiling is defined as discrimination put into action based on a stereotype. Racial profiling other older names are "institutional racism and discrimination and owes its existence to prejudice that has existed in this country since slavery" (anonymous par 3) . No one is excluded from the potential to experience some type of racial profiling‚ regardless of their race‚ gender‚ age‚ background or religion. Racial profiling has existed in different ways since slavery. During the rebuilding period
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Illicit Substance Laws- Cannabis in Canada Marijuana is a drug that seems to defy law enforcement and continues to be publicly supported and used. After many years there have been billions of dollars spent on enforcing marijuana laws without any noticeable effect. Leaving marijuana illegal creates an underground economy funding various criminal activities‚ thus further supporting crime. No matter how many people are arrested and incarcerated it seems as though there has been no effect on the use
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CJUS Final Review 1. Know what the Fifth Amendment limits? Limitations on the exercise of governmental power or authority and prevent person from being tried twice for the same offense‚ testify against himself. 2. Sixth Amendment guarantees what? The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to legal counsel at all significant stages of a criminal proceeding. 3. The eighth amendment bars what? U.S. constitutional amendment forbidding excessive bail‚ excessive fines‚ and cruel and unusual
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and friend also does drugs with her.” She lives in an environment that promotes drug use. She may benefit from an inpatient drug treatment center if she is willing to go. She does not have transportation to go to cocaine anonymous (CA)‚ marijuana anonymous‚ and narcotics anonymous (NA). She does not have good coping skills. She copes with stress my using drugs and crying. Her drug use is what caused her cellulitis. She has not insurance and no ways of paying her hospital bills because she is unemployed
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Bibliography: Abuse‚ N. I. (2012‚ January 12). What are the effects of LSD? Retrieved March 16‚ 2013‚ from About: http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/lsd/f/lsd_faq04.htm Anonymous. (2009). LSD Effects. Retrieved March 16‚ 2013‚ from The Good Drugs Guide: http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com/lsd/effects.htm Freeman‚ S. (2011‚ May 9). How LSD Works. Retrieved March 16‚ 2013‚ from How Stuff Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/lsd4
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results of smoking cigarettes. Why do people continue to smoke when the effects are so harmful? The typical response from smokers to this question is that they smoke to relax and help relieve stress. Unfortunately‚ the quick fix are an addictive narcotic. Smoking feeds the addiction‚ but it also feeds the body with about 40 cancer-causing chemicals as well as almost 4‚000 other chemicals.[5] When a smoker comes to the conclusion that they really want to quit that is a major stepping stone in their
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Josh Kincaid had been the apple of his family’s eye‚ and expected to make his mark on the world. Lone child of a Physician Father‚ and Nurse Mother‚ it had been presumed the young Josh would follow in the Patriarch’s footsteps‚ and pursue the field of medicine. The teenage boy‚ with bright intelligence‚ had breezed through high-school‚ encountering a little trouble here and there - he’d always possessed wild streak‚ something his parents put down to boredom‚ due to the classwork not being challenging
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Drug Courts Sutoya Marlowe Fayetteville State University Criminal Justice 450 Dr. Robert Brown April 1‚ 2014 Abstract In order to understand the importance of drug court programs‚ it is important to learn what prompted the program. Before the first drug court was established in 1989‚ the United States has endured three drug epidemics that had profound consequences on the criminal justice system. Drug court programs intends to reduce substance abuse among offenders with addiction by
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Lindsay Lohan’s Career Her red hair and cute freckled face helped get Lindsay her career‚ but after many years of success that all changed. Lindsay Lohan went from stardom and every little girl’s role model straight to the bottom. Her addictions‚ felonies‚ and her erratic behaviors have destroyed her reputation and merely destroyed her career. Although at this time‚ it is looking like Lindsay Lohan is on the road to recovery. Lindsay’s career started at the age of three when she signed with
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