Issues Related to Gun Control

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Research papers   |   03/19/2008   |   .doc   |   14 pages
Document abstract : «Did you know that Canada has more guns per house than the United States? This is actually because Canada has a lot more hunting guns than the States, but they have more hand guns and more dangerous guns then we do. Gun Control in Canada has been a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction: History of gun control in Canada. Smuggling of guns. Gun laws in Canada vs. America. Important cases and events. Conclusion. End notes....»

Applied criminology - How are we best to describe the actions of a serial killer?

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Presentation   |   08/13/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «The definition of "serial killing" has proved problematic within the confines of narrow legal definitions of murder. Moreover, serial killing adopts multifarious forms brought on by many different states of mind (D, Wilson. 2001). Holmes attempted...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Eric Hickey's database research on the demographics of serial killing.. Describing the conduct of serial killers under applied criminological theorem. . The central theory pertaining to the conduct of serial...»

Plessy v. Ferguson: Utilizing the technique of shepardizing to see relationships among cases

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Case study   |   06/01/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «In 1890, the Louisiana State legislature passed Act 111, also known as the Separate Car Act. This required white and African American people to be given "separate but equal" accommodations on railway trains. It required that: "All railway...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The first case and violation of rights. Justice Harlan's opinion for the case. Appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Definiton of [ti]disturbing the peace[ti]. Conclusion....»

Problem definition and the Failures of U.S. Drug Policy

Economics & finance   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   05/22/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «The "war on drugs" in the United States has not been successful because drug policy has focused on defining the problem of drugs as a criminal justice concern and not as a public health issue. By defining the drug problem in this way, focus has...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The reasons for which budget allocates more money to demand reduction programs . The cocaine epidemic. President Bush's drug policy . The prohibitive framework . The public health framework . The war on drugs. National Drug Control...»

Drug related offenses

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   05/08/2009   |   .doc   |   14 pages
Document abstract : «In modern societies it is easy to recognize that consuming drugs is an every day reality. It is not only taking heroin or marijuana, but also smoking, taking painkillers, having a coffee, a tea or excessive intake of alcohol on Saturday as a...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The addiction and the drug related offences. Drug related offences: A worldwide plague. The state of the world: Datas . The specificity of the united kingdom. Efforts to reduce drug related crimes. A worldwide fight. United kingdom's...»

Hair and fiber evidence

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   04/20/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Most trace evidence found at a crime undergoes forensic analysis for two main purposes: identification and comparison. Often tiny strange particles are found, and testing for identification purposes establishes exactly what the material is....»

Synopsis abstract : «Hair and fiber . Analyzing hair evidence. The value of comparing hair evidence. Collecting and preserving hair evidence. Analyzing fiber evidence. Collecting and preserving fiber evidence. References....»

Brown v Mississippi

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Case study   |   03/24/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «Friday March 30th, 1934. A sixty-year old White planter from the Giles community in Mississippi, Raymond Stewart, was found mutilated at approximately 1 o'clock that day, in his house. The police had discovered his body, and requested a physician...»

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Violence against women

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   03/23/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Despite the fact that women are much more likely to be killed then to kill, women charged with the murder of their violent male partners are further victimized by a legal system that has been constructed, interpreted and implemented to fit men's...»

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The defense of provocation: The implications of the House of Lords' decision in Morgan Smith [2000] 3 WLR 654

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Case study   |   03/23/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The defense of provocation is a partial defense, pertinent only to murder. If successfully pleaded, liability is reduced to manslaughter. For the defense to succeed there are three requirements: (i) There must have been some act(s) or word(s) of...»

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Justice depends on the identification of the individuals with their community

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Term papers   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Seyla Benhabib in The Claims of Culture reported the case of a young Laotian American woman abducted from her work at Fresno State University and then raped. Her assailant, a Hmong/Laotian immigrant, argued that among his tribe this behaviour is the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Value judgment.. Justice, society and religion.. Reasoning and understanding of justice.. Rawl's interpretation.. Justification of rights.. Communitarianism tension.. Community identity.. Conclusi...»

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