Harm Principle Law
Police and the public may have a different outlook of hard-core criminals becoming victims of violence. The police have to remove their bias ways to solve the victim case (Karmen, 2013). The police has to follow what is ethical correct. They must think on a level head. On the other hand, the police have a duty to serve and protect the community.
I believe from a public aspect that they may have a different view then the police. They may not feel any remorse for the criminal. Some may feel like the criminal got what they deserves. I believe it only affect the public emotionally if they are related to the victim. Or you may have the few who thinks that they should be treated as a victim and not judged from their past or present situation. …show more content…
Laws are put in place to maintain order, protect individual citizens, protect property, and provide a basis for punishment.
We as humans may think that the punishment toward the criminal may fit the crime that they created. Principle laws, a society ultimately degenerates into despotism--the rule of the strong and violent over the weak and nonviolent. Harm Principle laws are essential, and every government on Earth has them. Some laws are based not strictly on harm or self-harm concerns, but also on promoting the personal morality of the law 's authors (Head, 2014). On a law standpoint, it is wrong to commit a crime against anyone regardless of their circumstances. According to Hundley, Martin, & Humberg, Florida 's "stand your ground ' ' law has allowed drug dealers to avoid murder charges and gang members to walk free. It has hindered prosecutors and confused judges. It has also served its intended purpose, acquitted dozens of people who were deemed to be legitimately acting in self-defense. Among them was a woman who was choked and beaten by an irate tenant and a man who was threatened in his driveway by a …show more content…
felon. Many people in the public has been outraged the verdicts. Due to the law that was put in place the criminal was protected. Gang on gang crime has always been a very controversy situation. For instance, a known gang member is at home another member of a different gang invades their home and robs them. Now we have a gang member who becomes a victim. Police working the case should still treat it like any other case. People of the public may feel like they got what they deserve because of their gang relationship. Another example, public attitudes and the extent of public knowledge about domestic violence are important because citizen perceptions about this complex social problem and beliefs about what should be done about it from the context in which public policy is formulated and criminal justice agencies respond.
Many people have first and second-hand knowledge of abusive relationships among friends, relatives, or acquaintances. It can be a known factor that the alleged criminal almost killed their victim but the victim never reported. Once that victim gets tired of the abuse they fight back which can cause deadly harm. In this case, the criminal now becomes the victim unless hard evidence can prove otherwise. In the public eyes, they may feel like the criminal (now victim) got what they deserve. According to the ABC news, in Chicago, a woman lost her child to gang violence. Some of the gang members claim to be victim of violence. They claim that the woman family retaliated against them and their family. Some of the members claimed that they are being harassed by the Chicago police as well. Police The gang members feel like they should not be responsible for one member behavior in the gang. Police did held the family accountable for the retaliations committed against the lost child
family. Regardless of the circumstances of criminals, the police and the public must seek justice through the justice system. All bias opinion must be set aside. We may have our own opinion about how things should be but the law oversees all. You can be a criminal ad become a victim at any time. By law everyone has the right to be protected.
Works Cited
Hundley, K., Martin, S., & Humberg, C. (2012). Florida 'stand your ground ' law yields some shocking outcomes depending on how law is applied. Tampa bay times, 7.
Karmen, A. (2013). Crime victims an introduction to victimology. (8th, Ed.) Belmont: Wadworth.
Leaders, families of victims react to gag controversy. (2010). abc local news.http://aclocal.go.com/story
I believe from a public aspect that they may have a different view then the police. They may not feel any remorse for the criminal. Some may feel like the criminal got what they deserves. I believe it only affect the public emotionally if they are related to the victim. Or you may have the few who thinks that they should be treated as a victim and not judged from their past or present situation. …show more content…
Laws are put in place to maintain order, protect individual citizens, protect property, and provide a basis for punishment.
We as humans may think that the punishment toward the criminal may fit the crime that they created. Principle laws, a society ultimately degenerates into despotism--the rule of the strong and violent over the weak and nonviolent. Harm Principle laws are essential, and every government on Earth has them. Some laws are based not strictly on harm or self-harm concerns, but also on promoting the personal morality of the law 's authors (Head, 2014). On a law standpoint, it is wrong to commit a crime against anyone regardless of their circumstances. According to Hundley, Martin, & Humberg, Florida 's "stand your ground ' ' law has allowed drug dealers to avoid murder charges and gang members to walk free. It has hindered prosecutors and confused judges. It has also served its intended purpose, acquitted dozens of people who were deemed to be legitimately acting in self-defense. Among them was a woman who was choked and beaten by an irate tenant and a man who was threatened in his driveway by a …show more content…
felon. Many people in the public has been outraged the verdicts. Due to the law that was put in place the criminal was protected. Gang on gang crime has always been a very controversy situation. For instance, a known gang member is at home another member of a different gang invades their home and robs them. Now we have a gang member who becomes a victim. Police working the case should still treat it like any other case. People of the public may feel like they got what they deserve because of their gang relationship. Another example, public attitudes and the extent of public knowledge about domestic violence are important because citizen perceptions about this complex social problem and beliefs about what should be done about it from the context in which public policy is formulated and criminal justice agencies respond.
Many people have first and second-hand knowledge of abusive relationships among friends, relatives, or acquaintances. It can be a known factor that the alleged criminal almost killed their victim but the victim never reported. Once that victim gets tired of the abuse they fight back which can cause deadly harm. In this case, the criminal now becomes the victim unless hard evidence can prove otherwise. In the public eyes, they may feel like the criminal (now victim) got what they deserve. According to the ABC news, in Chicago, a woman lost her child to gang violence. Some of the gang members claim to be victim of violence. They claim that the woman family retaliated against them and their family. Some of the members claimed that they are being harassed by the Chicago police as well. Police The gang members feel like they should not be responsible for one member behavior in the gang. Police did held the family accountable for the retaliations committed against the lost child
family. Regardless of the circumstances of criminals, the police and the public must seek justice through the justice system. All bias opinion must be set aside. We may have our own opinion about how things should be but the law oversees all. You can be a criminal ad become a victim at any time. By law everyone has the right to be protected.
Works Cited
Hundley, K., Martin, S., & Humberg, C. (2012). Florida 'stand your ground ' law yields some shocking outcomes depending on how law is applied. Tampa bay times, 7.
Karmen, A. (2013). Crime victims an introduction to victimology. (8th, Ed.) Belmont: Wadworth.
Leaders, families of victims react to gag controversy. (2010). abc local news.http://aclocal.go.com/story