county by county. They found that murder rates went down by eight and a half percent‚ rapes down by fifteen percent‚ aggravated assaults by seven percent and robberies by three percent (Harris). This study also showed that if the states that didn’t have “shall issue laws” would have adopted them in 1992‚ it could have prevented 12‚000 robberies‚ 60‚000 aggravated assaults‚ 4‚177 rapes‚ and 1‚570 murders per year. These statistics are not only lives that could have been saved with the help of guns
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custody or control Aggravated Assault: An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Arson: Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn‚ with or without intent to defraud‚ a dwelling house‚ public building‚ motor vehicle or aircraft‚ personal property of another‚ etc. Assault (simple): To knowingly or recklessly
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misdemeanors‚ and infractions. Felonies are considered serious crimes. Felonies consist of criminal homicide‚ forcible rape‚ robbery‚ aggravated assault‚ burglary‚ larceny-theft‚ motor vehicle theft‚ and arson and so on. A Misdemeanor is a criminal offense that is less serious than a felony. For example‚ a simple drug charge‚ petty theft‚ public intoxication‚ simple assault‚ trespassing‚ indecent exposure and so on. An infraction is basically a fine for something as simple as littering or a speeding ticket
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accurate than the UCR. The NCVS provides reliable information on some of the most violent crimes like rape and assault‚ to minor crimes like theft or burglary. Statistics clearly show that men are most likely to be victims or be involved in violent crimes‚ with the exception of rape. This is just one example of how crime is gendered. Crimes like aggravated assault and simple assault are also gendered. Aggressiveness plays a key factor in these types of crimes. While women do have aggressive
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fired at the victim in the minivan hitting in the chest. Mr. Pina had just recently been bailed out from the ACI. To Mr. Custa the legal system was no surprise with his record. Louis Pina had been incarcerated for stealing a car‚ third degree sexual assault‚ and was caught with drugs in raid done in a house in a house in Washington Park in the past. The kind of friends Pina hung with were not the best people and most of them were in and out of trouble. In the article‚ it explains how the other guy that
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2015 2015 BCPC 104 (CanLII) Citation: ☼ R v. Foreman 2015 BCPC 0104 R v. Foreman [1] Page 1 Michelle Marie Foreman is before me for sentencing following a guilty plea on a charge of wounding Timothy Grahn thereby committing an aggravated assault contrary months to three years. The Crown seeks a custodial sentence followed by a lengthy period of probation of two years. The Defence seeks the suspension of passing of a sentence with a period of probation. [2] The issue before me is what the
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using restrooms and even experiencing some forms of physical assault” (Brady‚ 2016) That gendered bathrooms creates anxiety and distress for people who don’t identify with their biological sex. That Vliet mentions as to why the policy needs to be addressed and changed is because she views that gender neutral bathrooms will increase crime rates of sexual assault‚ rape‚ molestation‚ etc. Vliet argues that the increase of women experiencing assault will increase‚ due to that people will take advantage of
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disappearing into the dark tunnel. A week after the shooting‚ Bernhard turned himself in to the police in New Hampshire. Bernhard Goetz should NOT have been charged of assault and attempted murder because of his background history‚ he turned himself in and he had a reason to do it. Bernhard Goetz should NOT have been charged of assault and attempted murder because he turned himself in. In the text it states that On New Year’s Eve‚ a week after the shooting‚ Goetz turned himself in to the police in
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camera by her employer. On that video it is seen that she shook the boy in September and jammed a towel in his mouth. She claimed that she had done that incident to soak up milk and to stop the boy choking but she was convicted Tuesday of willful assault causing injury to a child. FACTUAL RECOUNT “Filipino maid jailed in HK” January 12‚ 2011‚ 6:52pm HONG KONG (DPA) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a Philippine maid to four months in prison for assaulting a 4-month-old baby
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Paul Bernardo. However‚ Bernardo did not act alone. He and his wife‚ Karla Homolka‚ tragically raped and murdered a number of young women‚ including Homolka’s younger sister‚ Tammy Homolka. In 1993‚ both Bernardo and Homolka were charged with sexual assault and murder. The investigations that followed exposed one of Canada’s most infamous killer couples. Kenneth Murray‚ a criminal lawyer‚ was retained by Bernardo to defend him in court. For 71 days in 1993‚ police searched Homolka and Bernardo’s home
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