Batson v. Kentucky (1986) -1986: not okay to remove someone from a jury based on race‚ reversed Swain vs. Alabama What is the “one drop rule”? - people make a statement based off of biological differences‚ meaning any person with "one drop of Negro blood" was considered black Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - justice is colorblind‚ unlawful to separate people on the color of the skin Swain v. Alabama (1965) - if you are a juror that is black we can remove from the jury Hernandez v. New
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NATURE AND SCOPE OF CRIMINOLOGY – week 2 1. Defining criminology Criminology is a combination of two Latin words: Crimen – crime Logus or logy – science It is the science or study of crime. It is concerned with the conduct of individuals which is prohibited by society and law. It is a socio-legal study which seeks to discover the causes of criminality and suggests appropriate remedies. 1.1 Definitions by various scholars 1.11 Edwin Sutherland Criminology is the body of knowledge
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PELLAGRA Pellagra was a disease that affected hundreds of thousands of residents within the southeastern region of the United States from the time of its first known reports in the early 1900 ’s to the end of World War II‚ in 1945. Dr. Joseph Goldberger‚ from New York‚ was given credit for finding the cure for Pellagra. Contributing to the Goldberger ’s cure were the discoveries of doctors and scientists prior to and during the time that Dr. Goldberger was working on the cure himself. Pellagra
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older and begin to make your own life choices‚ you choose to follow those very same ideas instilled in us as youth. "Choice theory" developed by 18th century Italian philosopher and politician‚ Cesare Becarria‚ is considered the classical school of thought and depicts criminals as deviants. Cesare Beccaria was the founder of the classical theory. He wrote about punishment‚ and its effects on criminal behavior.( Valenicia‚ 2000) His theory was that punishment should have four main objectives.
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Bill Recommendation Garrett Barney CJA/314 April 20‚ 2015 Christopher Byland Bill Recommendation Is it a good idea for those individuals convicted of armed robbery to receive double the sentence that it is now? In my opinion the answer is no. Policy making in the field of criminal justice is extremely vital to society. Punishments can be very confusing in the fact of what is appropriate. What is too much and what is too little? There have been many studies that show that there
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Theories of Crime Biological Positivism Lombroso (1876) believed that evolution could explain behaviour. He thought that many criminals were found to have a distinctive physique‚ such as protruding ears‚ sloping foreheads‚ long arms‚ a prominent jaw and a receding chin. He described criminals as being ‘atavistic’ similar to an earlier form of evolutionary life. Sheldon (1949) also believed a criminal was determined by someone’s body type‚ he believed there were three body types‚ endomorph: short
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See (1506)‚ and the German emperor (1507-8). In the course of his diplomatic missions within Italy he became acquainted with many of the Italian rulers and was able to study their political tactics‚ particularly those of the ecclesiastic and soldier Cesare Borgia‚ who was at that time engaged in enlarging his holdings in central Italy. From 1503 to 1506 Machiavelli reorganized the military defense of the republic of Florence. Although mercenary armies were common during this period‚ he preferred to
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00Definitions: Forensic Psychology Any psychology used in the legal system Expert Witness some one who express opinion on a topic used to share there expertise in the field Fact Witness can only testify on topics they have seen Amicus Curiae Friend of the court" legal opinion submitted by someone who is not related with the case but belived to have expert knowledge regarding the topic Brandeis Brief "Friend of the court" legal opinion submitted by someone
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Globalization Project (Harvard Business School case) Case Summary In “P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project” case study‚ the author Christopher Bartlett presents the P&G’s plan of pushing SK-II as a global beauty product. In late 1999‚ Paolo de Cesare‚ President of Max Factor Japan‚ had given an idea to the Global Leader Team (GLT) of P&G’s Beauty Care Global Business Unit (GBU) that whether it was a good idea for pushing SK-II to become a global P&G brand. Since the product was successful in Japan
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Enlightenment period because if people weren’t allowed to speak their minds or tell other people what needs to be changed‚ then we wouldn’t have the ability to make things better for a different time. Cruel and unusual punishments were mostly noticed by Cesare Beccaria‚ a man who didn’t agree that people should be punished in such harsh ways to either chop off their fingers or stretch their bodies to get information out of the people. From the text‚ “He argued that laws exist to preserve security and order
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